Saitama City
Enjoy the Saitama City Omiya Bonsai Art Museum special exhibition “Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ukiyoe Plants – Full of Bonsai”! ” will be held from Saturday, September 21st.
Fun for both children and adults! A single-page illustrated book of Edo plants! ……
The Saitama City Omiya Bonsai Art Museum exhibits monozukushi-e prints of potted plants titled “Ukeki-zukushi” and “Potted Plants-zukushi” based on the trend of gardening culture during the Edo period. We will hold a special exhibition featuring the following topics.
This exhibition focuses on works of art depicting potted plants of approximately 1,416 potted plants of approximately 130 types revealed as a result of research, mainly from the collections of private collectors. We will also feature Uke-e (Uke-e) depicting auspicious potted plants, and introduce you to the fun that can only be found in monozukushi-e, where you can see and learn about the types and characteristics of plants individually and at a glance.
What is monozukushi-e?
One of the classifications of ukiyo-e prints is “toy pictures,” and there is a group called “monozukushi pictures.” This is a print made mainly for children, and is a collection of many types of prints based on a certain theme, arranged in a list like an illustrated
encyclopedia. For example, in addition to “bird-filled” and “beast-filled” collections of various types of birds and animals, there are also potted plants titled “plant-filled” and “potted plants” based on the gardening culture trends of the Edo period. Many pictures of plants were also created. There are many illustrations with the names of the plants next to the potted plants, and this one-sheet print is like an illustrated plant encyclopedia for children, where they can have fun looking at the pictures and learn about both plants and letters.
Session period
Saturday, September 21, 2020 – Wednesday, October 30, 2020 Closed: Thursday Closed: Friday, October 11 Opening hours: 9:00 – 16:30 (Admission until 16:00) )
venue
Saitama City Omiya Bonsai Art Museum Special Exhibition Room (2-24-3 Toro-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama City)
Content
Chapter 1 I love plants! Chapter 2 of the Edo gardening craze: See, know, enjoy! Visual Plant Encyclopedia Chapter 3: Look for things with “fu” in them! Unraveling the riddle of Yuka-e
■An example of potted plants
Illustration: Yoshifuji Utagawa, “Plants and Plants”, February 1858, private collection (late)
Illustration: Yoshifuji Utagawa, “Shinpan Ueki Zukushi”, August 29, 1879, private collection (first half)
Admission fee
General: 310 yen (200 yen) High school and university students, over 65 years old: 150 yen (100 yen) Elementary and junior high school students: 100 yen (50 yen) *( ) Group rates for 20 or more people [Event] Special exhibition slide talk
The curator in charge will introduce the highlights of the exhibited works using slides. Date and time: September 21st (Saturday) and October 6th (Sunday) from 2:00pm to 3:00pm on both days Venue: Omiya Bonsai Art Museum lobby *No reservations required, attendance is free. Approximately 20 people (first come, first served from 1:30 pm). About Omiya Bonsai Museum
The Omiya Bonsai Museum is the world’s first public bonsai museum. Our museum, located near the famous Omiya Bonsai Village, has a large collection of bonsai masterpieces and masterpieces, mainly from the collection of the former Takagi Bonsai Art Museum, as well as bonsai flower pots and bonsai pots, commonly known as suiseki. Ornamental stones and bonsai appear on the screen To disseminate the culture of bonsai, which is designated as a traditional industry of Saitama City, both domestically and internationally, by systematically collecting and publishing ukiyo-e and other paintings, as well as various historical and folklore materials related to bonsai. We are working for the purpose of
URL: https://www.bonsai-art-museum.jp/ja/
Contact information
Saitama City Omiya Bonsai Art Museum Phone: 048-780-2091
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