Let’s Decode Calendars by Hokusai and Others!

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Let’s Decode Calendars by Hokusai and Others!

December 18, 2024(Wed.) - March 2, 2025(Sun.)
This exhibition introduces "surimono," especially picture calendars, by Hokusai and his students. Surimono are privately printed works used for gifts and special occasions such as New Year's Day. It is a pictorial calendar similar to today's calendars, with the months of the year, large and small, hidden within the picture.
Term
December 18, 2024 - March 2, 2025
Open
Tuesday-Sunday
(Except Jan.14, Feb.25)
Closed
Mondays
(Except Jan.13, Feb.24)
Hours
9:30-17:30 (last admission 17:00)
Exhibition room
3rd floor Special Exhibition Room
Organizers
Sumida City, The Sumida Hokusai Museum
 
Katsushika Hokusai
Making New year’s Calls
The Sumida Hokusai Museum

 

Katsushika Hokusai
Woman Trimming Her Fingernails
The Sumida Hokusai Museum

 

*Some exhibits will be changed during the exhibition period.
*Unauthorized reproduction or diversion of work-images is forbidden.

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