春は花の季節。自然を愛し、自然と親しみ、自然と一体化して暮らしてきた日本人は、桜が大好きです。今回は桜を描き込んだ歌麿、英泉、豊国、広重、芳年、年方、巴水、吉田博らの名所絵、美人絵、役者絵などを展示いたします。上野や隅田川沿いの桜、吉原仲之町の桜、歌舞伎と関わりのある桜、伝統的な技術に洋画表現を融合させた吉田の新版画「櫻八題」など、心行くまで博物館のお花見をご堪能下さい。

Spring is the season of flowers.  Japanese people, who love nature, are close to nature, and have lived in harmony with nature, love “sakura” (cherry blossoms).  The current exhibit is of works that contain sakura, by such artists as Utamaro, Eisen, Toyokuni, Hiroshige, Yoshitoshi, Toshikata, Hasui, and Yoshida in landscapes, bijinga,yakusha-e, and more.  Please enjoy cherry blossom viewing at the museum with the cherry blossoms of Ueno and along the Sumida River, cherry blossoms of Yoshiwaranakanomachi, cherry blossoms related to kabuki, and Yoshida’s shinhanga, “Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms”, which fuses Western expressionist painting with traditional techniques.