Announcement of the opening of the Otaru Art Village “Ukiyo-e Museum” and the opening commemorative exhibition

Announcement of the opening of the Otaru Art Village Ukiyo-e Museum and the opening commemorative exhibition ​
Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd. Press release: July 8, 2025 Announcement of the opening of the Otaru Art Village Ukiyo-e Museum and the opening commemorative exhibition Nitori Holdings is pleased to announce that the Nitori Cultural Foundation (Otaru Office: Otaru City, Hokkaido; Representative Director: Nitori Akio), of which Nitori Chairman and CEO Akio serves as a director, will open the Otaru Art Village’s fifth museum, the Ukiyo-e Museum, on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/73913/1081/73913-1081-528497caee2bbe16784ccef1b685e63d-3900×2350.jpg The Ukiyo-e Museum has a collection of approximately 1,600 works, ranging from ukiyo-e by popular Edo artists such as Kitagawa Utamaro, Toshusai Sharaku, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and Utagawa Hiroshige, to new prints by Kawase Hasui and others who were active in the Taisho and Showa periods. The building utilizes the Asakusabashi Otaru Canal Warehouse Building, which faces the Otaru Canal, which is crowded with tourists. In addition to holding special exhibitions of the works in the collection, we will create a permanent exhibition using high-definition replicas and tool samples, making it a place where you can experience the charm of ukiyo-e at any time. On the opening day, the museum is scheduled to open to the public from 13:00. From 15:00, a commemorative opening lecture will be held at the former Mitsui Bank Otaru branch. The opening exhibition will be held in four periods from Thursday, July 24, 2025 to Sunday, January 4, 2026, and will introduce representative works of Otaru Art Village divided into four themes. The first period will be themed “Focusing on Hokusai and Hiroshige” and will feature works by Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige, ukiyo-e artists active in the late Edo period. Please come and see the highlights of the Otaru Art Village Ukiyo-e Museum collection. Opening date: Thursday, July 24, 2025
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/73913/1081/73913-1081-7020d15b1a9af1a8d121887bbc4480ee-294×294.jpg Commemorative Lecture Application Form 【Time】 13:00-17:00 Open to the public (admission until 16:30) 15:00-16:00 Commemorative lecture “Highlights of the Otaru Art Village Ukiyo-e Museum” 【Lecture Overview】 Lecturer: Mr. Kazutaka Higuchi (Professor at Jumonji University, Advisor to Otaru Art Village) Venue: Former Mitsui Bank Otaru Branch (1-3-10 Ironai, Otaru City) *Please note that this is not an Ukiyo-e museum Capacity: First 50 people (please apply using the QR code on the left) Price: Adults 1,400 yen and up (includes admission to the Ukiyo-e Museum) *Free for those with admission to the Ukiyo-e Museum, a combined 5-museum ticket, or a combined 5-museum annual passport, and for Otaru guides Opening Exhibition Collection Selection I “Focusing on Hokusai and Hiroshige”
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/73913/1081/73913-1081-34143c799b10a394d20e08c6b6ba4b29-1187×1691.jpg OverviewThe exhibition will feature approximately 80 works by two artists, including Hokusai Katsushika’s masterpiece Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji: The Great Wave off Kanagawa and his original painting Poetry and Beauty, and Hiroshige Utagawa’s masterpiece Hakone: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido and his original painting Three Beauties. Dates:July 24th (Thursday) – August 24th (Sunday)
Venue:Otaru Art Village Ukiyo-e Museum 2nd floor Special Exhibition Room (5-4 Minatomachi, Otaru City) Opening hours:9:30-17:00 (last entrance 16:30) ※ Open until 20:00 every Saturday and August 10 (Sunday) during the exhibition period (last entrance 19:30)
Closed:Open throughout the exhibition period Admission fee:Adults 1,400 yen, university students 1,000 yen, high school students 800 yen, junior high school students 600 yen, elementary school students 400 yen 1st floor permanent exhibition overview
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/73913/1081/73913-1081-b90b992602efe618726865d02248d80f-641×906.jpg Permanent exhibits include a reproduction of the Edo bookstore “Ezoushiya,” which published and sold kusazoshi and ukiyo-e woodblock prints, an introduction to the tools and printing process used by the craftsmen, and high-resolution replicas of the collection that faithfully reproduce the originals using the latest patented technology. There is also an area where you can experience the printing process by pressing multiple stamps, a photo spot where you can take commemorative photos with the world depicted in ukiyo-e as the backdrop, and an “Edokko Hiroba” equipped with reference books and more. More information about this release *This email has been sent automatically, so please do not reply.