Wishes and Incantations of Edo
July 1st-27th, 2008
● Calendar （Red : Holidays）
● Admissions： Adults￥700
University and senior high school students ￥500
Junior high school and elementary school students￥200
1.Annual Events and Religion
The works in this section are related to annual religious events in Edo
such as the New Year's visit, pilgrimage to Mt.Fuji, the Sanno Festival,
the Kanda Festival, and the Moon viewing.
2.Exposition of Buddhist Images and the Pilgrimage
Let's look at scenes from exposition of the Buddhist images in various
temples like the Sensoji temple, and the pilgrimage to the Enoshima Island,
the Ise Jingu Shrine, and the Konpira Shrine.
●Utagawa Hiroshige
"Visiting a Ceremonial Exhibition of the Buddhist Image at Enoshima
Benzaiten Shrine"
・・・Musical performers visi the Enoshima Benzaiten Shrine which is famous
for the grace in the performing arts.
In this picture,musical groups of Kineya, Tokiwazu, Kiyomoto are touring
the island with matching sunshades.
3.Wishes and Incantations
In this section, we introduce ukiyo-e works depicting wishes and incantations
in the daily life such as talismans, charms, prayers for household Shinto
altars.
●Utagawa Toyokuni Ⅲ "One-hundered Beautiful Women with the Insets
of the Famous Places in Edo: Asajigahara"
・・・The woman prays in front of a household Shinto altar.
●Right: Katsushika Hokusai "Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji: Climbing
the Mountain"
・・・Some pilgrims visit the crater of Mt.Fuji and the others rest in the cave.
●Left: Utagawa Hiroshige
"One-hundred Famous Views of Edo: the Artificial Mt. Fuji (the New
Fuji) in Meguro"
・・・People who could not go to the actual Mt.Fuji visited artificial ones
in June 1st, the beginning day of the mountaineering season.
During the Edo period, public events and
festivals were hosted almost everyday throughout the year. Though most events
such as exhibition of Buddhist images had religious backgrounds, people
regarded these events as source of entertainment. Many people visited Mt.Fuji Enoshima Island and places even
as far as Ise Jingu Shrine and Konpira temple in Sanuki to experience something
extraordinary. People’s longings for traveling were reflected in ukiyo-e
works depicting religious events. The works by Hokusai, Hiroshige, Kunisada and
others will guide you through the daily life of the Edo-period closely
connected to various beliefs.
As a special part of this exhibition, we display Japanese lanterns and
special sacred lots for you to draw. Together with the ukiyo-e works, we hope you have a better taste of the festivals and
the beliefs of the Edo period.
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Translation supervised by Princeton University Language Project
