Comment by tjpnz
6 days ago
There's a Hokusai museum in Tokyo where it's on permanent display. You can also catch a sumo match nearby.
6 days ago
There's a Hokusai museum in Tokyo where it's on permanent display. You can also catch a sumo match nearby.
The Sumida Hokusai Museum is almost entirely a display of replicas. They are very upfront about being a “learning” museum - they do hold the original prints but display them in rotation. We were there last year and there was exactly one original print on display (in a back corner of the special exhibit room); it was one of the “36 views” but not one of the uber-famous ones.
While most the time they display replica, sometimes they do show the original, like for example right now. Sadly no live sumo in Ryogoku, the next tournament starts this Sunday in Nagoya.
And another one in Haifa: https://www.tmja.org.il/eng/Collection/Ukiyo-e_Woodblock_Pri...
As far as I'm aware this has never been on view. You can probably request to see it privately. (I'm the creator of the site in the OP)
I think it's on view permanently, except when the museum is closed (as it is now).
I can’t say anything with regards to when it was made though.
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