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Through Ukiyo-e, this exhibition aims to portray the culture of sake in Japan from the Edo period to the early Meiji period.
Sake features time and again throughout the milestones of the lives of Japanese people and has influenced Japanese culture since the Edo Period.
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Ansei 2 (1855)
Artist: Torii Kiyonaga
Published: Tenmei 3-4 (1783-1784)
Artist: Unknown
Published: Late Edo (First Half of 1800s)
Artist: Unknown
Published: End of Edo (Middle of the 1800s)
Artist: Morikawa Chikashige
Published: Meiji 16 (1883)
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Keio 1 (1865)
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni
Published: Unknown
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni
Published: End of Edo (Middle of the 1800s)
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Tenpo 11 (1840)
Artist: Suzuki Harunobu
Published: Meiwa 5-6 (1768-1769)
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Ansei 5 (1858)
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Published: Approx. Koka 4 – Kaei 1 (1847-1848)
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Koka 2-3 (1845-1846)
Artist: Unknown
Published: Keio 4 (1868)
Artist: Utagawa Hirokage
Published: Unknown
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Kaei 5 (1852)
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: End of Edo (Middle of the 1800s)
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Published: Tenpo 1-3 (1830-1832)
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Published: Tenpo 13 (1842)
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Published: Tenpo 3 (1832)
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Published: Ansei 4 (1857)
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Unknown
Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu
Published: Unknown
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni
Published: Unknown
Artist: Katsushika Hokusen
Published: Bunka 10 (1813) or Bunsei 8 (1825)
Artist: Utagawa Kuniteru
Published: Ansei 2 (1855)
Artist: Utagawa Yoshikatsu
Published: Kaei 5 (1852)
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Approx. Koka Period (1844-1848)
Artist: Ishikawa Toyomasa
Published: Meiwa 4 (1767)
Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni
Published: Koka 4 (1847)
Artist: Utagawa Sadahide (Hashimoto Sadahide)
Published: Tenpo 14 (1843)
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Ansei 2 (1855)
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige the III
Published: Meiji 1 (1868)
Artist: Yoshu Chikanobu
Published: Meiji 2 (1887)
From the Edo period to the early Meiji era, izakaya and restaurants were the most common places where people consumed sake.
Artist: Shosai Ikkei
Published: Meiji 5 (1872)
Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Published: Keio 4 (1868)
Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Published: Meiji 18 (1885)
Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Published: Meiji 18 (1885)
Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Published: Meiji 18 (1885)
Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Published: Meiji 18 (1885)
Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Published: Meiji 18 (1885)
Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Published: Meiji 18 (1885)