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September 18, 2006: Hiroshige on Exhibit in Japan
"A travel sketchbook of one of the greatest Japanese ukiyo-e print artists of the 19th century turns up at a Sotheby's auction after being missing for 110 years. An ukiyo-e museum curator flies to the United States to visit the new owner and verify the authenticity of the sketchbook. At the same time he convinces the owner to lend this rare book for an exhibition in Japan. "
"Sound like a great scenario for an exhibition? It is indeed, although the resulting exhibition--Hiroshige--Tokaido and Kisokaido: Ukiyo-e Master's Views of Scenic Beauty on Two Major Roads--now running until Oct. 9 at the Chiba City Museum of Art may not be quite the exhibition you expect. "
