Playing in the Ukiyo
About the event
For this meetup, we will go to Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts to see an Ukiyo-e exhibition.
"Ukiyo-e depict the world we are living in now. Rather than depicting the hardships of this world (“憂世,” which reads “ukiyo” and means “miserable world”), they focus on pleasure (“浮世,” which also reads “ukiyo” but means “pleasant world”). Among them, the “farce” of giga (“戯画,” which means farcical pictures) makes the viewers laugh and is proving very popular in recent years. This exhibition focuses mainly on giga produced from the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate to the Meiji era, i.e. the latter half of the nineteenth century, mostly from our own collection of ukiyo-e. It was a period during which uncertainty caused by natural disasters and wars was swirling among the people. Despite such turmoil, ukiyo-e continued undauntedly to enjoy “farce,” and the characters depicted never ceased to laugh." [from [The Exhibition Website](https://hanga-museum.jp/english/exhibition/schedule/2026-631)]
Location Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts ([https://hanga-museum.jp/english/access](https://hanga-museum.jp/english/access))
Exhibition to see Playing in the Ukiyo: Ukiyo-e's endless laugh in the vortex of Bakumatsu and Meiji
Meeting Spot and time Meeting Spot 1: The East Exit Ticket Gate of Odakyu Machida Station Meeting Time 1: 02:30PM (14:30) Meeting Spot 2: the main lobby of the museum Meeting Time 2: 03:00PM (15:00) [https://hanga-museum.jp/english/access](https://hanga-museum.jp/english/access)
Admission Fee ¥1,000
Description of the exhibition [https://hanga-museum.jp/english/exhibition/schedule/2026-631](https://hanga-museum.jp/english/exhibition/schedule/2026-631)
Chat session after the show As usual, let's have a chat session at the end of the event. When we meet up before the exhibition, let's decide where we go after the show.
