The Sumida Hokusai Museum is the one of the newest clutural places in Tokyo. This museum is for worldwide Ukiyo-e artist, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) who spent most of his life in Sumida area.
The Follwings are the excerpts from its official explanation:
He left many works that he had created, most depicting the landscapes of Sumida, such as the Ryogoku Bridge, Mimeguri Shrine, and Ushijima Shrine.
Hokusai's work had already been recognized outside of Japan during his lifetime. For instance, Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866), a visiting doctor at a Dutch trading post in Japan, adopted works of Hokusai Manga (Hokusai Sketchbooks) into his book Nippon, which was published between 1832 and 1851. However, it was only after the onset of Japonism popularity upon the International Exposition of 1867 held in Paris that his name became highly acknowledged. Ukiyo-e was introduced along with a number of artifacts during the world's fair. The dynamic composition and bright coloring were revolutionary to the European art world causing a major impact towards European artists, and triggering the birth of impressionism.
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2012.07.04. oshiage st.,sumida ward,tokyo,japan.
Sumida Ushijima Shrine Festival (墨田区牛嶋神社祭礼)feat. Kiary, September 14 - 16, 2012
The Ushijima Shrine, located in the Sumida Park, is famous for its Nade-ushi(stroking cow), a stone image of a cow. They say that by stroking an ailing area on your own body and then the same area on the cow's body, you can get rid of the pain and the illness. The Ushi Jima Festival celebrates this cow and takes place every 5 years in Tokyo's Sumida district. It is also the last local summer festival celebrated in Tokyo.
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