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Our aim:
As one of the symbols of Japanese culture, Ukiyo-e has a history of 400 years dating back to the Edo Period. Originally, creating Ukiyo-e was a 3-person team with the “artist”, “carver” and “printer” needed. But today there are no popular artists with the impact like that of Hokusai or Hiroshige and the number of carvers and printers are dwindling and aging, so it is necessary to foster the their successors soon.

It is also necessary to widen the viewer range and create more young fans of Ukiyo-e. The visitors to the Shizuoka City Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art, which is run by our NPO, are mostly over 60 years of age.

With that we started the “Ukiyo-e Project”.
• Have Japanese and internationally famous artists take the role of the Ukiyo-e “artist”.
• Train successors in the Edo techniques of the carver and the printer.
• Create fans of Ukiyo-e among the young people around the world.

In order to accomplish this, we believe that street art is most effective. As a representation of young culture, street art has overlapping qualities with the vitality and mass-appeal of Edo city culture. In order to preserve Japan’s Ukiyo-e culture that dates back to the Edo Period, we aim to internationally introduce works made in collaboration by artists from around the world with The Adachi Foundation for the Preservation of Woodcut Printing, which is considered the last of the publishers remaining in Japan.

NPO Hexaproject

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