Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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“I think he designed for the viewer’s eyes,” Takashi Murakami says while reflecting on Utagawa Hiroshige’s woodblock prints.

In this Highlights Tour featuring Murakami alongside Edo historical guide, Masumi Horiguchi, listen as the woodblock prints and the stories layered within them come to life. The two discuss the sensibilities imbued by Hiroshige, background stories, as well as what has changed and what has remained the same about life in Edo (modern day Tokyo).

Listen as the woodblock prints—and the stories layered within them—come to life in the latest Highlights Tour with Takashi Murakami and Masumi Horiguchi as they explore Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo (feat. Takashi Murakami).

Learn more about the exhibition: bit.ly/EdoAtBkM
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