ArtsPass Exclusive: Art Institute of Chicago: One Hundred Famous Views from Edo, with Prof. Chelsea Foxwell
Open to UChicago Students
Thursday, November 20, 2025 from 6:00 pm to 8 pm - Bus Departs the Logan Center at 5:15 pm
Exhibition Tour: Art Institute of Chicago - 111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603
Free Admission with RSVP form above.
Co-presented by Chicago Studies, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Logan Center for the Arts
Come experience the AIC’s new exhibition, “One Hundred Famous Views from Edo,” on Thursday, November 20th, led by our very own Center for East Asian Studies Director, Chelsea Foxwell, Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College
The exhibition features the Ukiyo-e works of Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), one of the most prolific artists of the medium. Ukiyo-e, meaning “pictures of the floating world,” was a genre of woodblock print popular from the 17th through 19th century that depicted scenes of everyday life across Japan. Hiroshige’s designs are among the most widely circulated of any premodern print artist, and because of his prints’ popularity, editions ran into the thousands.
His most well-known series, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, was completed just before his death. Hiroshige had lived his entire life in Edo (present-day Tokyo), and the series offers a great variety of scenes from many locations in and around his home city. Mount Fuji features prominently, as do the waterways and canals that cut through Edo at the time.
Schedule:
5:15 PM: Depart for the AIC from the Logan Center - 915 East 60th Street
5:45 PM: Arrive at the Art Institute of Chicago
6:00 PM: Begin guided tour through the exhibition
7:30 PM: Return to the Logan Center
8:00 PM: Arrive at the Logan Center
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