"Kaiun! Nandemo Kanteidan" (TV Tokyo, Tuesdays 8:54 PM) is a variety show hosted by talent Koji Imada, freelance announcer Akira Fukuzawa, and former Sakurazaka46 member Yuka Sugai. On November 18th, an ukiyo-e print by master landscape painter Hiroshige Utagawa will be featured as a "treasure." The preview for the show states, "When I opened the frame I bought at a recycle shop, I found an ukiyo-e print by Hiroshige Utagawa inside!" Imada couldn't help but exclaim, "That's amazing!" at the surprising appraisal results.
The treasure is a famous ukiyo-e print that I came across by chance. About 15 years ago, I bought a frame for 1,000 yen at a recycle shop to put my certificate of passing a qualification exam in. I only looked at the edges of the frame when I bought it, so it wasn't until I got home that I realized there was an ukiyo-e print inside.
I had it on display in the entrance hall, and a friend who is knowledgeable about art told me, "It doesn't look like a reproduction," which surprised me. I'm hoping it might be a real find.
