Image: MOA Museum of Art, Shizuoka
MOA Museum of Art in Shizuoka is currently holding a 'printmaking stamp rally' that invites visitors to move through five photo spots in the museum and build a postcard image step by step. The museum says the activity runs until September 1 and is free to join.
According to the museum’s announcement, the rally uses a stamp-collecting format designed to mimic printmaking itself: as visitors layer stamps at the five locations, an image emerges in the style of a woodblock print. The completed design is a postcard featuring Katsushika Hokusai’s 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa', one of the best-known images in Japanese art.
The postcard can be taken home as a souvenir after the route is completed. The museum describes the activity as a hands-on way to engage with printmaking while moving through its galleries and public spaces, with the stamp points arranged as photo spots inside the building.
The event is part of MOA Museum of Art’s public programming and is offered at no charge. The museum’s notice does not describe the stamp rally as a separate exhibition, but as an interactive museum activity available to visitors during the stated period.
MOA Museum of Art is based in Shizuoka, Japan. Its social media announcement places the stamp rally under the heading 'printmaking stamp rally' and specifies the run as continuing through Tuesday, September 1.
The museum’s reference to Hokusai’s 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' gives the activity a direct link to ukiyo-e print culture, while the format of the rally turns that connection into a participatory visit. Visitors who complete all five stamp points receive the finished postcard before the activity ends on September 1.
