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Special Exhibition:
The Elites Who Challenged Nihonga
―From Hishida Syunsō, Uemura Shōen and Kawabata Ryūshi to Matsuo Toshio
The Elites Who Challenged Nihonga
―From Hishida Syunsō, Uemura Shōen and Kawabata Ryūshi to Matsuo Toshio

29 July (Sat.) 2023– 24 September (Sun.) 2023
(Closed on Mondays, except for 18 September.)
Hours: 10 am - 5 pm (Last admission at 4:30 pm)
Admission Fees: Adults: 1,400 yen; middle school and younger children: free of charge; Disability ID holders and one accompanying person: 1,200 yen each
*Discount for those who are wearing kimono: Discount of 200 yen for adults
Summer Student Discount: University and high school students: 1,000 yen → 500 yen
Organized by: Yamatane Museum of Art and The Asahi Shimbun Company.
Highlights of the Exhibition
Hishida Shunsō, After the Rain. Color on Silk, Meiji Period, c. 1907; Yamatane Museum of Art
Nishimura Goun, Polar Bear. Color on Silk, Meiji Period, 1907; Yamatane Museum of Art
Uemura Shōen, Scene from the Noh Play Kinuta. Color on Silk, Shōwa Period, 1938; Yamatane Museum of Art
Tsuchida Bakusen, Oharame, Women Peddlers. Color on Gold-Leafed Silk Gauze, Taishō Period, 1915; Yamatane Museum of Art
Hayami Gyoshū, Green Plums. Color on Gold Ground on Paper, Shōwa Period, 1929; Yamatane Museum of Art
Kawabata Ryūshi, Maelstroms at Naruto. Color on Silk, Shōwa Period, 1929; Yamatane Museum of Art
Matsuo Toshio, Flight. Color on Paper, Shōwa Period, 1970; Yamatane Museum of Art
Takeuchi Kōichi, Monkeys. Color on Paper, Shōwa Period, 1977; Yamatane Museum of Art
Nakajima Chinami, Man on a Lotus Flower: Seeing. Color on Paper, Shōwa Period, 1979; Yamatane Museum of Art
Okamura Keizaburo, Wolf. Color on Paper, Shōwa Period, 1987; Yamatane Museum of Art
Hiramatsu Reiji, A Path-Singing the Song, "This Path". Color on Paper, Heisei Period, 1989; Yamatane Museum of Art
Kitada Katsumi, Relaxing in the Evening. Color on Paper, Heisei Period, 1995; Yamatane Museum of Art
Approximately 60 works in total are to be displayed.
Hishida Shunsō, After the Rain
Uemura Shōen, Scene from the Noh Play Kinuta
Hayami Gyoshū, Green Plums
Matsuo Toshio, Flight
Tsuchida Bakusen, Oharame
All works are the property of the Yamatane Museum of Art.
Gallery Talks:
Free with Museum admission.
Conduced in Japanese by a museum staff at 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. every Wednesday.
Reservation is not required (first-come basis, please directly come to the entrance hall at 10:00)
Free with Museum admission.
Conduced in Japanese by a museum staff at 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. every Wednesday.
Reservation is not required (first-come basis, please directly come to the entrance hall at 10:00)