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March 14 to July 17, 2024
- Kazuo Yoshizawa Exhibition: Reaching for Hope
- Creating the Ages: Pre-War to Contemporary Women Artists
- Ryumi Hashimoto Exhibition: Phantasm, Humor, Empathy, Belief
- Masterworks in Our Collection—The Sparkling World of Nihonga
Kazuo Yoshizawa Exhibition: Reaching for Hope
Our commemorative exhibition of Kazuo Yoshizawa celebrates his attaining age 70 and demonstrates his lively, varied touch in such areas as drawing singer Masashi Sada’s CD jackets and designing the stage curtain of Odawara Sannomaru Hall. Yoshizawa’s works deploying colorful colors and his carefully crafted métier using Japanese art materials summon forth a unique and approachable Nihonga world of both symbolism and decorativeness. On a theme of hope, this exhibition displays new works centering on cherry-blossom-themed work, in which Yoshizawa sublimates a freer style of painting.
Kazuo Yoshizawa 1954~
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture. Honors include prizes at many public exhibitions and competitions, including the Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition, and the Tokyo Central Museum of Art Nihonga Grand Prize Exhibition. Other varied activities are CD-sleeve artwork for singer Masashi Sada (’92, ’93, ’96, ’99); original drawings for stained glass at Odawara Station (2003); cover art of a senior high school textbook selected by the Ministry of Education (2004); original drawings for the stage curtain of Odawara Sannomaru Hall (2020); and works installed at Kogakuin University, Shinjuku Main Campus (2023). Solo exhibitions are at Daimaru Department Store (Tokyo), Ginza Six, and more.
Creating the Ages: Pre-War to Contemporary Women Artists
From the museum’s collection, we present for your viewing enrichment the works of pre-war and contemporary women painters, each one bravely creating a unique oeuvre that has stood the test of time. The masterful Nihonga painters exhibited herein are Fuku Shoji, Kimiko Horikawa, Fumiko Hori, Fumi Yokokawa, Teruko Yoshizawa, Wako Miyamoto, Kimiko Ogiwara, Ikuyo Yasuda, Miyuki Ito, Chikako Odawara, Misao Shimizu, Rieko Morita, Rei Toriyama, Emiko Yuguchi, Ema Suzuki, and Akiko Yamaguchi.
Ryumi Hashimoto Exhibition: Phantasm, Humor, Empathy, Belief
This exhibition of Ryumi Hashimoto, known for his unique Nihonga that may be dubbed modern fairy tales, range in theme from folk belief to religion. His works depicting monsters roaming the night, Kamo’s night festivals and streets, and animals running through fields and mountains convey a warm look at everyday life and a sense of nostalgia. On display are representative works from about 50 years and works considered the culmination of Hashimoto’s métier, which have received increasing attention due to recent reappraisal.
Ryumi Hashimoto 1928–2016
Born in Kamo City, Niigata Prefecture. Enters Japanese painting by self-study and moves to Tokyo at age 32. First selected for the Shinseisaku Exhibition in 1955 (New Artist Award in ’65, ’66, ’70, ’71, Spring Exhibition Award in ’66, ’69, ’70, ’71). Becomes a member of the Japanese Painting Club of Shinseisaku Association in 1971, and in 1974 is a founding member of Soga-kai art circle. Wins 7th Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition Competition Award, 15th Shell Art Award Exhibition Honorable Mention Award, and is selected for the Tokyo Biennale; invited to exhibit at the Japanese Painting Selection Exhibition; and exhibits at the Yamatane Art Museum Award Exhibition. Ryumi Hashimoto Exhibitions were held at the Niigata Prefectural Art Museum in 1988 and the Chofu City Cultural Center in 1997. And in 2023, Ryumi Hashimoto Retrospective Exhibition—An Artist Depicting Nostalgia was held at the Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art.
Masterworks in Our Collection—The Sparkling World of Nihonga
This signature exhibition of works from our Narukawa Art Museum collection showcases a screen by Nobutaka Oka, based on the Garden of Genji in Kyoto’s Rozanji temple, and works by Kyujin Yamamoto, Kenji Yoshioka, Kazuo Omori, Sho Ishimoto, Yuki Sekiguchi, Takashi Asada, Ikuo Hirayama, Nobutaka Oka, Susumu Maki, Tadao Okazaki, Hajime Ogasawara, Takeshi Ushio, and Sohei Iwata.