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Expositions
2019.4-2020.3
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Special Exhibition
Kiyokata’s Deep Nostalgia for Daily Life in Edo, Tokyo
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- 22 May-27 June, 2021
2021 marks 60 years since publication of Koshikatanoki which is the most important collected essays by Kiyokata Kaburaki who is also a prominent writer. Koshikatanoki is a compilation of essays and memoir of his boyhood and young adulthood. His description of culture, custom, art world as well as publishing world back then in these essays have been regarded valuable social and cultural references.
His essays carry the feeling of nostalgia and sorrow for Tokyo in Meiji period and it is reflected in his art works such as Choseki Ankyo that depicts daily lives of the common people around 1887.
This exhibition will introduce people and views of Tokyo in Meiji period in which the remains of Edo period were still found here and there along with Kiyokata’s essays.【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥150【Closed】
Mondays, 8 JuneThematic Exhibition
New Year’s Celebration in the Good Old Days
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- 4 December, 2020-11 January, 2021
Kiyokata had painted so often the New Year’s scenes of the good old days, from the Meiji period to the Showa period.
This exhibition shows Tamesaruru Hi (Day of Trial) in which Kiyokata depicted the new year event in Nagasaki and other works and materials related to the New Year.【Admission】
Adults ¥200
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥100【Closed】
Mondays(except for 4 and 11 Jan.), 28 Dec.-3 Jan.Special Exhibition
The 120th Anniversary of Sanyūtei Enchō’s Death Mysterious and Beauteous World of Kiyokata and Enchō
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- 24 October-29 November, 2020
Sanyūtei Enchō, very popular rakugoka (story-teller) in the late Edo period to the Meiji period, was Kiyokata’s father’s friend and also Kiyokata’s benefactor.
This exhibition sheds light on the relationship of Kiyokata and Enchō, showing a young Kiyokata’s diary on a journey with Enchō and a part of Enchō’s collection of pictures of yurei (ghosts).【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥150【Closed】
Mondays(except for 23 Nov.), 10 and 24 Nov.Thematic Exhibition
KIMONO Fashion, Kiyokata’s Design
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- 29 August-20 October, 2020
Kiyokata‘ｓ bijin-ga (paintings of beautiful women) attracts us by their KIMONO fashion as well as their feminine gesture or personal beauty. Based on his unflagging study, he painted various KIMONO of the Edo period to the age in which he lived.
This exhibition shows KIMONO fashion in his works and some KIMONO hand painted by him.【Admission】
Adults ¥200
Elementary and Junior High School Students¥100【Closed】
Mondays(except for 21 Sep.), 23 Sep.Thematic Exhibition
Wonderful World of Kiyokata’s Woodblock Printing for Books
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- 29 February – 12 April, 2020
Ukiyo-e, color woodblock prints was very popular among common people in the Edo period. The exquisite technique of woodblock printing and its popularity were taken over to the next Meiji period. Around that time, Kiyokata had started his career as an illustrator producing the woodblock printing frontispieces and the book design.
The exhibition sheds the light on his wonderful works for books and shows the process of making woodblock frontispieces.
【Admission】
Adults ¥200(¥140)
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥100(¥70)
*Group discount fee for 20 or more people is shown in parentheses
【Closed】
MondaysThematic Exhibition
Kiyokata’s Fascinating Paingings Inspired by Theatrical Plays
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- 17 January – 25 February, 2020
Kiyokata had loved theatrical plays since his childhood. He could grasp the essentials of the beauty in kabuki plays or kabuki dances and expressed it on his works.
The exhibition features his fascinating works of theatrical plays including some exhibits showing his close relationship with actors.
【Admission】
Adults ¥200(¥140)
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥100(¥70)
*Group discount fee for 20 or more people is shown in parentheses
【Closed】
Mondays(except for 24 Feb.)Thematic Exhibition
New Year Celebration by Kiyokata
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Kaburaki Kiyokata enjoyed various events of the New Year with his family and disciples. And he painted the manners and customs seen in the New Year in Japan which almost had been disappeared today. The exhibition shows Kiyokata’s works whose subject is the New Year or New Year season of the good old days.
- 6 December,2019 – 13 January,2020
【Admission】
Adults ¥200(¥140)
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥100(¥70)
*Group discount fee for 20 or more people is shown in parentheses
【Closed】
Mondays(except for 13 Jan.),29 Dec.-3 Jan.Special Exhibition
The 80th Anniversary of Izumi Kyōka’s Death : Imaginary World Created by Kiyokata and Kyōka
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- 26 October – 1 December, 2019
Izumi Kyōka (1873-1939), died 80 years ago, is famous for his fantastic and romantic novels. Kiyokata was a keen reader of Kyōka’s novels and provided many illustrations and frontispieces for them. And he also painted Japanese style paintings based on Kyōka’s novels.
This exhibition features Kiyokata’s narrative works and a close relation with Kyōka.【Admission】
Adults ¥300(¥210)
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥150(¥100)
*Group discount fee for 20 or more people is shown in parentheses
【Closed】
Mondays,(except for 4 Nov.),5 and 12 Nov.Thematic Exhibition
Passing the Beauty from Kiyokata to His Disciples
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- 31 August-22 October, 2019
Kiyokata had created his painting style by the study of traditional Japanese paintings such as ukiyo-e or Nanga and also the latest manners and customs influenced by western culture in the Meiji period.
Succeeding Kiyokata’s essence of beauty, his disciples carried out their creating activities in each way.
This exhibition introduces the interaction of Kiyokata and his disciples with Kiyokata’s bijinga (paintings of beautiful women).【Admission】
Adults ¥200(¥140)
Elementary and Junior High School Students¥100（¥70）
*Group discount fee for 20 or more people is shown in parentheses
【Closed】
Mondays (except for 16 and 23 Sept., 14 Oct.),17 and 24 Sept.,15 Oct.Thematic Exhibition
Kiyokata’s Works in His Early Days
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- 6 July-25 August, 2019
Kiyokata had started his career as an illustrator at 16. And then, he had become aspiring to be a painter. In 1901, he and his fellows formed the painting study group “Ugo-kai.”
This thematic exhibition introduces Kiyokata’s works in his early days including the frontispieces for books and magazines.【Admission】
Adults ¥200(¥140)
Elementary and Junior High School Students are free of charge
*Group discount fee for 20 or more people is shown in parentheses
【Closed】
Mondays (except for 15 Jul. and 12 Aug.),16 Jul. and 13 Aug.
