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Thematic Exhibition
The Transition of the Time from Edo to Tokyo in Kiyokata`s Works
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- 2 December,2022 – 9 January,2023
Born and grown up in Tokyo, Kiyokata had seen changes of the city under rapid modernization with mixed feelings or emotions.
This exhibition shows Kiyokata’s works of sceneries in Tokyo and customs of the Edo period he was attracted.【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students are 150【Closed】
Mondays, (except for 9 Jan.),29.Dec.-3.Jan.Thematic Exhibition
Gleaming in Winter －Biginga and Hagoita
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- 2 December,2022 – 9 January,2023
Kiyokata found out the beauty of winter in scenes of daily life, natural scenery, or events in Year-end and New Year holidays.
This exhibition shows Kiyokata’s works of winter scenery and decorative Oshie Hagoita (battledore) based on Kiyokata’s work.【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students are 150【Closed】
Mondays, (except for 9 Jan.),29.Dec.-3.Jan.Special Exhibition
The 170th Anniversary of Watanabe Seitei’s Birth Kiyokata and Seitei :Followers of Edo Painters
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- 15 September – 19 October, 2022
For full of witness and sophistication of his works, Watanabe Seitei (1852-1918) is attracting more attention in recent years. Kaburaki Kiyokata had also been attracted and influenced by Seitei’s works.
In cooperation with Prof. Yamashita Yuji, art researcher and expert of Watanabe Seitei, this exhibition introduces Seitei and Kiyokata’s works to find some similarity as followers of Edo painters.【Admission】
Adults ¥450
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥220【Closed】
Mondays(except for 19 Sept. and 10 Oct.),11 Oct.Special Exhibition
Beauty of Nihonga by Kiyokata and His Contemporary Painters
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- 21 May – 26 June, 2022
Kaburaki Kiyokata had developed his own painting style on the base of guidance of his master Mizuno Toshikata and by study of ukiyo-e. And furthermore, he had been stimulated and encouraged by contemporary painters.
This exhibition introduces the beauty of nihonga with works of Kiyokata and his contemporary painters.【Admission】
Adults ¥450
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥220【Closed】
Mondays, 14 Jun.Thematic Exhibition
Beautiful Women Through Kiyokata`s Eyes
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- 2 january,2022 – 19 Feburuary, 2022
Renown as a painter of beautiful women, Kaburaki Kiyokata had painted thousands of women in his career. Women found in the town, spectators at the theater, female-role players in kabuki and his wife and daughters — he observed closely and carefully their figure, features and movement.
This exhibition shows Kiyokata’s various paintings and sketches of women with his wife Teru and pupils’ works.【Admission】
Adults ¥200
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥100【Closed】
MondaysSpecial Exhibition
Flowery Women on the Stage in Kiyokata’s Works
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- 2 December,2021 – 19 December, 2021
22 December,2021 – 10 January,2022
In the Meiji period, common people in downtown Tokyo were familiar with theatrical entertainment as their pastime. Kiyokata also loved the theatre as a child.
When he was an illustrator, his illustrations and sketches on play magazines was well-received for his sharp observation and pertinent expression.
This exhibition introduces his works of beautiful flowery women on the stage with works expressed the New Year season.【Admission】
Adults ¥200
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥100【Closed】
Mondays(except for10 Jan.), 29 Dec.-3 Jan.Thematic Exhibition
The Golden Age of the Woodblock Print Illustration
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- 13 March – 11 April, 2021
Colorful and elaborate woodblock frontispieces had appeared on the front page of books and magazines from the Meiji period to the early Taisho period. Kaburaki Kiyokata, as a popular illustrator, created many frontispieces and illustrations with carvers and printers in his youth.
This exhibition shows his beautiful works of woodprints and also works of the pioneers he admired.【Admission】
Adults ¥200
Elementary and Junior High School Students¥100【Closed】
MondaysThematic 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.
- 2 December,2021 – 19 December, 2021