This exhibition shows mainly beautiful summer scenery in Kiyokata’s paintings and frontispieces.
His sketches, preparatory drawings and proof sheets are also exhibited and its making process is introduced.
This exhibition highlights Kiyokata’s early works of Japanese-style painting. Around that time,
he decided to change his job from a popular illustrator to a painter.
This thematic exhibition shows Kiyokata’s works, including one of his most important works Chosekiankyo (Daily Life of the Common People in Meiji Period), throughout his career
as a Japanese style painter.
Kiyokata had been pursuing consistently the beauty of women in his career.
The exhibition features his works from Kihara-bunko noted for its bijin-ga (paintings of beautiful women)
collection.
The exhibition features making of Kiyokata’s Nihonga. "Sakura-momiji," one of his masterpiece is exhibited with its preparatory drawing. Many paintngs and drawings would show you intresting process of Nihonga.