MENUCLOSE
Expositions
Past Exhibitions
-
Thematic Exhibition
Kiyokata as a Portrait Painter
-
- 7 March , 2026 – 12 April, 2026
When Kiyokata, a master of human figure painting, painted a portrait, he insisted on worth of appreciation as well as being similar.
This exhibition shows portraits by Kiyokata and the process of making them.【Admission】
Adults ¥300 Elementary and Junior High School Students are ¥150【Closed】
MondaysThematic Exhibition
Kiyokata`s Fond Look at Children
-
- 2 March – 16 April
During the late of the Meiji period, as the publication for children issued one after another, Kiyokata had painted illustrations, frontispieces, and supplements of them. His works for children aren’t very well known.
This exhibition focuses on Kiyokata’s works painted children and illustrations of publication for children.【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students are ¥150【Closed】Mondays
Thematic Exhibition
Waiting for spring : Days of the New Year Painted by Kiyokata
-
- 2 December,2023 – 8 January,2024
After the first seven days of the New Year, missing cheerful and busy holidays, Kiyokata was waiting for calm and warm spring.
This exhibition shows Kiyokata’s works depict scenery of the New Year and decorative Oshie Hagoita (battledore) based on his work.【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students are free of charge【Closed】Mondays(except for 8 Jan.) ,29 Dec-3 Jun.
Thematic Exhibition
Feeling a Touch of Spring in Kiyokata`s Works and Words
-
- 13 January – 2 February
Kiyokata is also well known as an excellent writer. He expressed natural features and events of each season, vanishing or changing with the times, by means of painting and writing.
This exhibition introduces Kiyokata’s words and paintings depict scenes of early spring.【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students are ¥150【Closed】Mondays(except for 12 Feb.) ,13 Feb.
special Exhibition
Kiyokata and His Disciples: The Art They Pursued
-
- 14 September,2023 – 18 October,2023
Around the end of Taishō period, Kiyokata had tried to paint actively shakai-ga, paintings capture various aspects of society, based on sketches of street scenes and everyday scenes of ordinary people. He also recommended his pupils to paint this shakai-ga.
This special exhibition focuses on the shakai-ga showing related Kiyokata and his pupils’ works.【Admission】
Adults ¥450
Elementary and Junior High School Students are ¥220【Closed】Mondays(excepd for 18 Sept. and 9 Oct.)、10 Oct.
special Exhibition
Kiyokata and Literature:Respect for Ozaki Kōyō and Friendship with Izumi Kyōka
-
- 14 September,2023 – 18 October,2023
Kiyokata and literature are deeply related. When he was a young painter, the literary group Ken-yūsha led by Ozaki Kōyō had extended their influence in the literary world. Acquainted with Kōyō and Izumi Kyōka, a promising young novelist of Ken-yūsha, Kiyokata paved his way to a famous illustrator. During his long career, he had produced many works inspired by literature.
This special exhibition shows a relationship of Kiyokata and Ken-yūsha with his works depicted scenes of novel or drama.【Admission】
Adults ¥450
Elementary and Junior High School Students are 220【Closed】Mondays(excepd for 18 Sept. and 9 Oct.)、10 Oct.
Thematic Exhibition
Colors of Seasons : Illustration of Beautiful Women by Kiyokata
-
- 1 July,2023 – 10 September,2023
After WWII, Kiyokata painted cover illustrations of magazine Kuraku started and presided over by Osaragi Jiro with joy.
In commemorating the 50th anniversary of Osaragi’s death, this exhibition introduces works and materials related to Kuraku with works and frontispieces expressing summer feeling.【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students are free of charge【Closed】Mondays(except for 17 july) ,18 july
Special Exhibition
Kiyokata, Bijinga Painter of East and Uemura Shōen of West
-
- 20 May – 25 June, 2023
Kiyokata was born in 1878 and blossomed out as a Japanese style painter in the end of Meiji period. In his career, he was pursuing ideal beauty and produced many masterpieces of bijinga, paintings of beautiful women.
In commemorating the 145th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition provides a chance for enjoying bijinga by Kiyokata’s works characterized by Edo-Tokyo style, with the works of Uemura Shōen who representative of bijinga painter in the west of Japan.【Admission】
Adults ¥450
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥220【Closed】
Mondays, 13 JuneSpecial Exhibition
Kiyokata’ｓ Last Year’s in Kamakura
-
- 13 April – 17 May, 2023
In 1945, Kaburaki Kiyokata moved Kamakura from Gotemba where he had evacuated from the air raids on Tokyo. He had continued creation in Kamakura calmly until he died in 1972.
In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the museum, this exhibition introduces his life and works in his last years.【Admission】
Adults ¥450
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥220【Closed】
Mondays,(except for 1 May)Thematic Exhibition
Blooming Flowers in Kiyokata`s Works, Sketch and Design
-
- 3 March,2023 – 9 April,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
