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special Exhibition
Kiyokata and His Disciples: The Art They Pursued
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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
Kiyokata in the Taisho Period: Searching for the Expression of His Own
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- 22 October – 27 November, 2022
Around 110 years ago, beginning of the Taisho period, Kaburaki Kiyokata was turning into Japanese style painter from an illustrator. Receiving the highest award of Bunten, the government-run art exhibition in 1915 and producing other great works, he come to fame as a Japanese style painter. However, he had continued to search and develop his own potential of new creation.
This exhibition shows Kiyokata’s works in the Taisho period to trace his path of seeking new creation.【Admission】
Adults ¥450
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥220【Closed】
Mondays,15 Nov.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.
