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October 26 (Wednesday), 2011 - March 18 (Sunday), 2012 |
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The exhibition is divided into four parts, consisting of episodes relating to people, times, things and the Shojiro Collection itself. | |
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• Episodes Relating to "People"
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Focusing on the history and collectors of Chikugo region artists, and their works.
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MORI Miyoshi
Landscape in Chikugo
1910c
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MORI Miyoshi's art studio nurtured a new generation of master artists including AOKI Shigeru and SAKAMOTO Hanjiro.
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AOKI Shigeru
Seascape
1904 |
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This work was formerly in the collection of KANBARA Ariake, a poet who was one of the first to recognize AOKI's genius.
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• Episodes Relating to "Times"
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This part introduces artists who lived and worked in the same periods. | |
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MITSUTANI Kunishiro
Landscape in Brittany
1913c |
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MITSUTANI Kunishiro is one of the artists who appears in "Etranger (foreigners)", the journal of SHIMAZAKI Toson's stay in Europe. Here is a glimpse into their friendship in Paris.
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• Episodes Relating to "Things"
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This section focuses on specific things, offering a variety of episodes related to the work's title, framing and even the pictures hidden underneath. | |
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HASEGAWA Toshiyuki
Nude
1938 |
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Many of the works of HASEGAWA Toshiyuki are unsigned, but when he did sign them he usually wrote Hasekawa instead.
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KURODA Seiki
Lilies
1909 |
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A portrait of a man is hidden behind the picture you see here, painted over.
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• The Formation of the Shojiro Collection
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Here you will find the first pieces collected by the founder of the Ishibashi Museum of Art, pieces directly purchased by him from the artists, and other works with a strong connection to Ishibashi Shojiro. | |
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TOYODA Katsuaki
Spring Day
1930 |
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The Shojiro Collection began originally as mere interior decoration.
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YOKOYAMA Taikan
Mt. Fuji
1930 |
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This work was painted at the specific request of Shojiro.
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