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[2024 Summer] Collection Room Special Display: Women Painted by Women
Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art
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The Museum Collection currently consists of approximately 4,400 works of Kyoto modern art comprising Japanese paintings, Western-style paintings, sculpture, prints, crafts, and calligraphy. In particular, the Collection includes masterpieces representative of Japanese painting made by Kyoto artists between the Meiji and Showa periods, making it one of the leading collections of such works in Japan.
When women choose to paint women, what kind of women do they use as models? A genre called bijinga (Japanese style paintings of beautiful women) was developed between the Meiji and Showa periods in Japan. The few female painters of the time depicted women from the viewpoint of their gender. Interestingly, many of them portrayed scenes from women’s everyday life: sitters dressed in fashionable clothing or at work, or casually depicted themselves. The Museum collection includes many works by the superior female artists in the Kyoto painting tradition, such as Shoen Uemura and Shoha Ito who are considered to be representative of the bijinga genre, as well as Fuku Akino and Hisako Kajiwara. Featuring a collection of these gems, this special display explores the artistic activities of the female painters and the beautiful paintings of women seen through their eyes.
When women choose to paint women, what kind of women do they use as models? A genre called bijinga (Japanese style paintings of beautiful women) was developed between the Meiji and Showa periods in Japan. The few female painters of the time depicted women from the viewpoint of their gender. Interestingly, many of them portrayed scenes from women’s everyday life: sitters dressed in fashionable clothing or at work, or casually depicted themselves. The Museum collection includes many works by the superior female artists in the Kyoto painting tradition, such as Shoen Uemura and Shoha Ito who are considered to be representative of the bijinga genre, as well as Fuku Akino and Hisako Kajiwara. Featuring a collection of these gems, this special display explores the artistic activities of the female painters and the beautiful paintings of women seen through their eyes.
Schedule | Jul 19 (Fri) 2024-Sep 27 (Fri) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥730; Elementary, Junior High and High School Students ¥300; Kyoto City residents ¥520; Elementary, Junior High and High School Students residing in Kyoto city free. | ||||
| Website | https://kyotocity-kyocera.museum/en/exhibition/20240719-20240927 | ||||
| Venue | Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art https://kyotocity-kyocera.museum/en/ | ||||
| Location | 124 Okazaki Enshoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8344 | ||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from exit 1 at Higashiyama Station on the Tozai subway line, 16 minute walk from exit 12 at Sanjo Station on the Keihan line; From JR Kyoto Station, take the #5 or #86 Kyoto City bus and get off at Okazaki Koen/Bijutsukan,Heian Jingu-mae. | ||||
| Phone | 075-771-4334 | ||||
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