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Tokyo National Museum

This year of the Olympic year, Reiwa 2 (2020), is also a memorable year of 1300 since the Nippon Shoki was compiled.
To commemorate this, the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno, Heiseikan, will hold a special exhibition “Izumo and Yamato” from Wednesday, January 15 to the establishment of the Nihon Shoki 1300 .
(* First-half exhibition: January 15 (Wed)-February 9 (Sun) Second-half exhibition: February 11 (Tuesday / holiday)-March 8 (Sun))
Prior to the exhibition, there was a press preview the other day.

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What is the special exhibition “Izumo and Yamato”?

Japan’s oldest Masafumi and Nihonshoki, written from Kamiyo to Emperor Joshi 11 (697),
The chief of the Tonin (Toneri Shinnou, 676-735) is the main composer,
It is a history book consisting of 30 volumes played by Emperor Gensho Tenno in Yoro 4 years (720).
In the national myth at the beginning of the Nihon Shoki, Okuninushi, enshrined at Izumo Taisha Shrine,
The existence of the world “spirit” beyond human ability, the emperor in the land of Yamato is the existence of the visible real world “ken”.
This special exhibition “Izumo and Yamato” is jointly held by Shimane and Nara prefectures, which symbolize the “Yu” and “Ken” in ancient times, and the Tokyo National Museum.
In the special exhibition, Izumo and Yamato’s masterpieces gather together to explore the formation of ancient Japan and its characteristics.
※ Enshrined (= the spirit is settled in a certain place)

Highlight

There are four highlights of the special exhibition “Izumo and Yamato”.

① Izumo Taisha Sacred treasure can be seen in Tokyo

From ancient times, you can see works telling the history of Izumo Taisha, such as the treasures such as hand boxes and armor transmitted to Izumo Taisha, giant pillars excavated from the precincts, paintings decorating the shrine.
In particular, the two pillars, the Shinto Hashida (Shino only pillar) and the Uzu Pillar (Uzuba Shira), allegedly supporting the 48-meter-long main shrine of Izumo Taisha, have been unveiled for the first time in history!
It is a valuable document that supports the existence of the main shrine of Izumo Taisha.

② Large quantity of bronze ware excavated in Tokyo for the first time in about 20 years

189 exhibits from bronze ware (copper sword, bronze dot, bronze spear) excavated from the national treasure, Kojindani archeological site, and 30 pieces from bronze spear excavated from the national treasure, Kamoi Iwakura archeological site.
This is the first time such a large amount of unearthed bronze ware has gathered in Tokyo for about 20 years.

③ Exhibition of the most excavated triangular green beast mirror

33 triangular green sacred beast mirrors that protected and calmed down the burial mounds of the Kurozuka tumulus.
As for the number excavated from one tumulus, all the points of the largest triangular green beast mirror in Japan are exhibited.

④ First public! A hidden Buddha statue

The oldest stone Buddha that has been quietly guarded in the land of Yamato for 1300 years will be unveiled outside the temple.
Pay attention to the details, such as the slight remaining coloring and the sharp digging hole.

■ Introducing the hottest exhibits!

Featured exhibits are introduced in chapters.

Chapter 1 Giant Main Hall Izumo Taisha Highlight Exhibition

“Shin-nomihashira” and “Uzu-hashira”

A pillar excavated at a depth of 1.3 meters under the grounds of Izumo Taisha Shrine in 2000.
If you look closely, there are traces of gouging on the pillars.
This is the trace of a rope and the surface of a hatchet whose surface was adjusted when logging and transporting it from the site to the exhibition room.
Even in the local area, it is not easy to display side by side,
It is a valuable opportunity.
I looked at both pillars from all angles.
I can’t actually touch my hands, but I felt that the feeling was different depending on where I touched, such as being rough or glossy.

Two pillars have been installed to reproduce the actual situation inside the premise of Izumo Taisha.
Stand between the pillars, spread your hands widely and look up to see the real feeling.

 

 

Chapter 2 Izumo

National treasure “Bronze Sword” Aragami Valley, Izumo-shi, Shimane

It is a bronze sword excavated during excavation in 1984.
All the bronze swords on display appear to be of the same size and standardized, but if you look closely, you will see a ✖ engraved on the stem.
This is considered to be a trace of the process from production to burial at once, a feature not found in other bronze swords distributed around San-in.
It makes me feel that the delicate Japanese manufacturing technology has been around since ancient times.

 

National treasure “Bronze hoko” Aragami Valley, Izumo-shi, Shimane

This is the 16 bronze hoko from the Aragami Valley, which boast the highest number of unearthed rocks in Japan.
If you compare them one by one, you will find something.
A rattled edge, a relatively clean edge,
Rusted and faded, black-brown and shiny,
And the unique bronze hoko are lined up.

 

National treasure “Bontan dot” Ruins of Aragami Valley, Izumo-shi, Shimane

It is a bronze dot excavated from Aragami Valley.
There are various types, but they are almost the same size.
There are many places where the end of the bronze is scratched, and there are traces of considerable use.
What kind of thoughts did people at that time stare at at this bronze dot?

 

Chapter 3 Yamato

National treasure “Seven swords”

It is a treasure sword transmitted to Ishigami Jingu Shrine, and a treasure similar to the Shinto shrine.
Formerly, it was subdued in the main shrine.
A very rare type that has branches growing sideways is characteristic,
In the center is an inscription of 61 characters.
On the surface, a statement that if you have this sword, you will reject hundreds of changes,
On the reverse side, there is a statement that the royal family of Baekje on the Korean Peninsula was dedicated to the King of Wa.
It is a rare and rare opportunity to see this seven-armed sword, which is also described in the Nihon Shoki, as a seven-sheathed sword!

 

・ Important Cultural Property “Gamon Belt Mirror”

The “gamon Belt Mirror” displayed in the center is a copper mirror excavated from the Hokenoyama Burial Mound in Nara Prefecture.
On the outside, a car with a sun wheel, a beast pulling the car, and a sensation are shown in relief.
It is very small but has a strong presence.

・ Important Cultural Property “Triangle Beast Mirror”

The “Triangle Beast Mirror” displayed on the left and right is a copper mirror excavated from the Kamihara Shrine Tumulus in Kamo-cho, Yunnan City, Shimane Prefecture.
On the outside, patterns of Shinsen and spirit beasts are engraved.
The appearance of the 33 faces is spectacular.

 

 

Chapter 4  Buddha and Government (the festival)

・ Two eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva statues

Two 11-faced Kannon Bodhisattva statues in the center of the photo.
At that time, we prayed for the great power of Kannon and wished for the prosperity of the country and the safe lives of the people.
It is strange to stand in front of the statue of the Kannon Bodhisattva, because you will feel as if you are being protected by something invisible.

･ (Of Shitenno statue) National treasure “Hirome Tendai statue” *Left
･ (Of Shitenno statue) “Tamon statue”  * Right

Shitenno is a symbol of national politics.
Both the two Buddha statues are impressive with thick eyebrows and large nose.
At first, I was overwhelmed by the intimidation of the Buddha statue, but after staring at it for a while, I realized that there was a person who did not want to leave the place forever.

Conclusion

I have reported on the press preview of “1300 Nihonshoki Special Exhibition Izumo and Yamato”.
Works that tell the history of Izumo Taisha, a large number of excavated bronze pieces exhibited for the first time in 20 years､
33 triangular triangle Beast Mirror､Buddha statues.
All of these exhibits were full of stimulus and it was not enough just once and it was a fulfilling content that I wanted to see again and again.
The preview was really flooded with so many people that it was so hot that you had to wait to see the exhibits.

“Nihon Shoki 1300 Special Exhibition Izumo and Yamato” currently being held at the Heiseikan at the Tokyo National Museum. Why don’t you come and celebrate the 1300 year of Nihon Shoki through experiencing the process of ancient Japan? Is not it?

Event summary

Exhibition name	Nihon Shoki 1300 Special Exhibition “Izumo and Yamato”
Session	January 15 (Wed)-March 8 (Sun) 2020 Early Exhibition January 15 (Wed)-February 9 (Sun) Late Exhibition February 11 (Tuesday / holiday)-March 8 (Sun)
Venue	Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan (Ueno Park)
Opening hours	9: 30-17: 00 (Admission until 30 minutes before closing, open until 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays during the exhibition)
closing day	Monday, February 25 (Tue) (Open on February 24 (Monday, closed))
Viewing fee	General 1,600 yen (1,400 yen / 1,300 yen) University student 1,200 yen (1,000 yen / 900 yen) High school student 900 yen (700 yen / 600 yen) Free for junior high school students and below ＊ (): Advance sale / Group rate for 20 people or more * Free for disabled people and their caregiver. Please show a handbook for people with disabilities when entering the library * Tokyo National Museum Campus Members members can purchase same-day tickets for 1,000 yen (200 yen discount). At the main ticket office, tell us that you are a Campus Members student and present your student ID card. * You can purchase a regular ticket of 1,600 yen for 1,500 yen (100 yen discount) at the “Tokyo Museum Gourtt Pass” . Please apply at the main ticket office (window). * With this exhibition admission ticket, you can also see the general culture exhibition (normal exhibition) only once on the day of the exhibition day during the exhibition.
Contact us	Hello dial 03-5777-8600 Reception hours: All day from 8 am to 10 pm Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
Official HP	https://izumo-yamato2020.jp/

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National Museum of Nature and Science

From December 17, 2019 (Tuesday) to March 1, 2020 (Sunday), the “Journey through Life with Picture Books” is being held at National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno, Tokyo.
The press briefing was held the other day, so I will report on the situation.
We will introduce the highlights of the exhibition and the hottest exhibits.

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What is the special exhibition “Journey through life through picture books”?

An evolutionary process that began on the earth and emerged on Earth about 3.8 billion years ago.
It is no exaggeration to say that people and various creatures continue to exist because their evolution has continued without interruption.
There are many picture books on science and nature that focus on the evolutionary process of such creatures.
“By combining science and nature-based picture books with museum exhibits, we hope to stimulate interest in natural science and provide a different way of enjoying the National Science Museum.” This exhibition.
In a picture-story show format, the origin of life will be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.

Highlight

We will introduce the highlights of the special exhibition.

① You can experience a new picture book at the National Science Museum !?

At the special exhibition, scenes selected from seven picture books are displayed together with specimens such as fossils and foil.
You can trace the history of life evolution with specimens while enjoying the world of picture books.

② You can feel the evolution from fish to human!

In the exhibition, the main events of life evolution for about 500 million years, from fish to humans, are explained in a particularly easy-to-understand manner.
Feel the connection of life that continues from our distant ancestors to the present, the evolution that remains in our bodies.

③ If you want to know more …

If you want to know more about this exhibition and want to know more widely, please visit the permanent exhibition.
There is a corner that introduces research and research conducted at the National Science Museum and related permanent exhibits.

You may encounter a new picture book!

Near the entrance of the exhibition, there is a reading corner with over 100 picture books related to natural science and the evolution of life.
Reunite with nostalgic picture books, you may be able to meet your favorite new picture books.
Picture books in languages other than Japanese are also available.

Main picture books used in the exhibition

The following seven works are used in the exhibition.

(1) “Some no Kiyoshi”	Virginia Lee Burton Sentence / picture, Iwanami Shoten
② “Long journey”	Motofumi Matsuda, Kazuo Kawakami Picture, Kodansha
③ “I’m the grandmother of everyone’s first evolution”	Jonathan Tweet text, Karen Lewis picture, Iwanami Shoten
④ “Totori became a story” revised edition	Eitaro Oshima, Gospel Museum Bookstore
⑤ “The Origin of Species” Darwin’s First Evolution Theory	Sabina Ladeva, painting and painting, Iwanami Shoten
⑥ “Expanding Life”	Keiko Nakamura, Tatsuhide Matsuoka Picture, Gospel Museum Bookstore
⑦ “13.800 billion times”	Osamu Sakai product, picture, Kobunsha

Introducing main exhibits

Anomalocaris, a predatory animal that inhabited about 508 million years ago (mid-Cambrian)
It is said that he was given a scientific name in the sense of a strange shrimp.

A head fossil that inhabited about 360 million years ago and is presumed to be an ancient fish eustenopterone. , Donated to the National Museum of Nature and Science.
You can actually touch it.

Here is the whole body of Eustenopterone.

Deinonyx, which inhabited about 115-118 million years ago.
It often appears in movies and animations.

A fossil of the carnivorous mammal hyenodon that inhabited about 30 million years ago.
Mammals up to the dinosaur had ribs on their stomachs and could not hug them even if they wanted to hug a child.
Later, when the diaphragm was formed and the way of breathing changed, mammals could now hug and feed their baby.

In life from 7 million years ago to 200,000 years ago, fingers and toes become longer, and some things move differently from other creatures.
You will be able to grab the branches with your limbs, live on the tree, and communicate with each other by singing.
That is the present human ancestor of human beings.

Picture book corner inspired by Darwin’s Beagle
After watching the exhibition, look for your favorite picture books related to natural science and the evolution of life at this reading corner.
You can also see the seven picture books featured in the exhibition.

Conclusion

I’ve told you about a press preview of the exhibition “Journey through Life with Picture Books” currently being held at the National Science Museum.
The history of creatures that has continued from about 3.8 billion years ago to the present.
We humans seem to be living a matter of course, but in fact, we realize again that this is the life of billions of years of history.
Why do not you go to the National Science Museum on a journey of life with family and friends with picture books?

Mr. Makoto Manabe, Director of the Collection at National Museum of Nature and Science､ who supervised this exhibition､had a fun explanation about the history of life.

Event summary

Exhibition “Journey of life through picture books”

Period: December 17, 2019 (Tuesday)-March 1, 2020 (Sunday)

Venue: Japan Pavilion 1F, Special Exhibition Room, Central Hall

Opening hours: 9 am to 5 pm * Friday and Saturday until 8pm. * Admission until 30 minutes before closing time

Closed: Every Monday (Tuesday if Monday is a national holiday) and from December 28 (Sat) to January 1 (Wed / Holiday), except on February 17 (Mon)

Admission: General and university students: 630 yen (510 yen for groups) High school students and under, 65 years and over: free * You can see only the permanent exhibition admission fee.

Organizer: National Science Museum Official HP: https://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/

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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

A Mother and Child’s Story 2013

From November 16, 2019 (Sat) to January 5, 2020 (Sun), at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno , the Ueno Artist Project 2019 “A Look to the Children” and Riki Matsumoto “Remember Memories” It is held.
The other day there was a joint press preview of these exhibitions, so I will report on the situation.
The highlights, composition, and featured works of each exhibition are featured.

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What is “a look toward children”?

The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is popular as a place for the presentation of works by many publicly-recruited organizations, and is called the “Hometown of Public-Exhibited Exhibitions”.
From 2017, the “Ueno Artist Project” series, which introduces contemporary artists who are active in open recruitment groups, has decided the theme every year.
This year, the third edition, will be held under the theme of “A look toward children”.
Introducing a multi-layered image that is temporarily entrusted to children drawn through the works of six artists from young to veterans who are currently affiliated with art recruitment organizations.

Composition and featured works

The “Gaze to the Child” is roughly divided into 3 chapters.

Chapter 1 Being Beloved

Chapter 1 introduces the works of Shinsei Kana (Japan Art Academy) and Ayako Okubo (Ichiyokai) on the theme of beloved beings.

･ SHINJO Kana

Shina Kana draws a delicate human figure with a soft touch using warm colors and a female motif.
The work exhibited this time is a pure girl image that does not know the world’s dirt, and a warm mother and child image that touches an important part of the heart.
Through the existence of children and mothers and children, the rebirth that wants to draw the preciousness, beauty, and love of life is re-recognizing the kindness that I received from my surroundings when I was a child. Says.

(Comments from newborn)

“ I want to express the inside of a girl spreading like a universe, and I’m drawing a work”.

 

･ Ayako Okubo 

Ayako Okubo, an artist who consistently draws mother-child images.
The work exhibited this time is a mother-child image that gives a sense of the dynamics of moving children and a sense of unity between mother and child.
A large and generous mother gently wraps the babies and energetic children that are to be protected like the earth.

(Comment by Okubo)

With the theme of “spin life”, I have been making works for the last 10 years.
I hope I can express the energy of life through the children who fly around. “

 

Chapter 2 Growth and Conflict

Chapter 2 introduces the works of Tsubasa Shida (Independent Art Association) and Megumi Toyozawa (New Production Association) on the theme of growth and conflict.

・ Shida Tsubasa

While teaching at high school, Tsubasa Shida keeps drawing on the motif of modern junior and senior high school students.
The works on display this time are self-portraits depicting the inner faces of pure children who are looking at the inside of the aggression while struggling with the society created by adults, as well as the inner faces of society.
Unleash the real situation faced by today’s adolescent children.

(Comment by Shida)

“I want to express my child’s various psychology with my own paintings and connect with various people.”

 

･ Toyosawa Megumi 

Megumi Toyosawa keeps drawing high school girls who have projected themselves in the work.
Toyosawa draws about the feelings that she had in her adolescence that she wanted to deny herself, and that she continued to shake because of the influence of her surroundings.
It expresses the aching pains of the youth’s heart and evokes the emotions of the past that would have been felt when you were young.

(Comment by Toyosawa)

“There was a time when I made my work into a mold, but I reset it once to break that manner, and I drew the work with new feelings. I’m making ingenuity, so please enjoy it too. “

 

Chapter 3 Life Connection

Chapter 3 introduces the works of Akihisa Yamamoto (Main Art Association) and Masanori Kihara (Nikikai) on the theme of life’s connection.

 

･ Yamamoto Yasuhisa

We are the modern people who are covered with materials and information and want to destroy nature, but humans cannot live without symbiosis with nature.
Akihisa Yamamoto who continues to draw works as an antithesis to such a modern age.
The work exhibited this time is a human symposium centered on children and families who spend a calm time in abundant nature.
By touching the work, you should sympathize with the fundamental memory of human life.

(Comment from Mr. Yamamoto)

“I have consistently drawn works on the theme of abundance. This time I received the theme of an eye for children and made a new work based on that theme.

 

 

･ KIHARA Masanori

Masanori Kihara continues to draw a world in which the changing nature and the original nature of human beings with a rich sense of mass are intertwined.
The work on display this time is a world where nature and humans coexist without any boundaries and life circulates.
Using a unique color sensation and a sense of rhythm, we create a screen that is glossy and transparent, and asks viewers about the true richness.

(Comment by Kihara)

“I don’t draw the children directly, but through the richness of the colors, I’m making a work that I want to entrust with my life. Is an ugly work of my father who died two years ago.
My father passed away and my son and his wife had children, but through this work, it is a work that symbolically shows that life returns to the earth and a new life is born. “

Held at the same time Chikara Matsumoto “Remembering the Record”-Focusing on the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

As a joint project with the “Look for Children”, Chikara Matsumoto “Remember Me” is held at the same time.

・ Matsumoto Chikara 

Matsumoto Chikara (1967 ~) is an artist who is active both in Japan and abroad as a painter / animation artist.
Draw drawings one frame at a time, without tracing, and produce video works by adding transmitted light to shoot video.
As video installations, three-dimensional works, live performances using audio, and original workshops using hand-made video equipment are held in schools, museums, and areas where you stay.

This exhibition will show you the works held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography along with a new installation.

Composition and exhibits

Introducing the composition of the exhibition and the exhibits.

■ Six installation animation works

At the venue, six installation animations will be projected on the screen.
Six independent films will be screened one by one.

The 6 titles are as follows.

① A day on Mount Owari

② Electric Snow

③Follow Me / Meeting Beauty / Gaze

④ Calm warm

⑤ Singing voice across the mountain

⑥ To the mountain

 

(About the work)

The story of Oiwari from one day to the mountain is being developed with connections.
In the middle of the venue is a pyramid lookout.
Climbing to this vantage point, watching the video of the day of Mt. Owari over the mountain, it is made to be aware that the viewpoint will change and the field of view will change.

 

There are also 6 original installation works and multiple totem pole videos.

 

The video work SA YONA RA is also being screened.
This work is based on a picture of a continuation of an incomplete picture book written by Matsumoto-san’s dead father, with only one page left unwritten.
The character depicted in the work has a motif of an inexperienced person who doesn’t know anything about ghosts.

 

A cinema-type device has also been installed so that you can watch videos with different versions of SAYONARA’s music on headphones.
Please enjoy it freely.

Summary

 

I have reported the report preview report of “A look to the children” + Tsutomu Matsumoto “Remembering”.

In “A look at children”, I was able to touch on the memories of childhood that apply to me, the days when I was shining in adolescence, and the fundamental questions of life.
In Matsumoto Tsutomu’s “Remember Memories”, I was able to confirm myself in a nostalgic day of childhood that makes me feel a little sad and sad.
Why do not you come to look for your past memories and hope for the future through these two exhibitions?

We are waiting for you at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

 

Outline

 

Ueno Artist Project 2019 “ Gaze to the Children ”

■ Date: November 16, 2019 (Sat)-January 5, 2020 (Sun)

■ Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Gallery A ・ C

■ Opening hours: 9: 30-17: 30 (Last entry 30 minutes before closing)

■ Opening at night: Friday, November 30 (Saturday), December 7 (Sat) 9: 30-20: 00 (Last entry 30 minutes before closing)

■ Closed days: November 18 (Monday), December 2 (Monday), 16th (Mon), 26th (Thurs)-3rd 2020 (Fri)

■ Admission fee: Same-day tickets: General 500 yen / 65 years old and over 300 yen Group ticket: General 400 yen * Group discounts for 20 people or more * Free for students and younger * Free for those with physical disability certificate, love certificate, nursing certificate, mental health care welfare certificate, and A-bomb victim health certificate (up to 1 person) * Please bring something that you can prove. * “Coultrede Museum Exhibition fascinating impressionist” held at the same time Admission is free by presenting a ticket (stub)

■ Organizer: Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

■ Contact: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum TEL: 03-3823-6921 (representative)

■ Event information: Please check the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum website “Gaze to the Children” page. https://www.tobikan.jp/en/exhibition/2019_uenoartistproject.html

 

The National Museum of Western Art

From October 19th (Sat), 2019, at the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo Ueno,
The 150th anniversary of the friendship between Japan and Austria, “Hapsburg Exhibition: 600 Years of Imperial Collection History” is held. (Until January 26, 2020)
The other day, prior to the event, a press preview was held.

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About the Habsburg family

The Hapsburg family emerged as an Australian in the upper reaches of the Rhine, and expanded to Austria at the end of the 13th century.
One of Europe’s most prestigious families, who ruled a wide range of empires over hundreds of years until the end of World War I (1918).
Specifically, the Holy Roman Empire monopolized after the 15th century, and when the Habsburgs split into Austrian and Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish expanded to South America, Africa and Asia.It became an empire without the sun setting.
After the dismantling of the Holy Roman Empire, triggered by the Napoleonic Wars, he later ruled the Austrian Empire.
During this long reign, he possessed treasures such as the world’s finest arts, decorations, crafts, weapons and historical memorabilia, utilizing his wealth and personal connections.
The “Hapsburg Exhibition” is an exhibition that introduces about 100 items, including paintings, weapons, crafts, tapestry, and prints, in cooperation with the Vienna Art History Museum, which was built by a family and opened in 1891.

Composition of the Hapsburg exhibition

The composition of the Hapsburg exhibition is as follows.

Chapter 1
The beginning of the Habsburg family collection

In Chapter 1, we will introduce 12 collections of paintings, armor, and crafts from the time when full-scale collection of the Hapsburg family art from the late XV to the 16th century began.
The attention of the Habsburgs in this period was Maximilian I (1459-1519).
Famous for his skillful marriage and expansion of his territory, Maximilian himself married Marie’s successor Marie, Flemish Burgundy, and created an opportunity to enrich the Habsburg family collection.

Chapter 2
Rudolf II and Prague Palace

Chapter 2 extends on Holy Roman Empire Rudolf II (1853-1612), a famous collector, and introduces 30 items including tapestry, armor, paintings, and sculptures.
Rudolf had no sense of governance, but the depth of art and academic knowledge was extraordinary, and when he moved the court from Vienna to Prague in 1583, paintings, weapons, small sculptures and crafts, Owned a diverse collection of natural objects specimens and watches .

Chapter 3
Chapter 3 is divided into three sections.

Chapter 3 1 The Spanish Habsburgs and Leopold I

In Chapter 3, section 1, we will introduce seven collections, including portraits that became a tool of the era when the Habsburgs were split into two systems of Austrian and Spanish and kept in touch.
The center of this era is King Philip IV of Spain (1602-1644).
He was young and thriving, passionate about art and culture, hired young Velázquez as a court painter and treated him.

Chapter 3-2
Ferdinand Carl and Tirol collection

Chapter 3-2 introduces six paintings including a collection of Ferdinand Karl, one of the Grand Duchy of Austria and an important collector, belonging to the Habsburg family.

Chapter 3-3

Chapter 3-3 introduces 24 paintings, including the collection of Leopold Wilhelm (1614–1662), one of the most important collectors of the Habsburg family.

Chapter 4 The Habsburgs and Imperial Gallery in the 18th Century

Chapter 4 introduces the people of the Habsburgs who survived the turbulent 18th century in a collection of 15 items, mainly portraits.
The attention of this era was Maria Theresia (1717-1780).
She is the “emtress” who showed her natural wisdom, political skills, and led the people through national difficulties.
Another note is Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), the youngest daughter of Maria Theresia.Married to the later French king Louis XVI, but the queen of Guillotine disappeared in the French Revolution.
Chapter 4 revolves around these people.

Chapter 5 The long reign of Franz Josef I and the end of the Austrian-Hungarian double empire

The New Holy Roman Empire was dismantled after the Napoleonic Wars, and the Austrian Empire was born in 1804. (From 1867, Austria = Hungary Double Empire)
However, the Austrian Empire collapsed due to the defeat of World War I. At the same time, the Habsburgs will end.
Chapter 5 introduces six works related to Franz Josef I (1830-1916), who decorated the endless beauty as the actual last emperor of the Habsburg family.

Editorial department attention work

Margarita Teresa, Princess of Blue Dress

Margarita Teresa’s latest work by Velázquez depicting the age of 8.
Wearing a gorgeous silk blue dress and looking at you with straight eyes, this figure is so calm that you can’t imagine it was eight years old.
Velázquez also describes Margarita Teresa, 3 and 5 years old.

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Portrait of Princess Maria Theresia

A portrait of Theresia, drawn by Martin van Metens, a child who was heavily used in the early reign of Maria Theresia.
From the work, you can feel the confident expression of “The Emperor” Maria Theresia who led the people and the openness of 16 children.

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Portrait of French Queen Marie Antoinette

A work by Marie-Louise Elisabeth Vigere-LeBlanc, who was used by Marie Antoinette as a court painter.
The work depicts a young Marie Antoinette who was married to France in a political marriage.
Marie Antoinette wearing a gorgeous satin dress and a pink rose flower is shining, and from this work you can’t even imagine a tragic death in the French Revolution.

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Elizabeth in a pale blue dress

Portrait of Josef Horacek, depicting Elizat (nicknamed Sissi), the wife of the Austrian Emperor, who was spotted by the Hapsburg family’s last imperial emperor Franz Josef I. Because of her death, she seems to be sucked into her aura who was later deified .
The story of Elizabeth wearing a corset and imposing dietary restrictions on a daily basis to maintain the system is famous.

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Rebeka and Eliezer at the well end

This is a masterpiece of Ottavio Vannini, depicting a scene related to the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah in the Old Testament.In the middle of the painting, Rebeka is pouring water on the reeds of his follower Eliezer and the camel behind it And the women who hold the meeting at the well end are also drawn lively.

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Virgin and Child

A work depicting the infant Christ standing on the lap of the Virgin Mary.
The expression of Christ’s limbs that stand up in balance is delicately depicted.And the expression of Virgin Mary, who supports Christ, is calm and still seems to spill.

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Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I (1640-1705) and Princess Margarita Teresa (1651-1673)

This painting was drawn by Jan Thomas, one of the most important painters during the celebration of the Imperial Palace of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I (1640-1705) and Margarita Teresa (1651-1673).
At the banquet, people dressed in costumes for the costume party enjoy the party with the emperor and his wife sitting in the back left.
If you listen carefully, you will hear the cheers of the banquet and you will feel like you are participating in the party.

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Summary

We have reported on a press preview of the “Hapsburg Exhibition 150 Years of Friendship between Japan and Austria”

Many people attended the venue, not to miss one of the 100 collections of the Hapsburg family.Some of them spent several tens of minutes on the work.There were also women who were eager to watch without being able to leave, and women who wore costumes reminiscent of Marie Antoinette.

All the works at the venue are gorgeous for the royal collection.
In addition to the works introduced, there are countless exhibits such as paintings, weapons, crafts, tapestry and prints.

Currently held “Histsburg 150th Anniversary of Japan-Austria Friendship History of Empire Collection over 600 years”.
Please come to see the gorgeous items at the National Museum of Western Art.

 

Outline

 

Exhibition name	150 Years Friendship Austria – Japan “The Habsburg Dynasty: 600 Years of Imperial Collections”
Dates	October 19, 2019 (Sat) -January 26, 2020 (Sun)
Venue	The National Museum of Western Art (Ueno Park, Tokyo)
Opening hours	9: 30-17: 30 (Friday and Saturday until 20:00. November 30 (Saturday) until 17:30) * Admission is 30 minutes before closing
Closed	Every Monday (but open on November 4 (Monday / holiday), January 13 (Monday / holiday)), November 5 (Tue), December 28 (Sat) -January 1 Sunday (Wednesday / Holiday), January 14 ( Tue)
Admission fee	(on the day) General 1,700 yen University student 1,100 yen High school student 700 yen (Advance / Group) General 1,400 yen University student 1,000 yen High school student 600 yen * Group fee is 20 people or more. * Free for junior high school students and younger. * Free for the physically and mentally handicapped and one accompanying person (please present the handicapped person’s handbook when entering the building).
Official website	https://habsburg2019.jp/en/#/

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National Museum of Nature and Science

From November 2, 2019 (Saturday) to February 24, 2020 (Monday, National Holiday), the National Museum of Nature and Science is holding a special exhibition “In Search of Eternal Life” . I participated in a media preview, and this time I will tell you about it!

The largest in Japan! "Science" mummy exhibition

"Scared" "Uncomfortable" … Some people might look at the mummy and grin unexpectedly.
But at least many of the readers of this article have a fundamental “curiosity” beyond a certain interest, likes and dislikes about mummy.

Why did people make mummy? There is a deep connection with the environment surrounding the people who lived at that time, the view of life and death, and the view of religion.

Mummy has not attracted much academic interest for a long time due to its scarcity, but the information that can be extracted by the recent science and technology has increased dramatically, and the mummy has been re-investigated and the development of storage methods has been renewed. It is broken.
In this exhibition, we will explain the mummy from all over the world, various cultures and views of life and death, and the actual image of the mummy that has been revealed scientifically. South America, Egypt, Oceania, Japan … Through the 43 mummy gathered from all over the world, we introduce the various views of life and body that human beings have.

Mummy from all over the world gathers in “Kahaku”!

Mummy with genitals attached? !

Greco-Roman era, ruled by Gilshas and Romans. Even after the ancient Egyptian religion was considered heresy, mummies were made in a simpler way. This is a male mummy with a distinct pose that crosses arms, which has been a trend since the New Kingdom. The state of preservation is good, and if you look up close, you can feel the freshness of the facial expression.

According to a CT scan survey, this mummy is a 35-40 year old man. The brain is removed from the nose, the internal organs are removed by incising the left flank, and the body is filled with bags containing linen and natron. Characteristically, the male genitalia made of linen is attached, which is based on the myth of Osiris and is related to the concept of regeneration and resurrection.

First public release in Japan! Mysterious two mummy

European culture has little custom of preserving bodies as mummies, and most of the discovered mummies are “natural mummies”. Here are two wetland bodies found in the Bortung Marshland in the Netherlands in 1904.

Two mummy that seems to hold hands. In an extreme state, I can imagine that it is a couple who died while staying close together, but it turns out that both are actually men. Unfortunately, it seems that the relationship between the two has not been elucidated due to poor DNA preservation, and there are still many mysteries.

National scholar who made himself an “experimental table”

A Japanese mummy that keeps its original appearance from appearance, body shape and skin texture. This person is a herbologist of the Edo period (modern natural history and pharmacology). In order to confirm his research results, he devised a method for preserving his body and said, “If you have a chance in future generations, dig out.” It seems to have been told. In other words, you have become a mummy with your own will (!) From an academic pursuit.

The skin has a reddish brown color, but this may have been due to the effects of tannins in the seeds of cocoons because it was found that they had consumed a large amount of "seed seeds" just before their death. How did he succeed in mummyizing himself? Unfortunately, no specific method has been reported.

Special supporter Beat Takeshi also appears!

In addition, Beat Takeshi, a special supporter of this exhibition, also appeared at the preview. Takeshi who visited the exhibition hall with the curator

“When I became a mummy, I saw a mummy (the herbologist's mummy) and trembled. It ’s a great spiritual world. Is unknown and something that can't be done "

And enthusiastic about the cultural value of the mummy, which retains clues from the ancient times. In addition, he mentioned that there was an era of burning mummies in the past, appealed for the importance of spreading education that valued cultural heritage early,

“After all, I want the children to see it. It ’s important to be interested in something and want to know more. In the current era, there are searches such as Google, but the real thing is still photos No, there are strange gears. "

He talked about the significance of this exhibition.

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Real image of the mummy revealed by the latest science. Mummy is a “traveler from the past” that tells us the culture and history of people who lived in the past and various “feelings”.

“Mummy seeking for eternal life” will be held until February 24, 2020 (Monday / Holiday). Please come to the venue and listen to the words spoken by mummy from all ages and regions.

Outline

Exhibition name	Special Exhibition “In Search of Eternal Life”
Session	From Saturday, November 2, 2019 to Monday, February 24, 2020 9am-5pm (Friday and Saturday until 8pm) Until November 3 (Sunday / Holiday) 8:00 pm November 4th (Mon / Close) Until 6pm * Admission until 30 minutes before each closing time
closing day	Monday (Tuesday if Monday is a public holiday) And December 28 (Sat)-January 1 (Wednesday / Holiday) However, it is open on February 17 (Monday) * Opening hours and closed days are subject to change.
Venue	National Museum of Nature and Science
Admission fee	General / university students Advance 1,500 yen On the day 1,700 yen Group Advance 500 yen 600 yen on the day ・ Free for preschoolers. Free for those who have a disability certificate and one caregiver. ・ This exhibition will not be available on Friday / Saturday limited pair tickets. ・ Persons viewing this exhibition with this ticket can also see permanent exhibitions (Ground Hall and Japan Hall) on the same day.
Official site	http://www.tbs.co.jp/miira2019/

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Taito Ward Asakusa Public Hall

 

From August 18th (Sun) to October 26th (Saturday), the 2nd Edo Machitaito Geiraku Festival ~ Summer no Jin ~ is held. It is a festival where you can enjoy the various performing arts and art culture that have been nurtured, protected, and inherited to the present age, such as enterprising spirit.
On October 15th, “Beat Takeshi ~ Talking about Asakusa ~” was held.
This event was attended by Beat Takeshi, honorary adviser to the executive committee of the performing arts festival.
What does Takeshi talk about?
This time we interviewed you, so please have a look.

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This event is part 1 in comics, comedy, Wandering song, rakugo,
In the second part, Takeshi’s talk show and two parts.

Part 1 Top Batter is Shooting Star who has won the THE MANZAI Takeshi Award for the second consecutive year of 2017 and 2018.
The audience’s grab is OK with the calmness of Chuei’s gag and Shinichiro Takiue, who intrudes into the audience seats and makes unexpected movements. I ended up.

 

Next is the appearance of Hiroshi (Comedy), a pin entertainer who made a big break in 2004.
Mr. Hiroshi who is obsessed with his masochism.
The sad and humorous story is unrivaled.
The venue will be heated to every word.

 

The third is Tamagawa Daifuku’s Wandering song.
When Daifuku went up on the stage, a loud shout “Daifu-ku!” Came from the venue.
After explaining to the customers how to enjoy and excite the Wandering song, they showed off the Wandering song that were arranged in a modern style. A sense of unity and applause wrapped up the venue.

 

Lastly, it is a rakugo story of Kokontei Kikunojo.
After grabbing the heart of the customer with a sarcastic pillow, the classic rakugo “Turnover” was performed. The conversation between the drunk man and his wife was heard in sophisticated narratives. In the Taiga drama “Idaten”, Rakugo is being taught by Shinsho Kokontei and other actors that Takeshi plays.

Part 2

Finally, it ’s Beat Takeshi.
In the opening MC talk, Takeshi-san was recording a TV program and had not yet arrived at the venue, so the talk show itself was in danger, but in fact it was a story. Takeshi-san.
Asakusa has become familiar and has become an entertainer since his childhood. For the unique people he met in this area, he used his own Poisonous tongue and talked with his Attendant, Al Kitago, at a good pace. You
It was impressive that the customers continued to laugh at Takeshi-san’s unstoppable Poisonous tongue.

 

The ending gathered with Takeshi and the performers gathered on the stage.
Takeshi’s Poisonous tongue doesn’t stop there.
Both the customers and the performers were laughing at Mr.Takeshi’s good tempo.

Summary

 

We reported on the experience report of the 2nd Edo Machi Taito Geiraku Festival-Summer Team-“Beat Takeshi-Talking about Asakusa”.
The laughter of stage performance created by both performers and customers, which cannot be felt on the TV screen, created a sense of unity throughout the venue and a fun time.
The summer team of the 2nd Edo Town Taito Geiraku Festival ended on Saturday, October 26, but the winter team will be held from January 2020, next year.
Edo-machi Taito Performing Arts Festival with a wide variety of events such as movies, performing arts, and theater. Keep an eye on the future.

Outline of Edo Town Taito Performing Arts Festival

Session	August 18, 2019 (Sun)-February 15, 2020 (Sat)
Venue	○ Ueno district Takenodai Plaza of Ueno Onshi Park (Fountain plaza) -Okachi the town south exit station square addition ○ Yanaka district disaster prevention Square Hatsune of forest ○ the Northern District of Sanya moat Square other ○ Southern District Kuramae elementary school ○ Asakusa district Higashi Honganji Temple, Taito Ward Asakusa Public Hall Other
Official website	http://www.taitogeirakusai.com/

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The Ueno Royal Museum

From October 11, 2019 (Friday) to January 13, 2020 (Monday / holiday), the Van Gogh exhibition is held at the the Ueno Royal Museum. I participated in a media preview held prior to the event.

Two encounters that gave birth to Van Gogh

The painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) , who established a strong style and lived intensely and densely .
Of the short life of 37 years, only 10 years lived as a painter. Why did Van Gogh get a unique expression in spite of his short art work?
This exhibition focuses on the relationship between the two encounters behind this, “The Hague” and “Impressionism” and Van Gogh, and approaches the secret of Van Gogh ’s unique creation.

In this exhibition, in addition to Van Gogh’s work, works of masters representing the Hague and Impressionists such as Maufé, Monet and Renoir will be exhibited. An easy-to-understand introduction to the process until Van Gogh arrives at his original style.

“Hague” naturalistic look

In the first half of the exhibition, the works were introduced focusing on the “The Hague School” who led Van Gogh.
Many people may not be familiar with the Hague school, but the painters gathered in the seaside town of The Hague in the southwestern Netherlands, whose naturalistic landscapes and genre paintings are the forerunners of modern European paintings. The

Van Gogh, who loved Millet, sympathized with the Hague who described peaceful daily life on the stage of nature, and asked Maufe , the central figure, to teach and interact. It can be said that Van Gogh’s first step as a “peasant painter” began here.

Encounter with “Impressionism”

In the exhibition hall, a number of delicious words left by Van Gogh are introduced.
There is a passage that says “Oh, Claude Monet has to draw a person like a landscape” . Van Gogh deeply respected Monet’s paintings and was fascinated by the dynamic colors of the Impressionists.
Until then, Van Gogh used to depict the daily life and inner side of the farmers in dark colors, but meeting the Impressionism in Paris will bring up bright colors and various brushstrokes to open up a unique style. is.

In the second half of the exhibition, the works of Impressionist masters will be introduced in comparison with Van Gogh’s paintings, and the trajectory of the painting will be traced.

About 40 Van Gogh works gather!

There are about 40 Van Gogh works on display at this exhibition. From the early stage to the late years, including the masterpiece “Hitosugi” and “Rose” , Van Gogh’s important works are gathered from 27 places in 10 countries around the world.

In the last exhibition room, “Hitosugi”, which can be said to be the white eyebrows of this exhibition, is displayed. Van Gogh was fascinated by the beautiful lines and balance of “ cypresses like the Egyptian obelisk” and the splendor of the green color. An ideal “beauty” glimpsed by Van Gogh ’s tired spirit. Please enjoy this work with its overwhelming texture at the venue.

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Intense colors and undulating brushes, as symbolized by Cypress. Van Gogh, sometimes referred to as the “Flame Painter” because of his style, devoted himself to painting as if he burned himself.

This exhibition conveys the “passion” and presents the overall picture of his painting work. The Hague School and Impression School. Why don’t you go deeper into Van Gogh’s world through each work?

Outline

Exhibition name	“Gogh Exhibition “
Session	From October 11, 2019 (Friday) to January 13, 2020 (Monday, National Holiday) 9:30 to 17:00 (Open until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays) * Last admission 30 minutes before closing
closing day	December 31 (Tue), January 1 (Wed)
Venue	The Ueno Royal Museum (Ueno Park 1-2, Taito-ku, Tokyo)
Official site	go-go-gogh.jp

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Takenodai Plaza of Ueno Onshi Park (Fountain plaza)

Last year, the popular “Edomachi-Taito Entertainment Festival Geirakusai” was held again this year.
It is a cultural event full of emotion that allows young and old people to feel the various arts and art culture that have been protected and nurtured by their predecessors, such as smart, rich humanity, and enterprising spirit.

Honorary advisor is Beat Takeshi, the same as last time.

Starting from the opening event on August 18, the summer team will be held from August 18 to October 26, 2019, and the winter team will be held from January to February 15, 2020.
So, this time, we interviewed the opening event.

Mahha speed gousokkyu & Monrose

The event's frontier was Mach Speed's fast-paced ball that won the championship at the “Beat Takeshi Cup Mansai Nippon No. 1” held in January 2019. The short contest was performed for 10 seconds, 30 seconds and 1 minute. Tasteful tongues, fast-paced bokeh and tsukkomi with masochism about their name recognition at important points, and a talk invite a pleasant laugh from the venue.

Next up is the runner-up Monrose, who competed with them in the Beat Takeshi Cup. Two contrasting men, who have a modern weakness and a full-blown heat, show off the teppanya “Director of Weak Baseball Club” and attract their own laughter.

In this way, two young entertainers who got on the wave this year excited the venue, and the spark of “Edomachi-Taito Entertainment Festival Geirakusai ~ Summer Team ~” was started.

Shakuhachi performance (Mr. Kinohachi)

Kinohachi, who has inherited the shakuhachi school of “Kinko-ryu” that has continued since the Edo period, is from Negishi, Taito-ku. He started blowing shakuhachi instead of toys at the age of 4 and later studied under Takahisa Mitsuhashi.
After his solo debut in 2003, his talents have been demonstrated in composition activities such as stage, Kabuki, and movies, and it seems that his life work includes performing votive performances at temples and shrines throughout the country.
Looking abroad, he has been active in overseas performances such as London, Moscow, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Crimea, New Zealand, Beijing and Shanghai, and is one of the Japanese culture senders.
This time, I will make it sound in my hometown Taito-ku.

With the violin performance of Jun Takeuchi-san, the venue will be surrounded by a godly and mysterious mood. Not only adults, but also the tone had the power to stop the feet of small children who were just eager. While respecting tradition and formality, it was such an attractive performance that does not forget modern playfulness.

Dance performance from New York (Global Art and Culture Exchange Mai)

“Global Art and Culture Exchange Mai” is centered on Miho Imoto, a stage actress who is also active in Broadway in the United States, and is also active in interactive workshops and international cultural exchanges through entertainment called dance. Is a performance group.

I am particularly good at theater dance, and this time I tried to incorporate sign language into the dance. After all, the main feature of this dance is the dance performance on the song of the rock band QUEEN, which is named after the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Everyone is enthusiastic about a powerful and dynamic dance. Along with the tune, clapping also begins, and the venue is exciting.

ROLLY & Kaori Muraji (Talk show)

ROLLY, a musician who loves QUEEN, and Kaori Muraharu, a classical guitarist who is also active as a tourism ambassador, talked about the movies “Bohemian Rhapsody” and QUEEN.

The most impressive episode was when Brian May played the guitar using a coin instead of a pick when playing the guitar.
A number of songs were born from the combination of British picks and coins, which is a 1-yen coin in Japan.
Your QUEEN love talk will not end.
And this time, they also performed a session of the QUEEN medley of their selection.

"Bohemian Rhapsody" movie screening

Last year, the movie “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the biggest movement in the world, not just in Japan, and won the 91st Academy Awards in 4 categories.
This work was screened on a large outdoor screen set up in Ueno Onshi Park with the highest quality sound equipment.
Along with the screening, the eyes of many visitors gathered at the venue were poured onto the light projected from the truck loaded with screening equipment.

The sun set, and the heat should have only left the heat accumulated in the concrete ground, but as the scene progressed at the venue where the cheering screening was OK, the enthusiasm again filled with hot cheering and singing by QUEEN fans It was.
It looks more like a live venue than a movie theater.
Ueno on this day became hotter than usual.

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The 2nd Edomachi-Taito Entertainment Festival Geirakusai, which started in this way, will be followed by a variety of cultural events such as movies, performing arts, and theater.
Why don't you visit the venue to see, listen to, laugh, and see the popular performing arts that have been nurtured in the region and the sophisticated styles and traditions that have been nurtured in the community, by inviting everyone around you? Uka.
For details, please visit the official website below.

Outline of Edomachi-Taito Entertainment Festival Geirakusai

Session	August 18, 2019 (Sun)-February 15, 2020 (Sat)
Venue	○ Ueno area Takenodai Plaza of Ueno Onshi Park (Fountain plaza), Okachimachi south exit station square etc. ○ Yanaka District Disaster Prevention Plaza Hatsune Forest ○ Northern area Yamatanibori Square and others ○ Southern Area Kuramae Elementary School ○ Asakusa district Higashi Honganji Temple, Taito Ward Asakusa Public Hall etc.
Official website	http://www.taitogeirakusai.com/

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The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts

From Saturday, August 3, 2019, at the University of Tokyo Art Museum in Ueno, Tokyo,
“LEGENDARY KYOTO PAINTING FROM MARUYAMA OKYO TO THE MODERN ERA” is held.
(Until Sunday, September 29)

The other day, this exhibition’s news preview was held, and this time we will deliver the report.

 

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About Okyo Maruyama

Maruyama Okyo was born in 1733 (Kyoho 18) as a peasant child in the vicinity of Kameoka, Kyoto (Aita Village, Tamba Kuwana-gun).
However, life is difficult because of the poor family environment, and he was said to have been sent to the ministry from an early age.

One of the company’s customers, Owariya Kanbei, was a toy dealer that handled floats, telescopes, peep glasses, and dolls.
With the opportunity to draw eyeglasses there, Orai studied under Yui Ishida, who was cultivating the flow of the Kano school, and learned the perspective method of Western painting through eyeglasses. I refined the technique of painting.

The name will be called “Orai” from 1766 (Maywa 3).
And while meeting Yuten, the master of Mitsui-ji Enman-in Temple, and receiving various orders, he produces a number of masterpieces and continues his career as a painter.

A sketch (drawn sketch), which is created during this period and reflects the raw life.
In the era when the basics of painting at that time were only Yamato or Chinese paintings, Orai’s live-action paintings were simple and easy to understand, and would spread the paintings as familiar to the common people.

Fascinated by such a friendly and free-spirited painting style that is not bound by old traditions, there are many introductory students from all over the country, and in the 1780s, a leading school called the Maruyama school was formed and it became a school that can organize workshops I will continue.

What are Maruyama and Shijo factions?

Along with the Maruyama school, there is the “Shijo school” in the school centered on Kureharu, who studied at Yosyo-an village and later studied under special circumstances.

The Shijo school is a painting school named after , Goshun and his disciples who lived around Shijo-dori in Kyoto.
Because the artistic style of Goshun is influenced by Okyo, the two schools of Maruyama and Shijo are called “Maruyama / Shijo” as the two major schools, and the mainstream of Kyoto since the early days. It has a great influence on modern Kyoto art and has been handed down to the present day.

The highlight of the exhibition

By following the genealogy from Okyo, Goshun to modern times, this exhibition approaches the full picture of the Maruyama and Shijo factions, and reveals part of the Kyoto picture platform, which is an important part of Japanese art history. There are roughly 4 chapters.
The number of exhibitions is about 100, including 8 important cultural properties and 2 important works of art, making it the largest exhibition ever.

The most noticeable thing is the three-dimensional display of Daijoji Rie, which is called the last masterpiece of Okyo Maruyama.

“Daijoji Lacquer painting” has a breathtaking scale. The light changes the density of the ink. Please see from various angles.

 

In addition, we will also introduce 32 paintings by painters who follow the “Maruyama / Shijo school” system, which is followed by Goshun, Syurei Yamamoto and Kameoka Kirei.

 

 

One of the highlights is that only the first part of the Tokyo exhibition will have an important art piece “Eguchi Kimitzu” on display.

Maruyama Okyo’s “Eguchi Kimitzu” is one of the few beautiful Oijo pictures.
A special feature is that the renowned figure is drawn with a solid human body composition.
The way the hair falls off from the top of the hair is reproduced naturally.

 

Only the Tokyo exhibition is also on display for the newly discovered work, “Fish Seafood”.

“Seafood” is on the left of the photo. A total of 28 painters, who occupy most of the Maruyama and Shijo factions, draw seafood on one screen. Although it is drawn by 28 people, at first glance it is interesting that it is harmonious as if one painter is drawing.
In the center of the photo, “Matsutora” is a work depicting a representative tiger from the Kishi group that steps on the Maruyama system.

 

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Obun Kunii / Gyokusen Mochizuki “Flower / Beast / Beast Illustration”

A painting drawn by the Maruyama school’s fifth generation, Obun and Mochizuki school’s fourth generation, Gyokusen. The pale blue, dark blue, and greenish colors of the peacock feathers painted in glossy paint are vivid. I feel.

Seihou Takeuchi “Spring Warm”
Rosetsu Nagasawa “Rose Butterfly Lion Figure”
Two painters who were influenced by Ojo, Tsubaki and Yukiyuki. Both dogs are unique and cute.

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Summary

The Maruyama / Shijo faction is vague in its definition of which is the Maruyama faction and which is the Shijo faction, and experts cannot judge.
There is no change in the Maruyama and Shijo faction, so there is no expression that makes Maruyama Okyo’s sketchy or strange, and it is gentle.
Therefore, it is important to appreciate the gentle changes and differences in the styles of each piece without thinking about difficult things.

The Maruyama-Shijo school has nurtured Kyoto’s unique culture against the Edo culture that evolved with rapid changes.
Why don’t you touch the works of Maruyama and Shijo at the University of Tokyo Art Museum?

 

Outline

Exhibition name	LEGENDARY KYOTO PAINTING FROM MARUYAMA OKYO TO THE MODERN ERA
Session	Previous period: August 3 (Sat)-September 1 (Sun), 2019 Late: September 3 (Tue)-September 29 (Sun), 2019 Large exhibition changes in the second half of the previous period! * However, Daijoji Rie is displayed throughout the year 10:00 am-5:00 pm (Last entry 30 minutes before closing)
closing day	Monday * However, if Monday is a public holiday or a transfer holiday, it will be opened and closed the next day
Venue	Tokyo University of the Arts Museum of Art (Ueno Park) Main Building Room 1, 2, 3, 4
Admission fee	General 1,500 yen (1,200 yen) High school / university students 1,000 yen (700 yen) * Free for junior high school students and younger * (　) Is a group fee for 20 or more people * One group leader per 20 group visitors is free * Free for disabled people and one caregiver. Present a handicapped person’s handbook when entering the museum. Advantageous ticket information * Please check the official website for details.
Official site	https://okyokindai2019.exhibit.jp/

 

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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

From July 20, 2019 (Saturday) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno, the “Iba Yasuko Exhibition” will be held. [Until October 9 (Wed)]
The press preview of this exhibition was held the other day, so this time we will deliver the report.

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About Iba Yasuko Exhibition

Yasuko Iba is fascinated by the world with her own eyes and motifs as a painter, and continues to express the scenery of itself by drawing texture motifs and light that it would like to touch Yes.
The creative style is based on photographs taken by myself, and in the 2000s , the motif was mainly bedding and dishes.
Also in recent years, the style of production has not changed, but the distance to the motif that was approaching has gradually increased.
The interest in the landscape gradually increases, and by expanding the perspective to the surrounding space, the Iba work shows new developments.
At this exhibition, video works have been presented as prints and new attempts, including paintings drawn from photographs taken at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

Since the solo exhibition in 2009, "Iba Yasuko-The Place of the Wonder of the Day-" (Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art), the exhibition for the first time in a museum for the first time in 10 years "Aiko Iba Exhibition"
This exhibition brings to the core of unchanging interest along with the 10-year change of Iiwa Reiko, by displaying works in front of new development, focusing on recent works and new works.

Highlights of the exhibition

The highlight of the exhibition is three.

The first solo exhibition for the first time in 110 years at a museum in Tokyo

This is a large collection of works at major museums in Japan and abroad.
Its popularity is loved by many collectors as well as museums.
In this exhibition, we will display works from 2004, which will lead to recent works and new works, with the help of many holders who are carefully kept in private residences.
Usually, the collector's favorite work that can not be seen in the middle is a pleasure.

2 New exhibition center

The exhibition will be held for around three years from the spring of 2016, which was decided to be held, and will be exhibited focusing on new works such as paintings, prints and videos.
The paintings I drew from the photographs taken at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum were reborn through the lenses and hands of Iba, and brought new life to the architecture of Kunio Maekawa who designed the museum.

First Challenge for 3 Video Works

With a focus on painting and broadening her production activities, Iba is challenging the first video work this time.
Developed from paintings that draw a quiet space filled with light, it is an image work that makes it possible to be aware of various things that exist between human eyes such as the atmosphere, light, and atmosphere, and objects of things to be seen.

Introduction of exhibited works

This work is drawn from photographs taken at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.
Produced by putting a motif in an acrylic box.
The ambient light reflected from the transparent acrylic box and the light of the objects overlap in layers, creating a unique world.

The texture of the wrinkles that can be created after holding the cushion tight with both hands.
It seems that you can also feel the warmth of the people living there.
It is strange that when you look in front of the work, you will have the illusion that the work will come to light with light.

The transparency of the glass, the gloss, and the shadows extending from the bowl are delicately expressed.
The pale cherry-colored background highlights the object.

One of Iniwa's new video works.
When using the left and right eye parallax to look at the screen using a three-dimensional object viewing method, an image appears.
It is interesting because the way people look at it also changes depending on the day.
Please take a look and feel with your eyes.

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Summary

Yasuko Iba says, "I want to look at each work with eyes, feel even with the body, and have me wake up to my own past memories."

It senses the presence of invisible things from visible objects.
That is how I admire the Iniwa works.

Reiko Iiwa continues to challenge not only paintings but also new visual expressions such as images, while taking an object and a style that draws the light that it creates.
How about visiting this exhibition by all means?

Outline of the event

Exhibition name	"Iba Yasuko Exhibition"
Session	Saturday, July 20, 2019-Wednesday, October 9
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Gallery A, B, C
Closed day	Monday, August 13 (Tuesday), September 17 (Tuesday), September 24 (Tuesday) ※ However, the room will be opened on August 12th (Mon. and holidays), September 16th (Mon. and holidays) and September 23rd (Mon. and holidays)
Opening time	9:30 to 17:30, 9:30 to 20:00 on Fridays (all are 30 minutes before closing) ※ However, July 26 (Fri), August 2 (Fri), 9 (Fri), 16 (Fri), 23 (Fri), and 30 (Fri): 9:30 to 21:00
Fee for viewing	Tickets for the day | General 800 yen / undergraduate / vocational school student 400 yen / 65 years old or older 500 yen Group ticket | General 600 yen ※ Target of group discount is more than 20 people ※ Free for students below high school ※ Person with disability certificate, love notebook, nursing notebook, mental patient health welfare notebook, A-bomb survivors health notebook and person (the one up to one person) are free ※ August 21 (Wed), September 18 (Wed) by "Silver Day", September 16 (Mon. / Congratulations) by "Senior Day" ※ August 17 (Sat), 18 (Sun), 18 (Saturday), September 21 (Sat), 22 (Sun) by "Family Contact Day", parents who accompany children under 18 (resident in Tokyo) , Up to 2 people, half of the general charge ※ Please bring what you can prove ※ October 1 (Tuesday) is free for everyone according to "Tomin's Day" [Summer Night Museum Discount] From 17:00 to 21:00 on July 26 (Fri), August 2 (Fri), 9 (Fri), 16 (Fri), 23 (Fri), and 30 (Fri) 600 yen, free for college students / professional school students [Mutual discount] Those who present a ticket for the following exhibition (sift accepted) at the entrance of the main exhibition hall will receive a discount on the day of the general day (each one per person, other discounts only) Can not be used with) ・ Special exhibition " Cartourde Museum Exhibition Fascinating Impressionism " We discount 300 yen from general rate on the day. If you are presenting a ticket for the exhibition (snift accepted) at the ticket counter in our hall, you can get a discount of ¥ 100 on the day ticket for the “Cultordo Museum of Art Exhibition: Fascinating Impressionism” ・ Tokyo Metropolitan Gakugei Museum of Art " Interior decoration of 1933. Building materials and people for Asaka Palace House " We discount 200 yen from general rate on the day. If you are presenting a ticket for the exhibition (snift accepted) at the ticket office next to the gate of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, the general price of “Building Materials and People Over Asaka Palace House in 1933” is ¥ 180. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Contemporary Art " Asobi Nojikan " Exhibition We discount 200 yen from general rate on the day. If you are presenting a ticket for the exhibition (snift accepted) at the ticket counter of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, the general rate for the “Asobi no Jikan” exhibition is discounted by ¥ 120. Family contact day ( https://www.tobikan.jp/en/guide/hospitality.html ) Silver day ( https://www.tobikan.jp/en/guide/hospitality.html ) Tokyo educational institution admission fee exemption application ( https://www.tobikan.jp/en/learn/exemption.html ) Daddy mommy day ( https://www.tobikan.jp/guide/nurseryservice.html )
Special WEB site	https://www.tobikan.jp/en/exhibition/2019_yasukoiba.html ※ You can check other event information on the special website.

Article Provided by: Kokosil Ueno

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