by kristan hauge | Nov 8, 2016 | exhibition review
Pax Tokugawana was a wide-ranging exhibition. There was never a dull moment as we were swept through some of the Tokugawa (Edo) period’s best painted works. The exhibition was held at the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, a palatial, inviting space situated in the...
by kristan hauge | Sep 30, 2016 | exhibition review
Showcasing its strong holdings of Kyoto Rimpa (Rinpa) school artwork, the Hosomi Museum is staging an exhibition: ‘Rimpa of Kyoto: The Enjoyment of Beauty’. On entering the exhibition, we are greeted by a pair of six-fold screens bearing the seal of Innen. Flowering...
by kristan hauge | Sep 17, 2016 | exhibition review
Sen-oku Hakuko Kan, also known as the Sumitomo Collection, exhibits and preserves art objects collected by the Sumitomo family. The museum is located in Kyoto’s Shishigatani, close to the eastern end of the famed Philosopher’s Path. The exhibition space dedicatedly...
by kristan hauge | Jul 8, 2016 | exhibition review
In continuation of the year-long celebration of the Japanese screen and scroll paintings of Ito Jakuchu, the Hosomi Museum is hosting the exhibition Celebrating the 300th Anniversary of His Birth Ito Jakuchu a True Kyoto Painter. The Hosomi Museum has traditionally...
by kristan hauge | Jun 21, 2016 | exhibition review
I recently visited the Idemitsu Museum of Art to attend the second stage of the 50th Anniversary Exhibition ‘Celebrating the Beauty of Japanese Art II : Sublimity of Suiboku’. I was grateful for the opportunity to be able to directly compare two works of art, both...
by kristan hauge | Jun 1, 2016 | exhibition review
The Kobe City Museum’s recent art exhibition celebrated the Japanese bird and flower paintings of Kakutei (1722-1785), the Nagasaki born Obaku monk and artist. As a consequence of the Tokugawa shogunate’s isolationist policies, Nagasaki was the only place in Japan...
