Taikan Yokoyama "Ten subjects on seas and mountains respectively"
- the discovered masterpieces |
| Session丗 |
July 27(Tue.) - August 29(Sun.), 2004
Closed on Mondays |
| Place + Hours丗 |
The University Art Museum, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
10:00 - 17:00 (entry by 16:30) |
| Admission丗 |
Adult 900yen, Students above junior high school 500yen |
| Organized by: |
The University Art Museum, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music /
NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation) / NHK Promotions |
| Sponsorship by: |
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. / Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd. |
| Cooperation by: |
Yokoyama Taikan Memorial Hall |
Taikan Yokoyama is one of the great masters in Japanese modern painting.
In 1940 he made a series of twenty works, 乬Twenty subjects on seas and mountains乭,
known as 乬Ten subjects on seas and mountains respectively乭,
in memory of the fiftieth anniversary of his life as a painter and the 2600th year
after the accession of the Emperor Jinmu. Taikan created a new style of Japanese painting,
proposing 乬Moro-style乭 with Shunso Hishida, and left a lot of masterpieces.
But this series is one of the most famous works in his life.
In April 1940, 乬Ten subjects on seas乭 was opened to the public at Nihonbashi-Mitsukoshi
and 乬Ten subjects on mountains乭 at Nihonbashi-Takashimaya.
Afterward caught up into the waves of the time and drifting from one owner to another,
a part of them were missing.
Due to the discovery of the lost masterpieces, 乬Four subjects on the tide亅autumn乭
and 乬Dance of a dragon乭, nineteen works of the series have gathered in this historic exhibition.
Inquiry: NTT Hello Dial 03-5777-8600
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