Hara Museum ARC

Over the ages, in both the East and the West, artists have sought out ways to express the illusion of movement or stillness. Even in the most immobile of presentations like paintings and sculptures, we can feel a sense of dynamism and speed, or conversely, a feeling of “stillness” heightened by that very same immobility. This show examines the masterful use of brush, compostion and negative space to express the two qualities of dynamism and stillness through selected works of traditional Japanese art from the Hara Rokuro Collection. A variety of perspectives are included, from painterly representations of landscape, human figures and animals to the flowing, expressive line of the calligrapher’s brush.

Featured Works
[Part I & II] Traditional Art: A Set of utensils for a game of incense competition decorated with degin of three friends of winter, Edo
Contemporary Art: Isamu Noguchi / Toshinobu Onosato / Carl Andre / Tokihiro Sato / Menashe Kadishmanperiod and others
[Part I] Text for social regulations, attributed to Fujiwara no Yukiyoshi Kamakura period / Birds and flowers (part of paintings used for wallpaper and sliding doors at Nikko-in guest hall in Mi’idera temple), Kano school Momoyama period / Scene of monkey and full moon, attributed to Oguri Sotan Muromachi period / Portrait of Lie Zi, Sesson Muromachi period / Dragon and tiger, Kano Tan’yu Edo period
[Part II] Waka poem “Kokin Waka-shu,” first part of “Spring” chapter with painted ground and butterfly design, Hon’ami Koetsu Edo period / Sumo match, Edo period / Nunobiki Falls, Sumiyoshi Hiroyuki Edo period / Scene based on an anecdote of Tametomo, Kikuchi Yo’sai Edo period / Field with the moon, the subject called “Musashino” in Japanese Edo period

Concurrent Exhibition
Stop and Go at Contemporary Art Gallery B and C
June 30 (Saturday) – September 30 (Sunday), 2018

Hours

9:30 am – 4:30 pm (last entry at 4:00 pm)

Closed

Thursdays (except during the month of August) *Subject to temporary closure in the event of severe weather.

Admission

General 1,100 yen, Students 700 yen (high school and university) or 500 yen (elementary and junior high), Free for Hara Museum members, 10% discount for a group of 20 or more, Combination ticket for Hara Museum ARC and Ikaho Green Bokujo (except during Golden Week): General 1,800 yen; Students 1,500 yen (high school and university) or 1,400 yen (junior high), 800 yen (elementary), half price for those over 70, discount for groups of 20 or more
*Visitors to the Kankai Pavilion can view the on-going exhibition in the contemporary art galleries as well.
*Children must be accompanied by an adult.
*For residents of Gunma Prefecture: Free admission for elementary and junior high school children every Saturday during the school term/200-yen-discount on admission for up to five persons upon presentation of the Guchoki Passport.
*Visitors to the Kankai Pavilion can view the on-going exhibition in the contemporary art galleries as well.