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Exhibitions
Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection– Early Modern Japanese Painting by the Kano School and Others
Dates : [Part I] March 11 (Saturday) – April 12 (Wednesday), 2017 [Part II] April 14 (Friday) – May 17 (Wednesday), 2017
The Hara Rokuro Collection comprises works of traditional East Asian art collected by Rokuro Hara, the Meiji-era industrialist and great-grandfather of Toshio Hara, director of the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art. As a showcase for the collection, the Kankai Pavilion provides a unique perspective from which to view its holdings centered on early-modern Japanese paintings.
The featured works include Tiger in a bamboo grove by the Kano Eitoku, considered one of the great masters of Momoyama painting, as well as a set of twelve hanging scrolls by Eitoku’s successors, works that were once partition paintings that decorated the Nikko-in guest hall in Mi’idera (Onjoji) temple in Shiga Prefecture. We invite you to enjoy these masterpieces of the Kano school by Eitoku, Takanobu,Tan’yu and others.
Featured Works
Traditional Art: [Part I] Tiger in a bamboo grove, Kano Eitoku, Momoyama period / Birds and flowers, Kano schoolm Momoyama-Edo period / Waka poem “Kokin Waka-shu,” first part of “Spring” chapter with painted ground and butterfly design, Hon’ami Koetsu, Edo period and others.
[Part II] Huangshi-gong and Zhang Lian under a pine tree, Kano Takanobu, Edo period / Princess Yang Guifei playing chess, Kano Sotoku, Edo period / Li Bai, viewing waterfall, Kano Tan’yu, Edo period / Landscape of Yodo River, Maruyama Okyo, Edo period and others.
Contemporary Art: Hitomi Uchikura, Lumiere 2007, 2007 / Kohei Nawa, PixCell-Bambi #2, 2006 / Mika Ninagawa, PLANT A TREE, 2011 and others.
- Hours
9:30 am – 4:30 pm (last entry at 4:00 pm)
- Closed
Thursdays (except March 30 and May 4)*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 contemporary art galleries can view the on-going exhibition in the Kankai Pavilion as well.