Yokosuka Museum of Art - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Yokosuka Museum of Art. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
Akira Nagasawa “Endless Scenery”
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[0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2020-02-08 - 2020-03-03
※The exhibition period has been shortened. (Originally 2020/2/8–4/12). *Yokosuka Museum of Art is temporarily closed from Mar. 4 to June. 30. This is the first large-scale exhibition for Akira Nagasawa,...More »
72nd Children’s Sculpture Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2020-01-11 - 2020-01-27
Art education has been part of the curriculum at Yokosuka elementary, junior high, and high schools for 60 years. The city holds an annual exhibition of children’s sculpture. This time some 3000 works...More »
Fourth Collection Exhibition: Yoshimasa Tsuchiya
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2019-12-21 - 2020-03-03
*Yokosuka Museum of Art is temporarily closed from Mar. 4 to June. 30. ※The exhibition period has been shortened. (Originally 2019/12/21–2020/4/5). Featuring the work of Yoshimasa Tsuchiya (b. 1977),...More »
Rokuro Taniuchi’s Shunkan Shincho Covers: A World of Collage
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Painting
- 2019-12-21 - 2020-03-03
※The exhibition period has been shortened. (Originally 2019/12/21–2020/4/5). *Yokosuka Museum of Art is temporarily closed from Mar. 4 to June. 30. Showa-era artist Rokuro Taniuchi created a total...More »
Woodblock Wonderland Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Prints
- 2019-11-16 - 2019-12-22
The aim of this exhibition is to introduce the techniques behind woodblock engraving through the collection of the Yokosuka Museum of Art along with works from other museums. More »
Rokuro Taniuchi: Showa Treasures
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Painting
- 2019-10-05 - 2019-12-15
Focusing on the illustrations of Rokuro Taniuchi with text by copywriter Shunichi Iwasaki. More »
Third-Term Collection Exhibition: Shozo Yamazaki
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2019-10-05 - 2019-12-15
The World of Sarah Bernhardt, Luminary of the Belle Epoque
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Crafts
- 2019-09-14 - 2019-11-04
The Paris-based actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844–1923) was a patron of the Art Nouveau movement, appearing in productions such as Gismonda, the poster for which was designed by Alfons Mucha, and wearing jewelry...More »
Shu Takagi: Specific Space
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture - Installation
- 2019-07-13 - 2019-09-29
A collection exhibition including two new works by Shu Takagi, a Yokosuka-based artist who works in performance art and a variety of other projects in addition to sculpture. Here his pieces create “a specific...More »
Rokuro Taniuchi Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Painting
- 2019-07-13 - 2019-09-29
Introducing the work of Rokuro Taniuchi, who produced more than a thousand works of cover art for Shunkan Shincho magazine. His work often featured themes of space programs, UFOs, and other sci-fi-inspired...More »
Keiko Sena Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Drawing
- 2019-07-06 - 2019-09-01
It has been 50 years since Keiko Sena made her debut as a children’s book author, becoming known for titles such as “Nenaiko Dareda” (Who’s Not Sleeping?) and “Iyada Iyada” (No No). Her simple yet highly...More »
Term 1 Collection Show: Scary Paintings
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2019-04-20 - 2019-07-07
Introducing contemporary Japanese artworks and works by artists with connections to Yokosuka from the museum collection. This time the collection show looks at paintings of the frightening and macabre....More »
Rokuro Taniuchi Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2019-04-20 - 2019-07-07
Paintings by Rokuro Taniuchi.More »
Sense of Scale
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture - Installation
- 2019-04-13 - 2019-06-23
With scientific advancements and media developments, we now receive information about scales of all kinds – from the smallest particles invisible to the human eye to the farthest reaches of outer space....More »
Hisamitsu Noguchi “Cinema Graphics”
[0] [0]- Media: Graphics - Painting
- 2019-02-09 - 2019-03-31
After graduating from Tokyo Fine Arts School (present-day Tokyo University of the Arts) in 1933 Hisamitsu Noguchi (1909-1994) went to work for one of Japan’s largest film distribution companies creating...More »
Romantic Painters to Know: Hiromu Miki
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2018-12-22 - 2019-04-14
Rokuro Taniuchi: Nostalgic Things
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Drawing - Crafts
- 2018-12-22 - 2019-04-14
Exhibiting the works of Rokuro Taniuchi, whose paintings frequently featured childhood toys and other vintage objects and tools.More »
Chiyoji Yazaki “Picture Journeys”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2018-11-17 - 2018-12-24
Introducing works by the Yokosuka native Chiyoji Yazaki (1872–1947), creator of vibrant paste pictures inspired by trips around the world. Yazaki studied Western art under Seiki Kuroda at Tokyo University...More »
Modern Art Revisited: From Dali and Warhol to Kusama
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation
- 2018-09-15 - 2018-11-04
Exhibiting 67 works by leading modern artists from the Fukuoka Art Museum’s collection of some 16,000 pieces. More »
Koji Nakazono: Scenes on the Outer Edge
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2018-07-14 - 2018-09-30
Koji Nakazono (1989–2015) is known for his imaginative free-form paintings featured in important exhibitions such as Japanorama at Centre Pompidou-Metz in 2017 and the 7th Moscow Biennale in 2017. His...More »
Atsuhiko Misawa “Animals In Yokosuka”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture
- 2018-06-30 - 2018-09-02
Atsuhiko Misawa (b. 1961) began “Animals,” his series of animal sculptures carved from camphor wood, in 2000. He currently produces these works in a studio in Kanagawa Prefecture. From familiar pets like...More »
Heroes in Ukiyo-e and Modern Nihonga
[0] [0]- Media: Nihonga
- 2018-04-28 - 2018-06-17
Numerous artists have portrayed the many heroes and feats of courage found throughout Japanese mythology and history. “Musha-e” warrior pictures in the late Edo period were a popular form of Ukiyo-e woodblock...More »
Yoshio Aoyama “Follow the Brilliant Trail”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2018-02-10 - 2018-04-15
Yoshio Aoyama (1894-1996) lived in Yokosuka until the age of 8. Hoping to become a painter from a young age, he traveled to France in 1921 and was selected for the Salon d’Automne shortly thereafter. He...More »
Kyuzaburo Ito: Fantasy and Poetry
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Talks
- 2017-11-18 - 2017-12-24
Kyuzaburo Ito (1906–1977) was a leading Nitten Exhibition-featured artist whose Surrealist paintings leaned toward the avant-garde. After the WWII he returned to Kyoto, where he boldly continued to adapt...More »
203gow “Strange world of knit”
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture - Installation
- 2017-07-15 - 2017-10-01
203gow (pronounced Ni-maru-san-go) is a knitting instructor who also produces highly unique knitted works of various forms. For someone like 203gow, once you discover the threads and start seeing everything...More »
10th Anniversary Exhibition: The Museum and the Seas of Japan
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Workshops - Talks
- 2017-07-08 - 2017-08-27
The Yokosuka Museum of Art marks its tenth anniversary with an exhibition of paintings, photography, Ukiyo-e, posters, ship art, fishing flags, and other works considering Japan’s relationship to the ocean...More »
Denmark Design
[0] [0]- Media: Product - Workshops - Talks
- 2017-04-28 - 2017-06-25
Denmark is a small Scandinavian country that is home to around 5.6 million people. It regularly comes out top in the United Nations’ World Happiness Report and is well known for its sophisticated social...More »
People’s Choice: Best Collection
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2017-04-15 - 2017-07-09
Yokosuka Museum of Art holds quarterly collection exhibitions spotlighting contemporary Japanese art and works by artists with ties to Yokosuka. For this event celebrating its tenth anniversary, the museum...More »
Koya Nakamura: Yuzen Artist of Yokosuka
[0] [0]- Media: Nihonga - Fashion - Crafts
- 2017-02-11 - 2017-04-16
Presenting the works of Koya Nakamura (1922–2002), a textile artist who depicted the Yokosuka Bay with the technique of Yuzen dyeing in impressively elegant and bold designs featuring unique senses of...More »
FY16 Fourth Collection Exhibition: Saeko Wakabayashi
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints - Sculpture
- 2016-12-17 - 2017-02-09
In its fourth quarterly collection exhibition spotlighting contemporary Japanese art and works by artists with ties to Yokosuka, the Yokosuka Museum of Art features Saeko Wakabayashi (1972–2008), an oil...More »
Susumu Shingu “Spaceship”
[0] [1]- Media: Sculpture
- 2016-11-03 - 2016-12-25
Susumu Shingu (born 1937 in Osaka), whose art projects have traveled to many part of the world, has been creating kinetic sculptures that translate wind into ever-changing, airborne shapes since the mid-1960s....More »
The World of Momoko Sakura
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2016-04-23 - 2016-06-19
Presenting some 130 illustrations, privately made sculptures and collected works, musical projects, essay manuscripts, and other works by Momoko Sakura, best known as the manga artist who created Chibi...More »
Shidu Shimada + Teruo Isomi “Color and Monochrome”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2016-02-06 - 2016-04-10
After studying at the Women’s Art College and Waseda University Shidu Shimada (b. 1923) went to study in Paris in 1958 and would spend the next two decades there. During her time in France she developed...More »
Shinta Cho “A Map of the Mind of Shinta Cho”
[0] [0]- Media: Drawing
- 2015-09-12 - 2015-11-03
Around 300 original illustrations explore the identity and mind of picture book artist and essayist Shinta Cho, creator of works loved by children and adults alike for their peculiar sense of humor. Comprised...More »
Yoko Kamijo “Tabula Rasa”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Installation
- 2015-07-11 - 2015-09-27
From the young age of 17 years old, Yoko Kamijo(1937-) determined upon her career as a painter and after studying at the then Yokosuka based Seisen Junior and Senior High School she continued to teach...More »
The Making of Ultra Man - From Ultraman Q to Ultraman 80
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture
- 2015-06-27 - 2015-08-30
Symbol of national television and still unerring in its popularity today, Ultraman has caught the imagination of generations from its first emergence in 1966 as Ultraman Q. This exhibition follows 8 series...More »
2015 First Permanent Collection Exhibition
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- 2015-04-25 - 2015-07-05
Yokosuka Museum of Art begins its annual rotation of 4 select exhibitions introducing the modern and contemporary art of Japan from the museum collection alongside work of Yokosuka associated artists....More »
An Art Museum for Unwinding
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2015-04-18 - 2015-06-14
Presenting an array of calming artworks featuring small creatures, soft colors, round forms, and other gentle motifs with a uniquely Japanese sensibility. More »
Kinosuke Ebihara “Spirit and Passion”
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2015-02-07 - 2015-04-05
Taking on the legacy of the Ecole de Paris Kinosuke Ebihara produced a succession of poetic works upon his return to Japan and gained acclaim with his bold work of the postwar years. In the first retrospective...More »
67th Children’s Art Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture - Product
- 2015-01-10 - 2015-01-26
Yokozuka city has fostered art education in schools over 60 years, carrying out research and practical implementation of creativity in schools. Every year an exhibition is held to the reveal the outputs...More »
2014 Fourth Permanent Collection Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2014-12-20 - 2015-04-19
Introducing the delicate wooden sculpture of Masayoshi Maeda(1956-) first inspired by his forays into wood carving when making toys for his two sons. This is accompanied by an exhibition of Yokosuka born...More »
Takanobu Kobayashi “Dream, Dreaming Us”
[0] [3]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Prints
- 2014-11-15 - 2014-12-23
Takanobu Kobayashi is well known for such series as “Submarine”, “Everyday Life”, “Bangkok” and “Portrait” directly tackling his subject, with a psychological depth and universal sense of presence. This...More »
2014 Third Permanent Collection Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation
- 2014-09-27 - 2014-12-14
Held four times annually, this exhibition introducing Japanese modern and contemporary art spotlights artists with ties to Yokosuka. Room 4 presents a special exhibit commemorating the 130th anniversary...More »
Delicious Art - The Meeting of Food and Art
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture
- 2014-09-13 - 2014-11-03
While the act of eating is something we must do on a daily basis in order to survive, it is also something which is to be enjoyed. If we trace through the history of art we also discover ample examples...More »
Sparkle, Sound, Excitement! Enjoying Art With Children
[0] [1]- Media: Illustration - Painting - Photography - Sculpture - Installation
- 2014-07-12 - 2014-08-31
Recreating the experience of reading a storybook, “Sparkle, Sound, Excitement!” wants children and adults alike to enjoy dazzling, stirring, heart-quickening works of art. This is art to be enjoyed with...More »
2014 Second Special Collection Exhibition: The Works of Yoshishige Saito
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2014-06-28 - 2014-09-21
A pioneer of Japanese avant-garde art before and after WWII, the artist and educator Yoshishige Saito (1904–2001) had an enormous impact on younger generations. His drawings, reliefs, and sculptures from...More »
2014 Second Permanent Collection Exhibition
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- 2014-06-28 - 2014-09-21
Held four times annually, this exhibition introducing Japanese modern and contemporary art spotlights artists with ties to Yokosuka. This time, the Kanuemon Memorial Room focuses on rose paintings and...More »
Art Nouveau and Art Deco— European Design and Craft
[0] [1]- Media: Graphics - Product - Crafts
- 2014-04-26 - 2014-06-29
The European design styles Art Nouveau and Art Deco were tidal forces from the end of the 19th century through the early 20th, sweeping up many genres of art and influencing a wide variety of fields. Japanese...More »
2014 First Permanent Collection Exhibition
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- 2014-04-12 - 2014-06-22
Held four times annually, this exhibition introducing Japanese modern and contemporary art spotlights artists with ties to Yokosuka. Exhibition Room 4 presents work by Kanuemon Asai from the 1940s, a time...More »
2013 Fourth Permanent Collection Exhibition
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- 2014-02-08 - 2014-03-06
In the 4th installment in this series, this exhibition continues to introduce Japanese modern and contemporary art, while placing a spotlight on Yokosuka associated artists. Spread over 4 sections this...More »
“Nihonga from the Collection of Yokosuka Museum of Art”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2014-02-08 - 2014-04-13
Yokosuka Museum of Art takes a rare opportunity to celebrate its rich collection of contemporary modern nihonga, with works including Seiho Takeuchi’s “Animals”, Taikan Yokoyama’s “Tao Yuanming”, Kiyokata...More »
66th Kids’ Sculpture Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2014-01-11 - 2014-01-27
On display are some 3000 sculptures and drawings by children from Yokosuka. [Image: 65th Exhibition Work]More »
“The Age of Shozo Yamazaki and Kaita Murayama - After ‘Kaita no Utaeru’”
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2013-11-16 - 2013-12-23
Throwing new light upon the painting of Shozo Yamazaki, shown in context with the work of Kaita Murayama and other young artists working at that time. [Image: Shozo Yamazaki “Haizhu Bridge” (1938)]More »
2013 Third Permanent Collection Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2013-10-26 - 2014-02-02
Introducing the bold and intricate paintings and copper etchings of one-time Yokosuka resident Kanuemon Asai, as well as works by Yo Sugano and Shohachi Kimura. [Image: Shohachi Kimura “Grounds”]More »
3rd Permanent Collection Special Exhibition— Isamu Wakabayashi, Artist and Father
[0] [0]- Media: Product
- 2013-10-26 - 2014-02-02
Presenting toys and picture books made by the sculptor Isamu Wakabayashi (1936–2003) for his two daughters. Small wooden figurines of characters from stories they loved such as “My Father’s Dragon” and...More »
Experience, Adventure, Art Museum
[0] [1]- Media: Architecture - Installation
- 2013-09-14 - 2013-11-04
Kids and parents can both enjoy new and recent works by four exciting artists at this hands-on exhibition. [Image: plaplax “stone kachina” (2011)] More »
Chasing Japan’s Youkai- From Hokusai, Kuniyoshi, Usen, and Mizuki Shigeru to Contemporary Art
[0] [1]- Media: Graphics - Illustration - Painting - Drawing
- 2013-07-13 - 2013-09-01
Japanese art is full of youkai, or supernatural folk creatures, ghosts, and demons. Youkai pictures from long ago attest to the fear and devotion that people of those times felt for nature. In the Edo...More »
Masafumi Maita “The Concerto Between Heaven and Earth”
[0] [1]- Media: Installation
- 2013-06-29 - 2013-10-20
Presenting a range of recently required works from Masafumi Maita’s water and steel series created between the late 1980’s to mid 1990’s. During this period Maita created a whole range of sculptural works...More »
Memories of a Town: Yokosuka in Photography and Contemporary Art
[0] [5]- Media: Photography
- 2013-04-27 - 2013-06-30
Yokosuka flourished as a naval port, but photography of the town was prohibited until the end of World War II. Since then it has been an important motif in photography and art. This exhibition of around...More »
Japanese Wooden Chairs
[0] [0]- Media: Product
- 2013-02-09 - 2013-04-14
Features Japanese interior design history from the Twenties to the Seventies, as well as interactive areas to try out furniture by famed designers.More »
65th Kids Sculpture Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2013-01-12 - 2013-01-28
On display are some 3000 sculptures and drawings by children from Yokosuka.More »
Kanuemon Asai Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2012-11-03 - 2012-12-25
This exhibition marks the 5th anniversary of the museum's opening with a retrospective of painter Kanuemon Asai (1901-1983). [Image: Kanuemon Asai, "On top of the hill" (1936) collection of the Museum...More »
"A Hundred Flowers: Scenes of the Female" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2012-09-15 - 2012-10-21
The female portrait has been a major subject in the arts from times of old. This exhibition introduces motifs of female forms in Japanese art. There will be around 120 exhibits of Nihonga, western-style...More »
"Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg: from the Fin-de-siecle to Contemporary French Art" Exhibition
[0] [2]- Media: Painting
- 2012-07-21 - 2012-09-02
Located close to the German border, the city of Strasbourg has long flourished as a strategic crossroads, where many historical and cultural figures such as Gutenberg, Goethe, Mozart and Victor Hugo have...More »
"L'Arc-en-Ciel 20th L'Anniversary Exhibition"
[0] [1]- 2012-06-09 - 2012-07-08
Yasuo Kuniyoshi Exhibition
[0] [2]- 2012-04-28 - 2012-07-08
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889-1953) was a Japanese Nihonga artist who worked in America. This exhibition gathers 110 works from the large collections of several museums. [Image: Yasuo Kuniyoshi "Koinobori"...More »
“5 Years’ Anniversary Since Opening: Miura Peninsular Artists” Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture
- 2012-04-07 - 2012-06-03
In celebration of five years since the museum opened its doors, the museum will dip into its collection in co-operation with artists and other art museums to introduce the work of artists living in the...More »
Rokuro Taniuchi "Shukan Shincho Cover Art 1980"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2012-04-07 - 2012-07-08
Every year the Rokuro Taniuchi Museum is introducing its collection of the artist's Shukan Shincho cover art on a year-by-year basis. On this exhibition it will show 51 cover paintings for the magazine...More »
"Shiki Masaoka and Art" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2012-02-11 - 2012-04-15
Shiki Masaoka (1867-1902) was an innovator of modern haiku poetry who cultivated close relationships with Western-style painters like Chu Asai and Fusetsu Nakamura. On display at this exhibition are paintings...More »
"64th Child Students' Sculpture Works Exhibition"
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Painting - Sculpture
- 2012-01-14 - 2012-01-30
Features around 3,000 artworks from kindergartens, middle schools, high schools and other educational institutions in Yokosuka City.More »
Rokuro Taniuchi "Shukan Shincho Cover Illustrations, 1979"
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2011-12-17 - 2012-04-01
On display are cover illustrations produced for issues of Shukan Shincho from 1979.More »
Ayako Yodoi Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2011-12-17 - 2012-04-01
This series of exhibitions introduces the artists in the collection of the Yokosuka Museum of Art. This time Ayako Yodoi's oil paintings and prints will be exhibited on the theme of the poet Bassho, Egypt...More »
Shozo Shimada Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints - Ceramics
- 2011-11-19 - 2011-12-25
Shozo Shimada (1933–) is a leading Japanese contemporary painter who was born in Yokosuka. He first attracted attention while still a student for his painting "Neurosis", which depicted human figures against...More »
"Permanent Collection Part 3: Ikuko Fujishiro's Patchwork Kilt" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Crafts
- 2011-09-17 - 2011-12-11
Born in Yokotsuka in 1947, Ikuko Fujishiro has been teaching herself patchwork since the Eighties. Her unusual use of old materials and silk won her prizes in competitions in Japan and overseas. Though...More »
Rokuro Taniuchi Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2011-09-17 - 2011-12-11
On display are cover illustrations featured in issues of Shukan Shincho from 1978.More »
"Trick and Humor" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2011-09-10 - 2011-11-06
This exhibition showcases some 80 works filled with visual gags, tricks and humor, ranging from Surrealist masterpieces to the labyrinthine prints of M. C. Escher and "entertaining pictures" from the Edo...More »
"Fascinating Animals" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Talks
- 2011-07-16 - 2011-08-28
Divided according to four themes, this exhibition explores how animals have been depicted in Japanese art since the late Meiji period. [Image: Atsuhiko Misawa, "Animal 2010-16" (2010) ©Atsuhiko Misawa]...More »
"2nd Permanent Collection: Yumi Domoto" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2011-07-02 - 2011-09-11
On display are canvases filled with colorful, dynamic strokes with a touch of humor about them.More »
Rokuro Taniuchi Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2011-07-02 - 2011-09-11
Illustrations from Shukan Shincho magazine.More »
"Minoru Kawabata: 100th Birth Anniversary" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2011-04-23 - 2011-07-03
Minoru Kawabata was born in Tokyo in 1911 to an artistic family: his grandfather was the nihonga painter Tamaaki Kawabata, while his father Shigeaki was also a Japanese-style painter. He has won acclaim...More »
"1st Permanent Collection" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2011-04-09 - 2011-06-26
Introduces watercolor and pastel landscape pictures by artists from the former collection of the late Takashi Kinoshita, as well as newly acquired works.More »
Rokuro Taniuchi Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2011-04-09 - 2011-06-26
Noriyuki Haraguchi + Kanji Wakae Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Prints - Installation
- 2011-02-11 - 2011-04-10
This exhibition focuses on the work of two artists who launched their careers in Yokosuka after WWII, showcasing a whole range of their output, from their early work to their most recent pieces. Noriyuki...More »
"63rd Children's Works" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture - Crafts
- 2011-01-15 - 2011-01-31
On display are works by children produced over the course of their daily classes at school. Some 3000 pieces by students from kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools and other educational...More »
Rokuro Taniuchi Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Painting
- 2010-12-18 - 2011-04-03
This exhibition features a selection of original illustrations made by Taniuchi for the covers of Shukan Shincho in 1975, inspired by his travels to 6 European countries.More »
"4th Permanent Collection" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Prints
- 2010-12-18 - 2011-04-03
On display are oil paintings, prints and other works by artists with strong ties to Yokosuka. [Image: Osamu Fujita, "Meeting" (1991) photo etching, etching, aquatint]More »
"From the pre-Raphaelites to William Morris" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2010-10-30 - 2010-12-26
On display are 80 works by pre-Raphaelite painters like Dante Gabriel Rossetti, as well as pieces designed by William Morris, who identified closely with their ideals.More »
"Permanent Collection Exhibition"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2010-10-02 - 2010-12-12
Rokuro Taniuchi "Weekly Shukan Shincho Covers"
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2010-10-02 - 2010-12-12
On display are 51 original cover illustrations from issues of Shukan Shincho published in 1974.More »
"Pop Art Exhibition 1960s-2000s"
[0] [1]- Media: Graphics - Prints
- 2010-09-11 - 2010-10-17
Pop art flourished in America in the 1960s and continues to fascinate people all over the world today with its bright colors and clear motifs. Drawing from the well-known Smith Collection and its excellent...More »
Rokuro Taniuchi "Weekly Shukan Shincho Cover Exhibition 1973"
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2010-07-03 - 2010-09-26
On display are all the original illustrations from the covers of Shukan Shincho since its very first issue.More »
Bruno Munari "Happy Ways to Find Art"
[0] [13]- Media: Graphics - Crafts
- 2010-06-26 - 2010-08-29
Bruno Munari (1907-1998) was a multi-disciplinary Italian artist who worked as a product and graphic designer, children's book author and illustrator as well as a kids educator. From creating original...More »
Keisuke Sugano Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2010-04-24 - 2010-06-13
This exhibition looks back at the career of the painter Keisuke Sugano (1909-1963). Sugano left for Europe in 1935 and studied painting in Grenoble, France. After returning to Japan in 1937, Sugano won...More »
"Wonder Senior 30" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2010-02-13 - 2010-04-11
This exhibition features paintings that depict contemporary Japan in the Showa and Heisei periods, focusing on works by 32 veteran painters in their 60s and 70s that highlight the tremendous creativity...More »
Kazuo Shiraga "Painting Born Of Fighting"
[0] [2]- Media: Painting - Talks
- 2009-10-31 - 2009-12-27
Kazuo Shiraga (1924-2008) was the pioneer of action painting in Japan. He is one of the most representative artists of the Gutai Art Association and is a key figure in the history of Japanese post-war...More »
"Paul Klee -Oriental Dreams-" Exhibition
[0] [2]- Media: Painting
- 2009-09-05 - 2009-10-18
Paul Klee (1879-1940) is one of the most representative painters of the 20th century. His works have been widely shown in Japan, but the fact that Klee had a direct connection with oriental art - Japanese...More »
" 'Kodomo no Kuni' and its Illustrators" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2009-06-27 - 2009-08-23
"Kodomo no Kuni" was a Children's magazine published from 1922 to 1944 within the cultural climate characterized by the popularization of culture. Under the belief that the best that art could provide...More »
Shizu Shimada Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2009-04-18 - 2009-07-05
Works from the museum collection are on display.More »
Rokuro Taniuchi "Shukan Shincho Cover Art 1968"
[0] [0]- Media: Graphics
- 2009-04-18 - 2009-07-05
Rokuro Taniuchi Gallery is dedicated to the work of illustrator Rokuro Taniuchi. Exhibitions of his cover artwork for the weekly magazine "Shukan Shincho" are held chronologically, showcasing works from...More »
"Flowers - An Image of Beauty and Life" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Ceramics
- 2009-04-11 - 2009-05-31
This exhibition presents a total of 120 Japanese modern artworks by 40 artists from the 1920s and 30s that portray flowers. Floral motifs are common in all sorts of works throughout history. In post-Meiji...More »
Saori Akutagawa Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2009-02-14 - 2009-03-22
In the 1950s, Saori Akutagawa (1924-1966) received much attention for bold and unique motifs depicted in vivid colors. Her works include paintings with motifs reminiscent of plants, a series of "screaming...More »
"61st Children's Artwork Exhibition"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Sculpture
- 2009-01-24 - 2009-02-04
This is the 61st exhibition of works by kindergarten, elementary, junior high, and high school students from Yokosuka City. A total of 3000 works by students from 77 schools are on display.More »
"Rokuro Taniuchi Shukan Shincho Cover Art Exhibition 1967"
[0] [1]- Media: Illustration
- 2008-12-20 - 2009-04-12
This exhibition features all the cover illustrations by Rokuro Taniuchi for Shukan Shincho magazine from the museum's collection. On display are illustrations from the magazine published in 1967. He used...More »
Permanent Collection Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Prints
- 2008-12-20 - 2009-04-12
From the museum collection, this exhibition presents works by Osamu Fujita (1953-), printmaker based in Yokosuka. He has been experimenting with this media, which especially requires technical skills,...More »
"The Modern Age of Japanese Sculpture" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Sculpture
- 2008-10-28 - 2008-12-21
Before the modern age, Japan had no word for "sculpture" as such, but instead a history of producing other three-dimensional forms such as Buddhist statues, dolls, ornaments and altar objects, architectural...More »
"Rokuro Taniuchi Shukan Shincho Cover Art Exhibition 1966"
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2008-10-04 - 2008-12-14
Exhibition of all original illustrations from the museum collection by Rokuro Taniuchi, focusing on this work for the magazine Shukan Shincho. This section of the exhibition showcases cover illustrations...More »
Special Chiyoji Yazaki Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2008-10-04 - 2008-12-14
Chiyoji Yazaki (1872-1947) was an artist born in Yokosuka. After studying under Kiyoteru Kuroda at Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko and graduating at 1900, Yazaki won third prize for his work at the National Industrial...More »
Lionel Feininger Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Prints - Crafts
- 2008-08-02 - 2008-10-05
Lionel Feininger (1871-1956), a New Yorker of German immigrant descent, returned to Germany to study music but soon turned instead to painting. After doing illustrations for magazines and satirical illustrations,...More »
"Permanent Collection Exhibition: Focus on Mitsuya Nakamura"
[0] [0]- Media: Crafts
- 2008-07-05 - 2008-09-28
Mitsuya Nakamura was born the oldest son to Yuzen living national treasure Katsuma Nakamura. After completing a course in nihonga at Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko, he learnt dyeing from his father and made his debut...More »
Rokuro Taniuchi "Shukan Shincho Cover Illustration Exhibition 1965"
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration
- 2008-07-05 - 2008-09-28
This exhibition features all the cover illustrations by Rokuro Taniuchi for Shukan Shincho magazine from the museum's collection. On display are illustrations from the magazine from 1965 as well as a large...More »
"Asobijutsukuru" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting
- 2008-05-24 - 2008-07-21
There are many ways of enjoying museum visits - finding oneself moved by a photo-perfect landscape, laughing at the simplified figures of a portrait painting, wondering if you could pull off one of those...More »
Rokuro Taniuchi "Shukan Shincho Cover Illustrations"
[0] [0]- Media: Illustration - Drawing
- 2008-04-12 - 2008-06-29
The Rokuro Taniuchi Annex exhibits all the original illustrations by Taniuchi held by the museum's collection, focusing particularly on the cover drawings for magazine Shukan Shincho. For this exhibition...More »
Isamu Wakabayashi "Valleys"
[0] [0]- Media: Drawing - Prints - Sculpture
- 2008-02-16 - 2008-03-16
The outdoor sculpture "Valleys (2nd Stage)," by Isamu Wakabayashi, was completed in 1989 and installed in 2006 in the garden of the Yokosuka Museum of Art. Wakabayashi and the museum started planning...More »
Permanent Collection Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2008-01-12 - 2008-04-06
Rokuro Taniuchi "Weekly Shincho Cover Paintings 1962-1963"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2008-01-12 - 2008-04-06
In commemoration of the opening of the Rokuro Taninaka Gallery, Taninaka's original drawings for the cover page of "Weekly Shincho" from the first issue to his last work are introduced chronologically,...More »
Open Call Exhibition "Yokosuka"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Photography
- 2008-01-06 - 2008-01-28
Celebrating the 100 anniversary of Yokosuka City, this exhibition presents works taking "Yokosuka" as their main theme. Among the total of 462 submissions, 72 works were selected by 5 jurors for this exhibition....More »
Naobumi Seimiya Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing - Prints
- 2007-11-23 - 2007-12-16
Naobumi Seimiya (1917-1991) was born in Tokyo. He is the son of renowned modernist printmaker Hitoshi Seimiya. After graduating from Tokyo Bijutsu Gakkou, he started focusing on woodblock printmaking around...More »
From Permanent Collection, Kazuma Oda "Tokyo Scenery"
[0] [0]- Media: Prints
- 2007-10-14 - 2008-01-06
For this season, a complete series of 20 lithographs entitled "Tokyo Scenery" by Kazuma Oda (1882-1956) is on display from the museum's permanent collection. Oda grew up in Tokyo and moved to Osaka with...More »
Rokuro Taniuchi "Weekly Shincho Cover Paintings 1960-1961"
[0] [2]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2007-10-14 - 2008-01-06
At Rokuro Taniuchi Gallery in the Yokosuka Museum of Art, Rokuro Taniuchi's original drawings for the cover pages of "Weekly Shincho" from the first issue to his last work are introduced chronologically....More »
"Tatsuhiko Shibusawa Illusionistic Museum" Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting - Prints - Sculpture
- 2007-10-06 - 2007-11-11
Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (1928-1987) was a novelist, art critic and scholar of French literature. Shibusawa wrote essays and art theories based on his distinctive concept and aesthetic. He became one of the...More »
Alfred Wallis Exhibition
[0] [1]- Media: Painting
- 2007-07-27 - 2007-09-17
Born in Cornwall, U.K., Alfred Wollis (1855-1942) is a self-taught artist who started painting after he turned 70 years old. His emergence in the art world happened coincidentally when painters Ben Nicholson...More »
Rokuro Traniuchi "Weekly Shincho Cover Paintings 1958-1959"
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2007-07-14 - 2007-10-08
In commemoration of the opening of the Rokuro Taninaka Gallery, Taninaka's original drawings for the cover page of "Weekly Shincho" from the first issue to his last work are introduced chronologically,...More »
"Live" Exhibition
[0] [2]- Media: Painting - Photography - Installation - Video and Film
- 2007-04-28 - 2007-07-16
The title of this exhibition "Living" references various forms of life, creation, growth, all of those on contrary to death. This exhibition features works by 9 contemporary artists who all investigate...More »
"An Overview of Japanese Modern Art" Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Sculpture
- 2007-04-28 - 2007-07-08
With an emphasis on Japanese modern and contemporary art, Yokosuka Museum of Art celebrates the anniversary of the museum's opening with this exhibition which gives an overview of Japanese modern art,...More »
Rokuro Taniuchi Exhibition
[0] [0]- Media: Painting - Drawing
- 2007-04-28 - 2007-07-08
Rokuro Taninaka Gallery is a space devoted to the local artist Rokuro Taninaka (1921-1981). In commemoration of the opening of the museum, original drawings for the cover page of "Weekly Shincho" from...More »
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