Yamatane Museum of Art - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Yamatane Museum of Art. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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"Nihonga in Full Bloom" Exhibition
Love for the beauty of flowers has been always shared by all people. Especially in Japan, where the four seasons are very distinct and thus a variety of flowers blossom at various times of the year, our (...)
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"From Taisho to Showa" Exhibition
The 1920s saw a new type of popular culture flourish in Japan under the Taisho democracy movement, accompanied by economic growth and international exchange. The world of art was influenced by just such (...)
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"Sakura, Sakura, Sakura 2008" Exhibition
The Japanese people love and revere cherry blossoms for their beauty and their evanescence. Cherry blossoms have been featured in Japanese tales and poems from antiquity onwards, and even today sites famous (...)
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"Dawn of Spring" Exhibition
As new buds appear on trees and the camellias and plum blossoms brave the cold of winter, spring arrives with its breath of new life. We take pleasure in presenting our spring exhibition; Dawn of Spring (...)
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Gyokudo Kawai Exhibition
When the famed Japanese painter Gyokudo Kawai (1873-1957) died 50 years ago, his contemporary, Kiyokata Kaburaki remarked "it is as if Japan has lost all of its rivers and mountains." Kawai painted calm (...)
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"Sceneries with Children" Exhibition
This exhibition presents 40 Japanese Nihonga and Western style oil paintings that depict children. [Image: Togyu Okumura]
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"40th Anniversary Celebration: Works from the Yamatane Museum Collection" Exhibition
The Yamatane Museum of Art was founded in 1966 as a museum that would specialize in Nihonga (Japanese style painting). Built by Taneji Yamazaki (1893-1983) from Yamatane Securities (presently SMBC Friend (...)
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"Sakura Sakura Sakura 2007 - Blossoming Spring" Exhibition
Being blessed with the elegance of each of the four seasons and having entrusted their lives to nature, the Japanese hold plants and flowers especially deeply in their thoughts. In particular, cherry (...)
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Hiroshi Senju "Recent Works, featuring Fusuma Murals from Philadelphia's Shofuso"
Built in the garden of Museum of Modern Art in 1954 and moved to Fairmount Park, Philadelphia in 1958, the “Shofuso” was a gift from Japanese citizens to American citizens in 1954 as a symbol of friendship. (...)




