Yoshio Murakami: Purified in the North

Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki

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Yoshio Murakami

Greatly influenced by Taro Okamoto, Yoshio Murakami is searching for the roots of the original Japanese culture, in northern Japan. This retrospective exhibition contemplates the bond between the artist and the land.
Yoshio Murakami was born in Morioka, Iwate. Friendship with Okamoto initiated Murakami's interests in folklore and the relationship between a painter and a land. Currently, he actively produces collages of ancient manuscripts and also fireworks, in Hirosaki, Aomori. His main interest has shifted from social issues to the northern culture.
Murakami is also strongly influenced by artists Tetsugoro Yorozu and Shunsuke Matsumoto. Yorozu's passions for folklore and Matsumoto's poetic sentiments provided Murakami with two opposite views on the region.

Schedule

Apr 23 (Sat) 2005-Jul 3 (Sun) 2005

Opening Hours Information

Hours	9:30-17:00
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Year holidays.

Fee

Adult ¥900, High School-College ¥700, Under Junior High/Over 65 Free

Venue

Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
http://www.taromuseum.jp/index_english.html

Location

7-1-5 Masukata, Tama-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 214-0032

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Access

17 minute walk from the South exit of Mukogaoka-yuen Station on the Odakyu line; From the South exit of Mukogaoka-yuen Station, take the bus and get off at Ikuta Ryokuchi Iriguchi. The venue is 8 minute walk from there.

Phone

044-900-9898

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