"Genius of the Taisho Era: Michisei Kono" Exhibition

The Shoto Museum of Art

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Artists

Michisei Kono

Michisei Kono (1895-1950), the genius of modern painting, is known for his strikingly realistic paintings with his fantastical imagination. Kono was part of Sodosha, a painters group based in Yoyogi. He created a number of landscape paintings of Yoyogi and Harajuku areas. This retrospective exhibition presents his oil paintings, drawings, illustrations, and copperplate prints, most of which were recently discovered.

Talk Events
-"Imaginative Drawings, Illustration and Cover Design"
June 21st (Sat), 14:00
Lecturer: Shinichiro Iwagiri (professor of Tokyo Bunka Junior College)

-"Michisei Kono, The Art of Line from Nagano and Sodosha Era"
July 5th (Sat), 14:00
Lecturer: Hitoshi Yamamura (assistant director of Fuchu Art Museum)

[Image: "Portrait of Koshi" (1916) Collection of Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art]

Schedule

Jun 3 (Tue) 2008-Jul 21 (Mon) 2008

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-18:00 (Open submission exhibitions and salon exhibitions are open from 9:00 to 17:00. *On the final day, the open submission exhibition venue will close at 16:00.)
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Open on public holidays but closed on the following day (unless this falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday when the venue will open). Closed during the New Year holidays and in between exhibitions.

Fee

Venue

The Shoto Museum of Art
https://shoto-museum.jp/en/

Location

2-14-14 Shoto, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0046

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Access

5 minute walk from the West exit of Shinsen Station on the Keio Inokashira line, 15 minute walk from the Hachiko exit of JR Shibuya Station.

Phone

03-3465-9421

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