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The Art History of Bishojo
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
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Artists
Fujio Akatsuka, Hideo Azuma, Kimera, Masanori Kuroda, Takako Shimura et al.
The motif of the beautiful girl appears through art, manga, animation, film, literature and the performing arts as a particular feature of contemporary Japanese culture. The concept/image of the “girl” was born in the modern era with the establishment of the schooling system and the recognition of female students, along with the flourishing popularity of girls’ magazines at the beginning of the 20th century. But even before such times young girls featured frequently in works of art, here traced through the genres of the Edo era’s Bijinga and evolved to the “Beautiful Girl” image through a variety of everyday media, offering reflections upon what such an image has come to encapsulate for the population of Japan. From the “flowers” of Edo, to modern bijinga, to lyrical illustrations of young girls to the post-war explosion of manga, anime and characters, to the diverse interpretations of the girl found in contemporary art today, these works seek out the very meaning of “girl.” Crossing diverse genres, this show exploring relationships between science, literature, subculture, and art revisits the concepts of the 2010 three-museum exhibition “Robots and the Arts: Visual Images in the 20th Century Japan.”
Schedule | Sep 20 (Sat) 2014-Nov 16 (Sun) 2014 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1000; 70 & Over ¥500; University Students & Younger Free | ||||||
| Venue | Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art http://www.spmoa.shizuoka.shizuoka.jp/en/guide/  | ||||||
| Location | 53-2 Yada, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 422-8002 | ||||||
| Access | 15 minute walk from the South exit of Kenritsu Bijutsukanmae Station on the Shizuoka–Shimizu Line; From the South exit of Kusanagi Station on the JR Tokaido line, take the Shizutetsu bus and get off at Kenritsu Bijutsukanmae. The venue is 2 minute walk from there. | ||||||
| Phone | 054-263-5755 | ||||||
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