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[image: Ryusei Kishida "Portrait of Reiko (Reiko Age Five" (1918) oil on canvas]

The Evolution of Realism – Yuichi Takahashi, Ryusei Kishida, and Their Bridge To The Present

Hiratsuka Museum of Art
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Artists

Ryusei Kishida, Rinjiro Hasegawa, Tsutomu Inuzuka, Yuichi Takahashi
As Western-style painting reached Japan in the Edo period, people were startled by the differences between its emphasis on scientific Realism and the styles of traditional Japanese art. Yuichi Takahashi pursued expressions of Western Realism in lithographs conveying the freshness of nature and the external world through precise representation. In the Taisho era of the early 20th century, painter Ryusei Kishida sought the “classic beauty” of Northern Renaissance masters with outstanding skills of realistic depiction.

Although their approaches differed, both Takahashi and Kishida believed it necessary to realistically reproduce the world in the smallest detail in order to convey true feeling. This exhibition of works by Takahashi, Kishida, and others explores the evolution of Realist art in Japan over 150 years from the Meiji period through the present, getting to the heart of Japan’s original take on Realism.

Schedule

Apr 15 (Sat) 2017-Jun 11 (Sun) 2017 

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.
FeeAdults ¥800, University & High School Students ¥500, Junior High Students & Younger Free
VenueHiratsuka Museum of Art
Location1-3-3 Nishiyawata, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 254-0073
Access20 minute walk from the North exit of Hiratsuka Station on the JR Tokaido line; From the North exit of JR Hiratsuka Station, take the Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu bus and get off at Bijutsukan Iriguchi.
Phone0463-35-2111
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