Exhibition/event has ended.

Praises and Prayers—Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection

Hara Museum ARC
Finished

Artists

Okyo Maruyama, Rosetsu Nagasawa, Tetsuzan Mori, et al.
This two-part exhibition features works from the Hara Rokuro Collection centered on two themes: praises and prayers. The first part, Praises, is the celebration of life as represented in works by Mori Tetsuzan and Nagasawa Rosetsu, disciples of Maruyama Okyo, which appear together with a preparatory sketch made by Okyo for his masterpiece Landscape of Yodo River. Mori Tetsuzan’s A Hundred Cranes, a spectacular and powerfully composed work that features two popular symbols for long life in Japan: the crane and pine tree.

The second part, Prayers, is the pictorial evocation of hope as seen in works of the Chinese painter Shen Nanpin, a greatly influential figure in Japanese painting during the middle part of the Edo era. Symbols for longevity–the crane, pine tree, orchid and rose–are also featured in his uniquely composed paintings as auspicious symbols of longevity. Part 2 also includes Scene of mournful assembly at the death of Buddha, painted during the Momoyama period, a work that is literally composed around the act of prayer.

Schedule

Oct 6 (Sat) 2018-Jan 14 (Mon) 2019 

Opening Hours Information

Hours
9:30-16:30
Closed
Thursday
Open on public holidays.
Open every day during August.
Closed in between exhibitions and during winter.
May close in case of bad weather.
Notice
Closed Dec. 4–Dec. 7, Dec. 11–Dec. 14, and Jan. 1.
FeeAdults ¥1100, University and High School Students ¥700, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥500, Over 70 years old ¥550. Please see the museum website for more information.
Websitehttp://www.haramuseum.or.jp/en/arc/exhibition/247/
VenueHara Museum ARC
https://www.haramuseum.or.jp/en/arc/
Location2855-1 Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma 377-0027
Access10 minutes by taxi from Shibukawa Station on the JR Joetsu line; From JR Shibukawa Station, take the Kan-etsu Kotsu bus towards Ikaho Onsen and get off at Green Bokujo-mae. The venue is 7 minute walk from there.
Phone0279-24-6585
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