130th Anniversary of the Birth Ryusei Furukawa

Oyama City Kurumaya Museum of Art

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Artists

Ryusei Furukawa

Ryusei Furukawa (1893-1968) was born in Hanegawa, Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture, and attended Utsunomiya Junior High School and Zushi Kaisei Junior High School in Tochigi Prefecture. After graduation, he continued to be selected for the Japan Creative Print Association Exhibition and the Shunyokai Exhibition. However, at the age of 43, he stopped producing works due to medical treatment, and after evacuating his hometown to Hanegawa in 1944 due to the intensification of the war, he spent his days working to promote local agriculture, including serving as president of the Agricultural Association of Japan. After the war, Furukawa resumed printmaking in 1951 at the age of 58 and continued to work tirelessly until his death at the age of 75.

This exhibition commemorates the 130th anniversary of Furukawa's birth by presenting 40 woodblock prints and sketchbooks from the collection of the Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, which houses most of his works. Among them, the exhibition focuses on the motifs of human figures that Furukawa has drawn since his teenage years, a series of cityscapes that depict urban buildings and people using intricate straight lines and alphabet-like shapes, and a series of seaside landscapes that express the bustle of a beach using dynamic curves.

The exhibition also features Furukawa's characteristic richness of delicate color expression and his relentless pursuit of woodblock print expression.

Schedule

Oct 28 (Sat) 2023-Dec 10 (Sun) 2023

Opening Hours Information

Hours	9:00-17:00
Closed	Monday Closed on November 24.

Fee

Adults ¥400; University and High School Students ¥250; Junior High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free.

Website

https://www.city.oyama.tochigi.jp/kurumayamuseum/exhibition/page004814.html