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The Centennial of the Saikō Nihon Bijutsuin: Gyoshū Hayami and the Elite of the Reestablished Japan Art Institute
Yamatane Museum of Art
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Gyoshu Hayami, Taikan Yokoyama, Kanzan Shimomura, Shiko Imamura, Yukihiko Yasuda, Seison Maeda, Yuki Ogura et al.
The Yamatane Museum of Art collection, through its focus on modern and contemporary Japanese painting, includes many works by the painters of the Japan Fine Arts Institute, commonly known as the Inten. To commemorate the centennial of the Inten’s reestablishment, this exhibition focuses on Gyoshū Hayami (1894-1935), who is closely connected to the museum and the most important Inten painter of its collection.
Inheriting and building on the inspiration of Tenshin Okakura, the Japan Fine Arts Institute was reestablished by Okakura’s followers in 1914 with a focus on Taikan Yokoyama and Kanzan Shimomura. As the Nihonga painters of the day sought a Nihonga suited to a new age that would rival the overwhelming surge of Western-style painting in Japan, the newly reestablished Inten played a central role in their campaign as a government-sanctioned exhibition. Hayami, a painter who continually sought new forms of Nihonga expression, exhibited in the Reestablished Inten exhibitions from it first year. The oeuvre of this painter, whose brief life spanned only around four decades, reveals multiple transformations— from traditional classical studies, a tendency towards a new literati style, to intricate depictions based on sketches from life, and finally to a symbolically decorative style. This processes of building specific styles only to then reject them while continuing to paint works that broke standardized molds speaks of the artist’s immeasurable spirit and energy.
This exhibition introduces the changing nature of Hayami’s oeuvre in the context other painters active in the same Reestablished Inten milieu. Hayami’s artistic expression was closely connected to the Reestablished Inten activities of the day, as seen in the works of other artists who trained in the same studio, including Shikō Imamura, Seiju Omoda, and Taikan Yokoyama, who recognized Hayami’s talents early on, as well as other painters with whom Hayami enjoyed close interaction, such as Kokei Kobayashi, Yukihiko Yasuda, and Seison Maeda. Hayami masterpieces from the Yamatane collection, including Emerald Mosses and Verdant Turf (displayed in a Reestablished Inten exhibition), a compilation of works demonstrating Hayami’s classical training and compositional aesthetics, and the Important Cultural Property Dancing in the Flames, a painting that expresses a fantastical rather than realistic realm, can all be viewed alongside works by contemporaries. The exhibition traces the spirit of the Reestablished Japan Fine Arts Institute, which formed the nucleus of Nihonga circles from the Taishō period onward.
[Image: Hayami Gyoshū “Dancing in the Flames”]
Inheriting and building on the inspiration of Tenshin Okakura, the Japan Fine Arts Institute was reestablished by Okakura’s followers in 1914 with a focus on Taikan Yokoyama and Kanzan Shimomura. As the Nihonga painters of the day sought a Nihonga suited to a new age that would rival the overwhelming surge of Western-style painting in Japan, the newly reestablished Inten played a central role in their campaign as a government-sanctioned exhibition. Hayami, a painter who continually sought new forms of Nihonga expression, exhibited in the Reestablished Inten exhibitions from it first year. The oeuvre of this painter, whose brief life spanned only around four decades, reveals multiple transformations— from traditional classical studies, a tendency towards a new literati style, to intricate depictions based on sketches from life, and finally to a symbolically decorative style. This processes of building specific styles only to then reject them while continuing to paint works that broke standardized molds speaks of the artist’s immeasurable spirit and energy.
This exhibition introduces the changing nature of Hayami’s oeuvre in the context other painters active in the same Reestablished Inten milieu. Hayami’s artistic expression was closely connected to the Reestablished Inten activities of the day, as seen in the works of other artists who trained in the same studio, including Shikō Imamura, Seiju Omoda, and Taikan Yokoyama, who recognized Hayami’s talents early on, as well as other painters with whom Hayami enjoyed close interaction, such as Kokei Kobayashi, Yukihiko Yasuda, and Seison Maeda. Hayami masterpieces from the Yamatane collection, including Emerald Mosses and Verdant Turf (displayed in a Reestablished Inten exhibition), a compilation of works demonstrating Hayami’s classical training and compositional aesthetics, and the Important Cultural Property Dancing in the Flames, a painting that expresses a fantastical rather than realistic realm, can all be viewed alongside works by contemporaries. The exhibition traces the spirit of the Reestablished Japan Fine Arts Institute, which formed the nucleus of Nihonga circles from the Taishō period onward.
[Image: Hayami Gyoshū “Dancing in the Flames”]
Schedule | Aug 10 (Sat) 2013-Oct 14 (Mon) 2013 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | [Special Exhibition] Adults ¥1100, University and High School Students ¥900, Junior High School Students and Under. Special Exhibition Fees may be charged separately. | ||||
| Venue | Yamatane Museum of Art https://www.yamatane-museum.jp/english/  | ||||
| Location | 3-12-36 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0012 | ||||
| Access | 10 minute walk from Ebisu Station on the Hibiya and JR line; From the West exit of JR Ebisu Station, take the bus and get off at Hiroo High School. The venue is 1 minute walk from there; From the East exit of JR Shibuta Station, take the bus and get off at Higashi 4-chome. The venue is 2 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) | ||||
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