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Fleeting, Mysterious, Beautiful – Taisho Imagerie
Sakura City Museum of Art
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Chu Asai, Nobuo Moriya, Ryusei Kishida et al.
What did people dream of 100 years ago? “Imagerie,” the French word for image iconography, refers to popular reproduced images seen in book covers and illustrations, posters, postcards, advertisements, manga, and photographs. In Japan, a new popular culture flourished between the Meiji Restoration, when the country modernized and Westernized, into the Taisho and early Showa eras. A wide variety of printed images came about as the publishing world prospered with the development of mass media and revolutions in printing technology. The poetic worlds of girls and children portrayed by artists such as Yumeji Takehisa, Kasho Takabatake, and Takeo Takei, the elegant art deco forms of Takeji Fujishima and Hisui Sugiura, and the mysterious and dazzling designs of Niou Mizushima and Sayume Tachibana delighted people of these eras with their freshness. This exhibition focuses on the imagerie of the Taisho era and surrounding periods as standard-bearers of popular culture. Works that shine brightly even today are featured. Additionally, works by Chu Asai, an artist who bridged the gap between Meiji design and Taisho imagerie, and crafts based on his designs, are presented along with the work of Nobuo Moriya, a furniture designer whose work represented Taisho imagerie.
Schedule | Aug 1 (Sat) 2020-Sep 22 (Tue) 2020 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥800, University and High School Students ¥600, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥400, Infants free, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||
| Venue | Sakura City Museum of Art | ||||
| Location | 210 Shinmachi, Sakura-shi, Chiba 285-0023 | ||||
| Access | 8 minute walk from the South exit of Keisei Sakura Station; From the North exit of Sakura Station on the JR Sobu line, take the Chiba Green bus and get off at Niban-cho. The venue is 1 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 043-485-7851 | ||||
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