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Taniuchi Rokuro’s Works: From the Covers of the Weekly Magazine Shukan Shincho Children's Games
Yokosuka Museum of Art
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Rokuro Taniuchi
In the Taniuchi Rokuro Pavilion, we display the original paintings for the covers of the weekly magazine Shukan Shincho since its launch in 1956. Creating them was the life work of Taniuchi Rokuro (1930-1981), who produced 1,300 cover paintings. Here we present a selection of fifty paintings at a time, changing the exhibits four times a year. The choice of paintings is based on various themes, with a new theme chosen for each exhibition.
In Children Playing, we present a variety of cover paintings on the theme of the play. While “play” has many definitions, it perhaps is most evident when we think of “play” in contrast to “work.” “Work” implies acting efficiently for money or other purposes. “Play” is for one’s pleasure or satisfaction, not for material gain.
The unique forms of make-believe “play” in these cover paintings draw the eye: playing at being “the sound man,” “a hairdresser,” “a drama set in the future,” and even “a planetarium in a barn.” The text accompanying the Hairdresser cover states, “Children use utterly unexpected things in thinking up all sorts of ways to play,” and “Play changes in many ways over time, along with changing fashions.” Taniuchi Rokuro discovered in children’s play both creativity and contemporary trends. Through the way children play, let’s think back over the postwar decades.
In Children Playing, we present a variety of cover paintings on the theme of the play. While “play” has many definitions, it perhaps is most evident when we think of “play” in contrast to “work.” “Work” implies acting efficiently for money or other purposes. “Play” is for one’s pleasure or satisfaction, not for material gain.
The unique forms of make-believe “play” in these cover paintings draw the eye: playing at being “the sound man,” “a hairdresser,” “a drama set in the future,” and even “a planetarium in a barn.” The text accompanying the Hairdresser cover states, “Children use utterly unexpected things in thinking up all sorts of ways to play,” and “Play changes in many ways over time, along with changing fashions.” Taniuchi Rokuro discovered in children’s play both creativity and contemporary trends. Through the way children play, let’s think back over the postwar decades.
Schedule | Jul 2 (Sat) 2022-Sep 25 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥380; High School and University Students, Seniors 65 & Over ¥280; Junior High School Students and Under free | ||||||
| Website | https://www.yokosuka-moa.jp/en/archive/exhibition/2022/20220702-690.html | ||||||
| Venue | Yokosuka Museum of Art | ||||||
| Location | 4-1 Kamoi, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa 239-0813 | ||||||
| Access | From Maborikaigan Station on the Keikyu line, take the Keikyu bus and get off at La Vista Kannonzaki Terrace / Yokosuka Bijutsukanmae. The venue is 2 minute walk from there. | ||||||
| Phone | 046-822-4000 | ||||||
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