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Tsuda Seifu – The Designs, The Time, And...

The Shoto Museum of Art

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Seifu Tsuda

A “zuan” (design) is often regarded as a rough sketch for a craft. However, in Japan during the Meiji and Taisho eras (1868–1926), these "designs" were not necessarily drawn for other applications and came to exist as something distinct from paintings, as well. As European art and design became widely known in Japan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was growing momentum to break away from the traditional designs of the past and to devise original and creative ones. Painters also became involved in the production of zuan designs, which had been considered the work of artisans, and attempts were made to turn zuan into an art form, marking a period of revolutionary change in design.

This exhibition introduces the works of Seifu Tsuda (1880-1978), who published many collections of zuan designs in Kyoto around the turn of the century and also created designs for books by authors such as Natsume Soseki in the early 1900s. Tsuda was born in Kyoto in 1880. He was active in a wide range of fields including Nihonga painting, Western-style painting, crafts, and calligraphy while experiencing the rapid societal changes of the times in which he lived. In 1903, he formed a design study group and published a magazine with his Nihonga painting teacher Kaoru Taniguchi and Chu Asai, a Western-style painter who was bringing new kinds of art and design to Kyoto at the time. In "Uzuragoromo," a collection published the same year, Tsuda expressed enthusiasm for his work, saying, "I must create my own designs!" His work was not bound by conventional forms but created as expressions of his own self. Enjoy Seifu Tsuda's world of design that transformed from the work of an artisan into the work of an artist.

Part 1: June 18 (Sat)–July 18 (Mon/public holiday)
Part 2: July 20 (Wed)–Aug. 14 (Sun)
*Some displays will be changed over the course of the exhibition.

*To prevent the spread of COVID-19, reservations with designated time slots are required for visits on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and from August 9 (Tues) through the end of the exhibition.

[Related Event]
Woodblock Printing Demonstration
Date: July 10 (Sun) 14:00–15:30
Please see the official website for reservations, details, and other events.

Schedule

Jun 18 (Sat) 2022-Aug 14 (Sun) 2022

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-18:00 (Open submission exhibitions and salon exhibitions are open from 9:00 to 17:00. *On the final day, the open submission exhibition venue will close at 16:00.)
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Open on public holidays but closed on the following day (unless this falls on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday when the venue will open). Closed during the New Year holidays and in between exhibitions.

Fee

Adults ¥800, University Students ¥640, High School Students and Seniors 65 & Over ¥400, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥100, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free.

Website

https://shoto-museum.jp/exhibitions/196tsuda/