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An Invitation to a Revival of Kawasaki Art museum - Japanese and Oriental Art Collected and Bequeathed by Kawasaki Shozo
Kobe City Museum
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Okyo Maruyama, Takanobu Kano et al.
On September 6, 1890, Japan's first private art museum, the Kawasaki Art Museum, opened in the Kawasaki residence in Nunobiki, Kobe (near the current JR Shin-Kobe Station). The founder was Shozo Kawasaki (1837-1912), who founded Kawasaki Dockyard (now Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.) and the Kobe Shimbun newspaper company.
With the rapid influx of Western culture during the Meiji period (1868-1912), Shozo Kawasaki began collecting Japanese and Oriental works of art to protect them from being discarded by the government in response to the Kibushaku (the movement to abolish Buddhism) and the outflow of Western art overseas. He opened the museum to the public to display these fine works of art instead of keeping them hidden away.
The museum continued to operate after Shozo Kawasaki's death, but the early Showa period's financial panic led to the collection's dispersal. The museum building was also lost, but the work that Shozo Kawasaki loved is still carefully preserved and passed on in Japan and abroad. This exhibition will return these masterpieces to Kobe for the first time in almost 100 years.
With the rapid influx of Western culture during the Meiji period (1868-1912), Shozo Kawasaki began collecting Japanese and Oriental works of art to protect them from being discarded by the government in response to the Kibushaku (the movement to abolish Buddhism) and the outflow of Western art overseas. He opened the museum to the public to display these fine works of art instead of keeping them hidden away.
The museum continued to operate after Shozo Kawasaki's death, but the early Showa period's financial panic led to the collection's dispersal. The museum building was also lost, but the work that Shozo Kawasaki loved is still carefully preserved and passed on in Japan and abroad. This exhibition will return these masterpieces to Kobe for the first time in almost 100 years.
Schedule | Oct 15 (Sat) 2022-Dec 4 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1600; University Students ¥800; High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates free. | ||||
| Website | https://kawasaki-m2022.jp/ | ||||
| Venue | Kobe City Museum https://www.kobecitymuseum.jp/notice/language.php | ||||
| Location | 24 Kyomachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 650-0034 | ||||
| Access | 6 minute walk from Kyukyoryuchi-Daimarumae Station on the Kaigan subway line, 10 minute walk from the West exit of JR Sannomiya Station, 10 minute walk from the West exit of Kobe-sannomiya Station on the Hankyu or Hanshin line, 10 minute walk from Sannomiya Station on the Seishin Yamate subway line. | ||||
| Phone | 078-391-0035 | ||||
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