Go, go go! Team Ōkyo - Maruyama Ōkyo and the Artists he Mentored
Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture
Starts 4/25
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Oukyo Maruyama, Rosetsu Nagasawa, Ganku, Genki Komai, Ouzui Maruyama, Shurei Yamamoto, Kien Minagawa, Goshun, Zaichu Hara, Yacho Yano
During the Edo Period (to 1868), art flourished in Kyoto. While Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800) is well known, many other excellent painters also left their mark.
Another innovator, Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795) was born nearby in what is now Kameoka City. During his twenties, learning how to incorporate Western perspectives, he mastered megane-e, that is optical pictures, which have a 3D look when seen through a convex lens viewing device. Under Kanō school painter Ishida Yūtei (1721–1786), he studied the fundamentals of the dominant Japanese
painting style. Later, Ōkyo settled into a painting method that depended on shasei (sketching from life). The naturalism he introduced shook up a painting world that had changed little during two hundred years. Many artists came to study under him, and they continued to explore a style called, at the time, New Japanese Painting.
This exhibition features Maruyama Ōkyo's Tiger and his Tao Yuanming screen painting. You can also follow how New Japanese Painting was further developed by Ōkyo's disciples, Genki (1747–1797) and Nagasawa Rosetsu (1756–1799). Furthermore, you will have a special chance to see, subject to rotation, about 40 newly discovered works by Yano Yachō (1782–1829), who learned his craft under Ōkyo disciple Yamaguchi Soken (1759–1818).
From various perspectives, the selected artists expressed the world about them: we hope you will enjoy exploring life in this world.
1st period: April 25 (Sat.) – June 15 (Mon.)
2nd period: June 17 (Wed.) – August 3 (Mon.)
3rd period: August 5 (Wed.) – September 27 (Sun.)
Another innovator, Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795) was born nearby in what is now Kameoka City. During his twenties, learning how to incorporate Western perspectives, he mastered megane-e, that is optical pictures, which have a 3D look when seen through a convex lens viewing device. Under Kanō school painter Ishida Yūtei (1721–1786), he studied the fundamentals of the dominant Japanese
painting style. Later, Ōkyo settled into a painting method that depended on shasei (sketching from life). The naturalism he introduced shook up a painting world that had changed little during two hundred years. Many artists came to study under him, and they continued to explore a style called, at the time, New Japanese Painting.
This exhibition features Maruyama Ōkyo's Tiger and his Tao Yuanming screen painting. You can also follow how New Japanese Painting was further developed by Ōkyo's disciples, Genki (1747–1797) and Nagasawa Rosetsu (1756–1799). Furthermore, you will have a special chance to see, subject to rotation, about 40 newly discovered works by Yano Yachō (1782–1829), who learned his craft under Ōkyo disciple Yamaguchi Soken (1759–1818).
From various perspectives, the selected artists expressed the world about them: we hope you will enjoy exploring life in this world.
1st period: April 25 (Sat.) – June 15 (Mon.)
2nd period: June 17 (Wed.) – August 3 (Mon.)
3rd period: August 5 (Wed.) – September 27 (Sun.)
Schedule | Apr 25 (Sat) 2026-Sep 27 (Sun) 2026 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults and University Student ¥1000, High School Students ¥600, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥400, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion ¥600. | ||||
| Website | https://www.samac.jp/en/exhibition/detail.php?id=70 | ||||
| Venue | Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture https://www.samac.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | 11 Susukino Baba-cho, Sagatenryuji, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 616-8385 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from Arashiyama Station on the Randen Arashiyama line, 13 minute walk from Arashiyama Station on the Hankyu line, 14 minute walk from Saga-Arashiyama Station on the JR Sanin Main line (Sagano line). | ||||
| Phone | 075-882-1111 |
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