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Hisui Sugiura's Important Things - Unknown War Evacuation Materials
Kawagoe City Art Museum
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Hisui Sugiura
Hisui Sugiura (1876-1965) was at the forefront of Japanese graphic design in its pioneering period. Beginning with his work as a signboard designer for Mitsukoshi, Sugiura's designs for posters, magazine covers, bookbinding, and other items, showing his sensitivity to the needs of the times and of his clients, were developed in a variety of ways, and through the emerging medium of printing, they permeated the society of the time and are still highly regarded today.
Sugiura's wife Suiko (1885-1960), was a poet from the Iwasaki family, a prominent merchant family in Kawagoe. In fact, in 1944, when the war situation in World War II became more serious, Sugiura evacuated a vast collection of his graphic works to the Iwasaki family. Some of these works have been kept and passed on by the Iwasaki family members, unknown to the public, until today.
This exhibition will present for the first time approximately 300 pieces carefully selected from over 1,000 pieces of Sugiura's materials evacuated from the war zone, including the newly discovered original drawings for “Hisui Hyakka-fu," posters, magazine covers, and other printed materials with Sugiura's designs, collections of designs, letters and photographs, and other materials.
Sugiura's wife Suiko (1885-1960), was a poet from the Iwasaki family, a prominent merchant family in Kawagoe. In fact, in 1944, when the war situation in World War II became more serious, Sugiura evacuated a vast collection of his graphic works to the Iwasaki family. Some of these works have been kept and passed on by the Iwasaki family members, unknown to the public, until today.
This exhibition will present for the first time approximately 300 pieces carefully selected from over 1,000 pieces of Sugiura's materials evacuated from the war zone, including the newly discovered original drawings for “Hisui Hyakka-fu," posters, magazine covers, and other printed materials with Sugiura's designs, collections of designs, letters and photographs, and other materials.
Schedule | Jul 8 (Sat) 2023-Sep 3 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥600; University and High School Students ¥300; Junior High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.city.kawagoe.saitama.jp/artmuseum/tokubetutenji/toku-index.html | ||||
| Venue | Kawagoe City Art Museum | ||||
| Location | 2-30-1 Kuruwamachi, Kawagoe-shi, Saitama 350-0053 | ||||
| Access | From Hon-kawagoe Station on the Seubu Shinjuku line or Kawagoe Station on the JR Saikyo or Tobu Tojo line, take the Tobu bus and get off at Kawagoe Shiyakusho Mae. The venue is 5 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 049-228-8080 | ||||
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