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Iku Takenaka and Ryohei Koiso - Memoire of the Poet and the Painter
Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art
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Iku Takenaka, Ryohei Koiso
Iku Takenaka, a modernist poet who represents Kobe, and Ryohei Koiso, a painter, met in 1917 at Hyogo Prefectural Second Kobe Junior High School (now Hyogo High School) and became best friends. In school, they belonged to a painting club and went out to see exhibitions and sketch together. Takenaka went on to Kwansei Gakuin (currently Kwansei Gakuin University), Faculty of Letters, Department of English, and Koiso studied at Tokyo School of Fine Arts (currently Tokyo University of the Arts). The two of them traveled to Europe to study, and after returning to Japan, they were active in Kobe. While Takenaka was a poet, he was actively involved in the community of painters, and Koiso worked on the covers of poetry magazines. Their activities expanded, while they interactively influenced each other.
In this exhibition, approximately 200 materials and paintings from the works of Takenaka, Koiso, and other artists, who were deeply linked to them, will be on display. Borrowing Takenaka's words, the exhibition traces the clear worldview shared by Takenaka's poetry and Koiso's paintings, as well as the artistic environment of Kobe that inspired their creation, like a ‘memoir’. About 40 post-war paintings by Takenaka, who dreamed of becoming a painter when he was in junior high school, will also be on display.
Some works will be changed from Tuesday, November 15th.
In this exhibition, approximately 200 materials and paintings from the works of Takenaka, Koiso, and other artists, who were deeply linked to them, will be on display. Borrowing Takenaka's words, the exhibition traces the clear worldview shared by Takenaka's poetry and Koiso's paintings, as well as the artistic environment of Kobe that inspired their creation, like a ‘memoir’. About 40 post-war paintings by Takenaka, who dreamed of becoming a painter when he was in junior high school, will also be on display.
Some works will be changed from Tuesday, November 15th.
Schedule | Oct 8 (Sat) 2022-Dec 18 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1000; University Students ¥500; High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates free. | ||||||
| Website | https://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/a45010/kanko/bunka/bunkashisetsu/koisogallery/tenrankai/20221008.html | ||||||
| Venue | Kobe City Koiso Memorial Museum of Art https://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/kanko/bunka/bunkashisetsu/koisogallery/ | ||||||
| Location | 5-7 Koyo-cho Naka, Higashinada-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 658-0032 | ||||||
| Access | 1 minute walk from Island Kitaguchi Station on the Rokko Island line. | ||||||
| Phone | 078-857-5880 | ||||||
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