Ikuo Hirayama Exhibition

Hirayama Ikuo Museum of Art

Finished

Artists

Ikuo Hirayama

It was in 1979 that Ikuo Hirayama first visited Dunhuang, which he had longed to see. His experience at the Dunhuang Institute of Cultural Relics at that time led to his research, restoration, and conservation activities at the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, which later became his life's work, the Red Cross activities of cultural properties. At the Tokyo University of the Arts, the 57th cave of the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, which depicts a bodhisattva statue known as the "Mona Lisa of the Orient," was restored.

Ikuo Hirayama also painted many images of people living peacefully as one of his ideal landscapes, with prayers for peace. The interaction of people in a rich natural setting is the foundation of peace and a world of paradise.

This exhibition introduces the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, a treasure trove of Buddhist art known as the Great Gallery of the Desert, as well as Ikuo Hirayama's depiction of the world as a paradise.

Schedule

Mar 18 (Sat) 2023-May 28 (Sun) 2023