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Sumitomo Collection: Paintings of the 19th-20th Centuries from Europe and Japan
Yokosuka Museum of Art
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The art collecting begun by Sumitomo Kichizaemon (pseudonym Shunsui, 1864–1926), the fifteenth head of the Sumitomo family, was carried on by his eldest son, Kan’ichi (1896–1956), and Tomonari (1909–1993), the sixteenth head of the family, resulting in the formation of a fine collection of both Western and Oriental art.
In particular, two oil paintings by Claude Monet, which Shunsui purchased in Paris in 1897 (Meiji 30) during a tour of Europe, are of monumental significance as examples of works by Monet brought to Japan at the earliest stage. The Sumitomos’ collection of Western-style paintings including those by Monet were hung in their villa in Suma, Kobe, where, at a time when there were still no facilities fit to be called art museums in Japan, Japanese painters were given chances to view them.
In this exhibition, approximately eighty paintings of French paintings by Claude Monet, Jean-Paul Laurens, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Roualt, Pablo Picasso, etc. and modern Japanese Western-style paintings by Asai Chu, Kanokogi Takeshiro, Fujishima Takeji, Kishida Ryusei, Umehara Ryuzaburo, etc. from the collection of Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum Tokyo are introduced.
In particular, two oil paintings by Claude Monet, which Shunsui purchased in Paris in 1897 (Meiji 30) during a tour of Europe, are of monumental significance as examples of works by Monet brought to Japan at the earliest stage. The Sumitomos’ collection of Western-style paintings including those by Monet were hung in their villa in Suma, Kobe, where, at a time when there were still no facilities fit to be called art museums in Japan, Japanese painters were given chances to view them.
In this exhibition, approximately eighty paintings of French paintings by Claude Monet, Jean-Paul Laurens, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Roualt, Pablo Picasso, etc. and modern Japanese Western-style paintings by Asai Chu, Kanokogi Takeshiro, Fujishima Takeji, Kishida Ryusei, Umehara Ryuzaburo, etc. from the collection of Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum Tokyo are introduced.
Schedule | Jul 5 (Sat) 2025-Aug 31 (Sun) 2025 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1400; University and High School Students, Seniors 65 & Over ¥1200; Junior High School Students and Under free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.yokosuka-moa.jp/en/archive/exhibition/2025/20250705-928.html | ||||
| Venue | Yokosuka Museum of Art | ||||
| Location | 4-1 Kamoi, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa 239-0813 | ||||
| Access | From Maborikaigan Station on the Keikyu line, take the Keikyu bus and get off at La Vista Kannonzaki Terrace / Yokosuka Bijutsukanmae. The venue is 2 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 046-822-4000 | ||||
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