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The Blessings and Life of the Countryside Seen in Art
Oyama City Kurumaya Museum of Art
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Kangan Ishikawa, Toshi Shimizu, Ihei Kimura, Aya Daido, Ichiro Koguchi, Tetsuo Tsukahara, Hiroshi Kokubo, Kanako Akiyama, Mikako Yanaka
Oyama City, where the venue is located in Tochigi Prefecture, boasts excellent transportation access, well-developed residential areas, and industrial parks, while also featuring expansive rural landscapes on its outskirts. It has long been a town where agriculture thrives, harmonizing urban life with nature. Agriculture, connecting the blessings of the earth with human life, is undoubtedly an essential activity. Similarly, art can be considered indispensable to human endeavors. Throughout Japan's history, various forms of art depicting agricultural activities and rural landscapes have been created, regardless of the era.
This exhibition proposes an opportunity to reflect and contemplate through art on what contemporary people, who benefit from the blessings of the earth, have cherished and continue to protect for the future, inherited from their predecessors. It features the works of nine artists who have explored and expressed their perspectives on this theme. The exhibition includes photographs by Ihei Kimura capturing the reality of Japanese people living alongside agriculture during the 1940s, paintings by Kangan Ishikawa depicting the rich natural landscapes of Tochigi's rural areas, and paintings by Kanako Akiyama and Mikako Tanaka, themed around "Jagamaita of Mamada," a traditional agricultural ritual in the Mamada district of Oyama City, performed to pray for abundant harvests and the prevention of pestilence. In total, 34 artworks will be showcased.
This exhibition proposes an opportunity to reflect and contemplate through art on what contemporary people, who benefit from the blessings of the earth, have cherished and continue to protect for the future, inherited from their predecessors. It features the works of nine artists who have explored and expressed their perspectives on this theme. The exhibition includes photographs by Ihei Kimura capturing the reality of Japanese people living alongside agriculture during the 1940s, paintings by Kangan Ishikawa depicting the rich natural landscapes of Tochigi's rural areas, and paintings by Kanako Akiyama and Mikako Tanaka, themed around "Jagamaita of Mamada," a traditional agricultural ritual in the Mamada district of Oyama City, performed to pray for abundant harvests and the prevention of pestilence. In total, 34 artworks will be showcased.
Schedule | Apr 20 (Sat) 2024-Jun 2 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥400; University and High School Students ¥250; Junior High School Students and Under, Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.city.oyama.tochigi.jp/kurumayamuseum/exhibition/page006522.html | ||||
| Venue | Oyama City Kurumaya Museum of Art | ||||
| Location | 3-10-34 Otome, Oyama-shi, Tochigi 329-0214 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from the West exit of Mamada Station on the JR Utsunomiya line. | ||||
| Phone | 0285-41-0968 | ||||
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