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The Classics and the Contemporary by Hoshun Yamaguchi - Knowing the Technique, Conveying the Culture
Hoshun Yamaguchi Memorial Hall
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Hoshun Yamaguchi
In 1886 (Meiji 20), the Tokyo Fine Arts School was established to promote traditional Japanese art against the backdrop of the influx of Western culture after the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912), the downgrading of Buddhist temples due to the abolition of Buddhism and the outflow of artwork from abroad.
Hoshun Yamaguchi (1893-1971) entered the Western painting department of the Tokyo Fine Arts School in 1915. Later, on the advice of his advisor, he transferred to the Japanese painting department in 1918. The school's tradition-oriented culture was evident in its learning environment, and even in the mid-Taisho period, when Hoshun entered the Japanese Painting Department, the school actively incorporated reproductions of Oriental paintings into its practical skills classes.
From the Taisho period to the early Showa period, the old feudal lords and the nobility fell on hard times and often sold their masterpieces of the past. With a sales catalog in hand, Yamaguchi sought out Sesshu's "Enso Soka" (Muromachi period), formerly owned by Kaoru Inoue, the largest private collection established in the Meiji period, and Korin Ogata's "Flying Duck" (Edo period), formerly owned by the Osawa family, a wealthy merchant who was a patron of Hoitsu Sakai. In the postwar economic and social turmoil, cultural properties were frequently scattered, damaged, and shipped out of Japan, and Yamaguchi knew he had to do something to protect them. (Momoyama Period, Important Cultural Property), by Tosa Mitsuyoshi.
In his book "New Nihonga Techniques," Yamaguchi noted, "Those educated in the modern era have a worldwide appreciation of the arts, especially modern Western art," and he went on to create a new style of Nihonga. Yamaguchi also emphasized the necessity of learning the spirit of Western art in order to create new Japanese paintings. Yamaguchi was one of the first to acquire reproductions of contemporary French artists before the war, and after the war, he purchased a series of French art books and lithographs. He visited exhibitions of Picasso, Matisse, and Braque soon after the war to hone his aesthetic eye for Western modern art and sharpen his own sensibility.
This exhibition will show how the artist Hoshun Yamaguchi grasped the seemingly opposing arts of classical and contemporary art intelligently and sublimated the essence of both into the creation of new Japanese paintings through his Japanese paintings, reproductions of classical works, collected art objects, and high-quality art books.
First Period: June 10 (Sat) - July 23 (Sun)
Second Period: August 5 (Sat) - September 24 (Sun)
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Exhibition Commentary
Date: June 16 (Fri), June 23 (Fri), June 30 (Fri), July 7 (Fri), July 14 (Fri), July 21 (Fri), August 11 (Fri), August 18 (Fri), August 25 (Fri) 10:30 - (about 30 minutes)
Capacity: Approx. 5 people on a first-come basis
*Please check the official website for event details and application procedures.
Hoshun Yamaguchi (1893-1971) entered the Western painting department of the Tokyo Fine Arts School in 1915. Later, on the advice of his advisor, he transferred to the Japanese painting department in 1918. The school's tradition-oriented culture was evident in its learning environment, and even in the mid-Taisho period, when Hoshun entered the Japanese Painting Department, the school actively incorporated reproductions of Oriental paintings into its practical skills classes.
From the Taisho period to the early Showa period, the old feudal lords and the nobility fell on hard times and often sold their masterpieces of the past. With a sales catalog in hand, Yamaguchi sought out Sesshu's "Enso Soka" (Muromachi period), formerly owned by Kaoru Inoue, the largest private collection established in the Meiji period, and Korin Ogata's "Flying Duck" (Edo period), formerly owned by the Osawa family, a wealthy merchant who was a patron of Hoitsu Sakai. In the postwar economic and social turmoil, cultural properties were frequently scattered, damaged, and shipped out of Japan, and Yamaguchi knew he had to do something to protect them. (Momoyama Period, Important Cultural Property), by Tosa Mitsuyoshi.
In his book "New Nihonga Techniques," Yamaguchi noted, "Those educated in the modern era have a worldwide appreciation of the arts, especially modern Western art," and he went on to create a new style of Nihonga. Yamaguchi also emphasized the necessity of learning the spirit of Western art in order to create new Japanese paintings. Yamaguchi was one of the first to acquire reproductions of contemporary French artists before the war, and after the war, he purchased a series of French art books and lithographs. He visited exhibitions of Picasso, Matisse, and Braque soon after the war to hone his aesthetic eye for Western modern art and sharpen his own sensibility.
This exhibition will show how the artist Hoshun Yamaguchi grasped the seemingly opposing arts of classical and contemporary art intelligently and sublimated the essence of both into the creation of new Japanese paintings through his Japanese paintings, reproductions of classical works, collected art objects, and high-quality art books.
First Period: June 10 (Sat) - July 23 (Sun)
Second Period: August 5 (Sat) - September 24 (Sun)
[Event]
Exhibition Commentary
Date: June 16 (Fri), June 23 (Fri), June 30 (Fri), July 7 (Fri), July 14 (Fri), July 21 (Fri), August 11 (Fri), August 18 (Fri), August 25 (Fri) 10:30 - (about 30 minutes)
Capacity: Approx. 5 people on a first-come basis
*Please check the official website for event details and application procedures.
Schedule | Jun 10 (Sat) 2023-Sep 24 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥600; Persons with Disability Certificates + 1 Companion ¥500; High School Students and Under free. | ||||
| Venue | Hoshun Yamaguchi Memorial Hall https://www.hoshun.jp  | ||||
| Location | 2320 Isshiki, Hayamamachi, Miura-gun, Kanagawa 240-0111 | ||||
| Access | From the East exit of Zushi Station on the JR Yokosuka and Shonan Shinjuku lines, take the Keikyu bus #12 towards Hayama or #11 towards Hayama Fukushi Bunka Kaikan and get off at Sangaoka. The venue is 3 minute walk from there. From the South exit of Zushi・Hayama Station on the Keikyu Zushi line, take the Keikyu bus #12 towards Hayama or #11 towards Hayama Fukushi Bunka Kaikan and get off at Sangaoka. The venue is 3 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 046-875-6094 | ||||
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