New Year Special Exhibition (New Otani Art Museum)

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On the lobby level of the sixth floor of the Hotel New Otani Tokyo, Akasaka, New Year Exhibition of New Otani Art Museum located quietly. Rashiku New Year, a masterpiece of museum collection has been exhibited many.

"Three 36 Views of Eiffel Tower" of Henri Riviere. Riviere's post-impressionist, but was fascinated strongly in ukiyo-e Japanese, learn prints unique technology, and inspired thirty-six Views Fugaku of Hokusai, and I built up this work.

Inspired by composition of Hiroshige and Hokusai, visible from various places of Paris, the Eiffel Tower is the landscape, are represented by prints of taste softly.

Dongting Red Cliff picture book of Ike Taiga. Work that expressed on the screen of the large scroll one, the landscape of two typical of China. The word "spectacular" comes to mind.

Illustrations of China was used as a guide when drawn by Taiga , was exhibited right next to . Composition of the whole , have to reference it, but the finer points , the idea of Taiga its own , covered in everywhere .

The waterside of Dongting Lake , a thin brush tip , water houses are built above the water have been incorporated to draw a number .

Edo period , was drawn to Kanei year , dance diagrams . It is drawn on the folding screen of fine tailoring , but not Subsection , you do not know who or painted .

Four women are drawn to each screen of four . Far right , little girl clearly . It also looks like a figure which looks expression so that each are similar , a girl is growing , but also to depict the state of the dance of the four women simply .

Pattern and color background are differences , kimono wearing of four women , is to produce a gorgeous atmosphere . Work feel long Warring States period is over , the world of peace came , the atmosphere of this era .

This place , Genroku customs -free view of the Subsection . Author is believed to Hishikawa Moronobu . And poses looked back women , facial expression of a person , reminiscent of Moronobu certainly .

People to play the shamisen , people Tashinamu the book , such as a human Kyozuru to go , literally , customs of Genroku are drawn . Again , the beauty of the kimono that people have come eye-catching . The word " chic " is true and perfect .

Honma MagoShiro Toya diagram of Iwasa Matabei . Such works were cut long picture scroll . A scene in the Taiheiki . How both sides are watching , a state in which alone towards to take the arrow is depicted with a fine brush stroke of Matabei .

Original painting of beautiful view of the torii Kitagawa Utamaro and Xinzhou . It's two people famous in the Ukiyo-e , but you look at the original painting , and seen that the confidence of technology as a pure painter of two people .

Recumbent nude woman of Foujita . Commonly found in Fujita work , female figure lying on the bed . If you look good closer , with fine lines Fujita unique , it is a perfect example , the subtle irregularities of the sheets on the bed .

Appropriate for the New Year , it was exhibition of gorgeous content .