Japanese Paintings in 100 years (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)

(Translated by Google Translate)

Was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Tokyo, Ueno, special exhibition to commemorate 100 years of Japanese Art Institute revival.

Was designed from the fact that in 1914, one year after Okakura Tenshin, who founded the Japan Academy of Arts passed away, Inten that Shimomura Kanzan and colleagues Yokoyama Taikan is revived is the 100th anniversary this year, exhibitions big way.

Hibo Kannon by Kano Hogai. Kutsugen by Yokoyama Taikan. Nukatanookimi in spring Asuka by Yasuda Yukihiko. These art works provides an overview, Meiji period, Japanese painter who is, or came painted what.

The venue, as well as masterpieces of such past, work which won a prize at the recent Inten was also on display a number. I can and wonder, with a probability of almost, decide which picture of recent.

Again, the picture, things like atmosphere of the era, might appear with nature.

There is western style paintings, still life by Yorozu Tetsugoro? I thought, but Yorozu, apparently there is that it has also exhibited at the Inten.

A mysteries painting by Maeda Seison. Has made the unfortunate death of military commander Heike, Tairano Tomomori is revived, and that the attack Minamoto no Yoshitsune, it is a perfect example fantastic world of Noh work "Funa Benkei".

The lower left half of the screen, like a haze or smoke with a focus on white spread, the upper right half, blue sea is drawn, the men who Tomomori and has appeared To Kotsuzen from the haze , that moment is depicted.

Maiko of Kyoto by Hayami Mifune. But drawn was sitting on the porch, not beautiful in any way, and the maiko like monster. And that draw up to one one of the lines of the tatami, fineness of the brush not in Japanese painting up to that point, that was accounted say this with a Taikan Yokoyama, so far as, white excommunication this painter.

Then, in the late as in the previous fiscal year, I visited with two portions, even in the Mifune, in Grand View, even Kanzan, it is neither a Hirayama Ikuo, and painter named Iwahashi Eien, work that remains deeply impression most, 1975 it was a work painted in, and winding Noriyuki Dosanko recollection.

Were exhibited on the walls of the three sides of a large room, a long, long picture scroll of 29 m length. The right end of the beginning, bear is hibernating. From there, by superimposing the flow of the day, the flow of one year, a fine elaborate brush stroke, majestic world of home Iwahashi, wilderness of Hokkaido, is developed.

In the land of harsh winter, all together, while each other and need each other, humans, animals, trees also, mountains and fields as well, and is engaged in the raw together.

While looking slowly, indescribable impression is, come to sprout in the mind, the long picture scroll.

Also while I was to go back to first, and admire from a distance at a distance, before long, it becomes enough to not be holding its excitement.

The art work to be impressed this much, it was really long time.

In the future, those that live in that era, painter who was facing from the front to the era drew will continue to shake, our hearts.