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The World of Shoen Uemura’s paintings of beautiful women

By on January 26, 2020

Kyoto-bred modern painter of her times, Uemura Shoen and 18 of her famous paintings will be featured at The Yamatane Museum of Art – Hiroo Kaikan’s 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition from Jan 3 until March 1st, 2020.

The event called Uemura Shoen To Bijin-ga no Seikai (The World of Uemura Shoen’s paintings of beautiful women) will showcase Uemura’s numerous bijin-ga (paintings of beautiful women in nihonga style) using mineral pigments or iwaenogu for which she has received many awards during her lifetime.

 

Kamimura Matsuen, Spring Spring, 1936 (Showa 11), Kinumoto / Coloring, Yamatane Museum of Art

Once dubbed as a feminist, Uemura Shoen, was respected for elevating the status of women through her arts. Shoen once said “Never once did I paint a work with the expectation that it would be a fine work as long as the woman depicted was beautiful. My earnest hope is that all my works are like fragrant jewels, always with a sense of fresh purity, never with even an iota of the vulgar.”

 

Yamatane Art Museum Hiroo Kaikan’s 10th Anniversary Special Exhibition “Uemura Shoen To Bijin-ga no Seikai”
When:  January 3rd (Friday) to March 1st (Sunday), 2020
Where: Yamatane Museum of Art
Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Hiroo 3-12-36  TEL: 03-5777-8600

Opening hours: 10: 00-17: 00 (entry until 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (except January 13 (Monday), February 24 (Monday)), January 14 (Tuesday), February 25 (Tuesday)
Admission:   General 1,200 yen, University and high school students 900 yen, junior high school students and below get in free

* Kimono Discount: Group discounts when visiting in Kimono during the exhibition

 

 

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