May 28, 2019

Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Yokohama Museum of Art,the 150th Anniversary of the Collector's Birth and the 80th Anniversary of His DeathThe Eye of a Connoisseur:
The Legendary Hara Sankei Collection
Venue:

Yokohama Museum of Art

Dates:

July 13 (Sat.)- September 1 (Sun.), 2019
Hara Sankei (real given name: Tomitaro; 1868-1939) was a Yokohama-based

businessman, who primarily made his fortune in the raw-silk trade and silk-spinning industry. Bornin the first year of the Meiji Period (1868-1912), Hara was a leading figure in the nascent economic
sphere of modern Japan until just prior to World War II.
Hara was also an enthusiastic collector of antique art with a unique historicalperspective; a man of refined tastes who broke new ground in Japanese chanoyu (the Way of Tea);an artist who moved and reconstructed historical buildings, created Sankeien Garden, which heopened to the public free of charge, and a talented painter, calligrapher, and classical Chinese
scholar; and a patron who actively supported and cultivated promising artists of the era. While
Hara’s cultural endeavors were based on his altruistic spirit as a philanthropist, and his activities andinterpersonal exchanges as a business leader, his activities concurred with the process andtrajectory that led to the establishment of the modern Japanese art world and market.
In this exhibition, we focus on Hara’s achievements in
his four different roles as collector, tea master, artist, and patron.
While examining the interrelationship between these areas from ahistorical perspective, we present approximately 150 art works
and tea utensils from Hara’s collection, including over 30
masterpieces that have been designated as National Treasures
andImportant

CulturalProperties,

alongwith

important

documents to provide a complete picture of the man. This willserve as an invaluable opportunity to see Hara’s unrivaled
collection of fine articles all at once in the largest exhibition of its
kind to date.
［National Treasure］
Kujaku Myoo (Mahamayuri), 12th century
Color on silk, hanging scroll, 147.9 x 98.9cm
Collection of the Tokyo National Museum
Image: TNM Image Archives
Exhibition period: July 13-August 7, 2019

［National Treasure］Picture Scroll of the Tale of Nezame (detail), 12th century
Color on paper, scroll, 26.0 x 533.0cm
Collection of the Museum Yamato Bunkakan
Exhibition period: August 9-September 1, 2019

Shino-style Tea Bowl known as Umegaka(Scent of Plum Blossoms)
Late 16th to early 17th century
Ceramic, 8.3cm (height) x 13.5cm (mouthdiameter) x 3.8cm (base diameter)
Collection of the Gotoh Museum
Photo by Meikyo Katsuo
Exhibition period: July 13-August 7, 2019

HARA Sankei, White Lotus, 1931
Color on silk, hanging scroll, 128.0 x 41.6cm［Important Cultural Properties］
SHIMOMURA Kanzan, Yoroboshi (Protagonist of the Eponymous Noh Drama), 1915
Color on gold-leafed silk, pair of six-panel folding screens, 186.4 x 406.0cm
Collection of the Tokyo National Museum
Image: TNM Image Archives
Exhibition period: August 9-September 1, 2019

Portrait of HARA Sankei
Courtesy of Sankeien Garden［Important Cultural Property］
Attributed to MAO Yi
Hollyhock and Kittens, 12th century,
Color on silk, hanging scroll, 25.3 x 25.8cm
Collection of the Museum Yamato Bunkakan
Exhibition period: July 13-August 7, 2019

Admission
Adults¥1,600 (1,400 / 1,500)

University and high school students¥1,200 (1,000 / 1,100)

Junior high school students¥ 600 ( 400 / 500)

Children under 12FreeSeniors (65 and older)¥1,500 *ID required. Only available at ticket counter in the museum.

*(/)＝Advance / Group of 20 or more.
*For a group of 20 or more, reservation is required in advance.
*Advance tickets are available from May 13 (Mon.) until July 12 (Fri.), 2019 at the Museum Shop, Official website
and the other Ticket Agencies.
*Free admission for high school students and younger with valid IDs on Saturdays.
*Visitors with disability and one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.
(Please present certificate at the entrance.)*The ticket also gives admission to the Exhibition of the Museum Collection for the same day.

General Information
Title:

Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Yokohama Museum of Art,the 150th Anniversary of the Collector’s Birth and the 80th Anniversary of His DeathThe Eye of a Connoisseur: The Legendary Hara Sankei Collection
Dates:

July 13 (Sat.) - September 1 (Sun.), 2019

Open hours:

10:00-18:00*Open until 20:00 Fridays and Saturdays*Admission until 30 minutes before closing.

Closed:Thursdays

Venue:

Yokohama Museum of Art
3-4-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012
TEL: +81(0)45 221 0300 FAX: +81(0)45 221 0317
URL: https://yokohama.art.museum/eng

Organized by:

Yokohama Museum of Art [Yokohama Arts Foundation], Nikkei Inc.

Special cooperation by:Sankeien Hoshoukai Foundation, The Museum Yamato Bunkakan,
Society of Hara Sankei Studies

In Cooperation with:

Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd., Minatomirai Line,
Yokohama Cable Vision Inc., Yokohama FM Broadcasting Co., Ltd.,
Metropolitan Expressway Co., Ltd.

Contact
Fujii(Ms.), Yamamoto(Ms.), Isshiki(Ms.), Umezawa(Ms.)
Public Relations, Yokohama Museum of Art
3-4-1, Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama. 220-0012 JAPAN
TEL:+81(0)45 221 0319

FAX:+81(0)45 221 0317

E-mail: pr-yma@yaf.or.jp