Press Release 2017/02/07

Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection– Early Modern Japanese Painting by the Kano School and Others[Part I] March 11 (Saturday) – April 12 (Wednesday), 2017
[Part II] April 14 (Friday) – May 17 (Wednesday), 2017
Kankai Pavilion (Traditional East Asian Art)
The Hara Rokuro Collection comprises works of traditional East Asian art collected by Rokuro Hara, the Meijiera industrialist and great-grandfather of Toshio Hara, director of the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art. As ashowcase for the collection, the Kankai Pavilion provides a unique perspective from which to view its holdings
centered on early-modern Japanese paintings.
The featured works include Tiger in a bamboo grove by the Kano Eitoku, considered one of the great masters ofMomoyama painting, as well as a set of twelve hanging scrolls by Eitoku's successors, works that were once
partition paintings that decorated the Nikko-in guest hall in Mi'idera (Onjoji) temple in Shiga Prefecture. We
invite you to enjoy these masterpieces of the Kano school by Eitoku, Takanobu,Tan'yu and others.

1.Tiger in a bamboo grove, Kano Eitoku, four hanging
scrolls, Momoyama period [Part I]

2. Princess Yang Guifei playing chess, Kano Sotoku,
hanging scroll, Edo period [Part II]

Featured Works
Traditional Art: [Part I] Tiger in a bamboo grove, Kano Eitoku, Momoyama period / Birds and flowers, Kano
schoolm Momoyama-Edo period / Waka poem "Kokin Waka-shu," first part of "Spring" chapter with painted
ground and butterfly design, Hon'ami Koetsu, Edo period and others.
[Part II] Huangshi-gong and Zhang Lian under a pine tree, Kano Takanobu, Edo period / Princess Yang Guifeiplaying chess, Kano Sotoku, Edo period / Li Bai, viewing waterfall, Kano Tan'yu, Edo period / Landscape of
Yodo River, Maruyama Okyo, Edo period and others.
Contemporary Art: Hitomi Uchikura, Lumiere 2007, 2007 / Kohei Nawa, PixCell-Bambi #2, 2006 / Mika
Ninagawa, PLANT A TREE, 2011 and others.

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