News Release
ATZ200730-E_E

July 30, 2020
Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation

Rimpa and Impressionism: Arts Produced by Urban Cultures,
East and West
November 14 (Saturday), 2020 ‒ January 24 (Sunday), 2021
The Artizon Museum of the Ishibashi Foundation (Director: Ishibashi Hiroshi) is delighted to announce its
upcoming exhibition, Rimpa and Impressionism: Arts Produced by Urban Cultures, East and West.
The Rimpa school of painting was initiated by Tawaraya Sotatsu in the early seventeenth century. It
evolved through the work of Ogata Korin in the early eighteenth century and Sotatsu
colleagues in context of the townsman culture of Kyoto, then Japans and Korin

nineteenth century, Rimpa was carried on by artists such as Sakai Hoitsu and Suzuki Kiitsu, in Edo (todayTokyo), the shogun

ss imperial capital. In the earlyss headquarters. In Edo, the evolving Rimpa school became an urban genre with adecorative aesthetic at its core.
Impressionism was an innovative, modern school of art that emerged in Europe in the latter half of thenineteenth century. Centered on Paris, the Impressionists included artists such as Édouard Manet, Claude
Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Paul Cézanne who candidly expressed their impressionsof their everyday experiences and the delights of urban lifestyles.
This exhibition is an innovative attempt to compare and survey, through works by artistic geniuses
nurtured by urban cultures in Japan and Europe, East and West, what the sophisticated aesthetics
characteristic of major metropolises achieved. The exhibition includes the Impressionist masterpieces thatare the core of our collection and Rimpa works from our collection being shown for the first time, plusmasterworks from temples and museums in Japan. The hundred exhibits include two National Treasuresand seven Important Cultural Properties. Rimpa and Impressionism, a watershed exhibition, makes
urban culture

its lens in reassessing Eastern and Western art.

Tawaraya Sotatsu, Wind God and Thunder God, Edo period, 17th century,Kenninji Temple, National Treasure（On exhibit from December 22, 2020 to January 24, 2021)

Édouard Manet, Chrysanthemums, c.1881,
The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki

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Highlights[1] First Exhibit of New Additions to the Collection
The Ishibashi Foundation has systematically collected works of art ever since its establishment andis now expanding the scope of its collection. This exhibition displays, for the first time, twelve works
acquired since the Bridgestone Museum of Art, predecessor of the Artizon Museum, closed forrebuilding in 2015. These include Ogata Korins Peacocks and Hollyhocks (Important CulturalProperty).

[2] The Key Phrase isUrban Culture

Comparisons of Japanese and European art often introduce works from the perspective ofJaponisme. This exhibition, however, focuses on urban culture to compare and survey what thesophisticated aesthetics characteristic of major metropolises achieved.

[3] Famous Works on Display
s Wind God and Thunder God, a National Treasure,This exhibition includes Tawaraya Sotatsu

joined by other masterpieces that are gleaming presences in the history of Japanese art, brought
together from temples and museums in Japan. The lineup will delight both Rimpa and Impressionist
fans.

Exhibition Structure
Introduction:

The Urban Context

Section 1: The Rimpa School
1. Flowers and Plants

2. Narrative paintings

3. The World of Sumi Ink
Section 2

Section 3

Conclusion: Rimpa x Impressionists
1. Succession

2. Expressing Water

4. Fan Shapes

5. Clients

3. Ma (space): The Impressionists
1. Portraits of Urbanites

2. Interest in the Still Life

3. Mythical World

4. Adoration for the Outskirts of the City

: Leaving the City

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Major Works on Exhibit① Tawaraya Sotatsu, Wind God and Thunder God, Edo period, 17th century, Kenninji Temple, NationalTreasure(On exhibit from December 22, 2020 to January 24, 2021)② Tawaraya Sotatsu, Bugaku Dancers, Edo period, 17th century, Daigoji Temple, Important
Cultural Property(On exhibit from November 14 to December 20, 2020)③

Ogata Korin, Peacocks and Hollyhocks, Edo Period, 18th century, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi
Foundation, Important Cultural Property

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④ Édouard Manet, Chrysanthemums, c.1881,
The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki⑥Claude Monet, Water Lily Pond, 1907,
Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation⑤Camille Pissarro, The Pont-Neuf, 1902,
Hiroshima Museum of Art⑦Berthe Morisot, Woman and Child on the Balcony,
1872, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation

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Related Programs
Information will be provided later on the museum website.

www.artizon.museum

Exhibition overviewExhibition title: Rimpa and Impressionism: Arts Produced by Urban Cultures, East and West

Organizer

Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation, Nikkei Inc.

Venue

: 6,5F Galleries

Exhibition period: November 14 (Saturday), 2020 to January 24 (Sunday), 2021
First half: November 14 (Saturday) to December 20 (Sunday), 2020
Second half: December 22 (Tuesday), 2020, to January 24 (Sunday), 2021
*Works on display will be changed during the exhibition period. Please checkour website.

Opening hours: 10:00 ‒ 18:00 (Evening hours, with the museum open until 20:00 on Fridays,
have been suspended until further notice. For the latest information, pleasecheck our website.)* Last admission 30 minutes before closing.

Closed: Mondays (open November 23, January 11), November 24, Year end and New
Years (December 28 to January 4), January 12

Admission (tax included): Online reservation available beginning September 14 (Monday)
Online ticket: 1,700 Yen
Same-day ticket (on sale at museum): 2,000 Yen
Student free entry (Advance online booking required.)*Same-day tickets at ticket counter only available in case online reservation
tickets have not been sold out.
*No reservation required for middle-school students and younger.
*This admission fee gived the visitor access to all concurrent exhibitions.
Supervisor: Kobayashi Tadashi (Professor Emeritus, Gakushuin University)

Curators: Heima Rika and Kagawa Kyoko (Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation)

Artizon Museum
1-7-2 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031, JapanTel. Domestic: 050-5541-8600

International: 047-316-2772(Hello Dial)

www.artizon.museum

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Selections from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection
Special Section

Aoki Shigeru, Sakamoto Hanjiro, Koga Harue: Artists from Kurume
November 3 (Tuesday), 2020 ― January 24 (Sunday), 2021
Venue: 4F Gallery
Curator: Ito Eriko

This exhibition focuses on painters from Kurume, the birthplace of Ishibashi Shojiro,
founder of the former Bridgestone Museum of Art. It includes ３ works of Aoki
Shigeru s Sketches of Masks, which have not been exhibited for many years, plus Dim

Light, Sakamoto Hanjiro s last work, and other new additions to the collection being
exhibited for the first time.

Aoki Shigeru, Paradise under the Sea, 1907

*Special notice for November 3 (Tuesday, holiday) to November 12 (Thursday): Only the 4F Gallery will beopen; the 5F and 6F Galleries will be closed.
Admission (tax included): Online reservation available beginning September 14 (Monday)
Online ticket: 500 Yen/ Same-day ticket (on sale at museum): 500 Yen/ Student free entry (Advance online
booking required. No reservation required for middle-school students and younger.)
Closed on Mondays and November 13(Friday).

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E-mail: publicity@artizon.jp1-7-2 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031

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Entry to the Artizon Museum uses the designated entry system by date and time.
Tickets must be purchased in advance from the museum website.
Ticket price (incl. tax)
GeneralOnline
ticketJPY 1,700

Same dayticketJPY 2,000

University,
college, highschool students

Those presenting
disabled persons’handbook

Free entry—Advanced booking
requiredChildren through junior highschool

Free entry—Advanced booking
not required*Online tickets must be purchased up to 10 minutes before the end of each time slot.
*Same day tickets on sale at museum are available only for time slots that have not reached full capacity.

Designated entry system by date and time

The designated entry system by date and time is designed so that visitors may enjoy a more comfortable viewing
experience. Please purchase your tickets for an entry time slot for the day you will visit, as shown below, and makesure you enter the museum within that time slot.
① 10:00 ‒11:30 ②12:00 ‒13:30 ③14:00 ‒15:30 ④16:00 ‒17:30
You may enter at any time within the designated time slot.
• Once you enter the museum, your ticket is valid for the rest of the day; you may stay and enjoy the exhibition
until the museum closes.
• At the start of each entry time slot, the museum may be crowded. You may be asked to wait before entering
the museum. We recommend arriving for entry slightly after the start of your time slot.

Online designated entry time ticket purchase

Tickets go on sale September 14 (Monday)• Tickets must be purchased from the museum website (www.artizon.museum) by clicking on the Ticketing link
and selecting the date and time slot when you wish to enter.
• Tickets must be purchased up to 10 minutes before the end of each time slot.
• Major credit cards are accepted for payment.

Delivery of online designated entry time ticket and entry to the museum

After you have purchased your ticket, an E-mail will be sent to your designated E-mail address.
Please access the QR code and download it onto your smartphone. You can also print out the QR code and bring
the paper with the print out with you when you visit the museum.

Same day ticket sales
Tickets are available only for time slots that have not reached full capacity; they can be purchased on 1F of themuseum.

Advanced booking••

Entry is free for university and college students and high school students, but advanced booking of the entry
time slot is required. Each student must present a student ID upon entrance to the museum.
Children through junior high school age are admitted for free. No advanced booking is required.
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Entry is free for disabled visitors (plus one accompanying assistant), but advanced booking of the entry timeslot is required. Disabled visitors must present their disabled persons handbook upon entrance to themuseum.

Important information• Once your ticket purchase is confirmed, cancellation of the ticket is not allowed.
• Change of the time and date is available only once.
• There are no discounts for group tickets or for senior citizens.
• Entry is only allowed for the designated time slot.
• Resale of tickets for commercial purposes is not allowed.

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