The World of Illustrations for Children's Book 2022-23

About

Date

October 7 - December 10, 2023

Location

Temporary Exhibition Galleries 1-4

Hours

9:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m.

Closed

Mondays (except October 9), October 10

Admission fee

Adults: 1,000 (800) yen
Students: 800 (600) yen
High school students and younger: Free
Prices in parentheses are for groups of more than 20 persons.
Persons with disability, one person accompanying them are admitted free of charge.

Organization

■Organized by
Mie Prefectural Art Museum
The Chinichi Shimbun

■With the grant of
Okada Cultural Foundation
Mie Prefectural Art Museum Assistance Foundation

■With the special cooperation of
The Miyagi Museum of Art
Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc

■With the planning cooperation of
CURATORS INC. ART & ARCHITECTURE

The World of Illustrations for Children's Books 2022-23

Exhibition Overview

Kodomo no Tomo is a monthly picture book first published by Fukuinkan Shoten in 1956 with the aim of creating highly artistic picture books. One of the attractions of Kodomo no Tomo is that the picture books were created by artists who are active in a variety of fields, including Western and Japanese paintings, sculpture, and manga. The authors have created unprecedented picture books by incorporating techniques and materials appropriate to the expression of the story.

In this exhibition, we will introduce masterpieces that are indispensable when talking about "Children's Friends" from the Miyagi Museum of Art's original picture book collection, as well as original pictures from picture books that have been loved by children throughout the ages.

Events During the Exhibition

Lecture: The expanding world of picture books - from the Miyagi Museum of Art's collection of picture book originals

Lecturer: Kanno Hitomi (Curator of the Miyagi Museum of Art)
Saturday, October 7
14:00- (about 90 min.)
at the Auditrium
Free of Charge
Japanese only

Slide Talk by the Curator of Mie Prefectural Art Museum

Saturday, October 21, 14:00- (About 40 min.)
Saturday, Nobember 25, 14:00- (About 40 min.)
at the auditrium
Free of Charge
Japanese only