Edo Painting in Mie

About

Date

Saturday, October 12 - Sunday, December 1, 2024

Location

Temporary Exhibition Galleries 1-3

Hours

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

Closed

Mondays (except October 14, November 4), October 15, November 5

Admission fee

Adults: 700 (600) yen
Students: 500 (400) 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 Asahi Shimbun

■With the grant of
Japan Arts Fund
Mie Prefectural Art Museum Assistance Foundation
 

Exhibition Overview

 　This exhibition introduces three unique painters produced in Mie Prefecture during the Edo period!
　Soga Shohaku (1730-1781), an eccentric painter with a strong personality, Gessen (1741-1809), a monk who took up painting to help the poor, and Mashiyama Sessai (1754-1819), a lord who valued art and friendship. (1754-1819), a lord who valued art and friendship. The three painters were all three different in their positions and styles of painting. What they all have in common is that they created their paintings in Mie Prefecture and their strong beliefs. They pursued their own unique paths, even if the world considered them unorthodox.
　This exhibition introduces a diverse group of Edo paintings from Mie Prefecture by Sessai, including works by Shohaku and Gessen from the museum's collection, which is the best collection of Sessai in Japan.