Flourishing Japanese Painting World in the Taisho Era In the Taisho era, between Meiji and Showa, a unique culture was nurtured. In the face of economic prosperity after the First World War, the democratic movement typified by the Taisho Democracy was enhanced, and an expansive popular culture spread under a free atmosphere. Individual characters began to be regarded as important and new values were created, which brought a wave of change into the Japanese art world. In 1914, painters including Yokoyama Taikan were away from the national Bunten, and they reestablished the Japan Art Institute. Kaburaki Kiyokata established Kinrei-sha under the concept of freedom and individuality. Young painters in Kyoto including Sakakibara Shiho, who were dissatisfied with the favoritism of Bunten, established the Association for the Creation of New Japanese-style Painting (Kokuga Sosaku kyokai). In the Japanese art world in the Taisho era, various groups and institutes were built. Bunten, which was established in 1907, was reinvented as Teiten in 1919. Each painter began to seek for his own expression, and created various free works to capture the atmosphere of the current age. This exhibition displays many works from the Taisho era, a new age for Japanese paintings, and we hope that they show the enthusiasm of the painters who produced them. Tsuchida Bakusen "Still Life - Salmon Slices and Sardines" (1924) Sakakibara Shiho “ "Unripe Plum Blossoms" (1918) Additional Exhibition Calmness and Motion in Japanese Paintings In Japanese paintings, some works are full of action, and others release calm beauty. This exhibition will show both types of depiction of the same objects. We hope you enjoy the contrast. Yokoyama Taikan “ "Innocence" (1897) Additional Exhibition Winter Special Exhibition Yokoyama Taikan Selectionn This exhibition will display Taikan's great works from his early to later years, such as Morning of Mountains / Evening of Mountains, a masterpiece of suiboku-ga, Winter : Four Seasons of the Sea and Mt. Fuji from "Twenty Scenes of the Sea and Mt. Fuji.", and Mt. Penglai (Mountain of Immortals) produced after the war. Yokoyama Taikan "Mt.Fuji" (1940)