ADACHI MUSEUM OF ART

The Seven Most Popular Artists of Japanese Paintings
Their Masterpieces Are Open

Adachi Museum of Art opened in 1970, with art works that Adachi Zenko, an entrepreneur from Yasugi City, Shimane Prefecture, had collected for years. The museum currently houses 1,500 works in total, and these were produced by great painters who developed the modern art world in Japan. Among these, the Yokoyama Taikan collection of 120 works from his early to later years is considered the most extensive, both in quality and quantity. The museum has many other highly esteemed works from Japanese art history, by artists such as Kawai Gyokudo, Uemura Shoen, Hashimoto Kansetsu, Kawabata Ryushi, Sakakibara Shiho and Ito Shinsui. Today, the Adachi Museum of Art plays an essential role in modern Japanese paintings.
This exhibition will display the best works by Taikan, who makes up the core of the museum’s art collection, Gyokudo, Kansetsu, Ryushi, Shiho and Shinsui. The museum usually changes the exhibited works with each season, so this is the best opportunity to appreciate them all at once. By appreciating masterpieces by painters who developed their own painting styles, it is possible to appreciate the features and attraction of the museum's collection. This is a chance that shouldn’t be missed. We hope that you fully enjoy this exhibition.

Uemura Shoen
"Daughter Miyuki" (1914)

Kawabata Ryushi
"Passion" (1934)

Hashimoto Kansetsu
"Dogs from Europe" (c.1941)

Additional Exhibition
Origin of Masters
-Adolescence and Mature Periods-

Painters always pursue new means of expression in the process of producing works, and his or her painting style changes over time. In this exhibition, we will display modern Japanese works by painter, showing examples of works produced by each painter in youth and later in life. We hope you will enjoy seeing the changes in each painter's style.

Kobayashi Kokei
"Yang Guifei" (1951)

Additional Exhibition
Winter Special Exhibition
Yokoyama Taikan Selectionn

Here, you can enjoy Taikan's works from his younger days to his later years, including Towing a Boat produced in his youth and Distant Landscape produced in his final days. A variety of Taikan's works can be appreciated, ranging from portraits and landscape paintings, to flower and bird paintings.

Yokoyama Taikan
"Fishermen" (1946)