Over the years, Japan has nurtured its unique culture, including kimono as the indigenous dress and traditional Japanese entertainment, such as noh and kabuki. Today, these traditional art forms have attracted much attention from foreign countries, and Japanese painting is no exception. Many Japanese paintings have taken national culture and nature as subjects. Numerous works have revealed Japanese aesthetics behind various expressions of the transience of falling cherry blossoms and the gentle grace of females, for example, a woman hiding her mouth with the end of kimono sleeve. Through both the beauty of the subject and the Japanese spirit, the Japanese sense of aesthetics can be felt here.
This exhibition will show Japanese paintings that have an atmosphere of Japanese spirit and culture, including Mt. Fuji as the symbol of Japan, cherry blossoms and chrysanthemums as the national flowers, samurai, and women wearing kimono. The tasteful Japanese atmosphere would permeate the minds of the Japanese and others. We really hope that you will appreciate the painting world full of the Japanese spirit.

We will exhibit works focusing on the beauty of whiteness. Some evoke the distinguished whiteness of gofun, a Japanese pigment made from sea shells, and others give the impression of the whiteness made from blank space. For example, pure feathers from egrets and snow accumulating on the branches of camelia trees are beautifully expressed. Please enjoy the gentle, soft whiteness unique to Japanese painting through these expressions.