In appreciating paintings, you can face works with an unusual, fresh sense when you see them, as if you were in the works themselves.
For example, it has been suggested that you put yourself into the mindset of figures added to landscape paintings. You might then be able to feel the bright light or refreshing mood expressed in the work. If the work depicts colorful flowers, you might feel the sweet scent of the flowers. If it is a work depicting the waterside, a cold atmosphere or the sound of the water would be conveyed to you. Putting yourself in a work and looking over the work from within enables you to appreciate the work with all five senses. If you do this, you would perceive a new charm or the thought put into the work by the painter, which was previously unknown.
This exhibition will show Japanese paintings that depict various landscapes and scenes, including magnificent mountains, halcyon country views, street corners with people coming and going, and fancied landscapes painters imagined. As walk around among these paintings, please expand your imagination and enjoy the world of Japanese painting from a different side.

We will display works of women wearing Japanese kimono, including maiko (apprentices to geisha), Kyo-bijin (beautiful women in Kyoto) with a peacefully bright atmosphere, and women in yukata, a type of kimono worn in summer. We hope you will deeply appreciate those works by focusing on the various patterns suggesting seasons or tasteful landscapes, and the brilliant colors relieving the women’s appearances.