"Buson Yosa: Flowing Creativity" Exhibition
Closes in 25 days
At Miho Museum
Media: Painting, Art Talk
In the 18th century, the Kyoto school of painters including Jakuchu Itoh, Taiga Ikeno, and Oukyo Maruyama, were prominent figures in the Japanese painting field. Within this field, Buson Yosa's works were highly valued, especially with his ability to fuse poetry and art.
This exhibition explores Buson's contributions in art and poetry, along with letters to his students and friends that will provide background information on his life.
Art Talk: April 12th (Sat) 14:00-16:00
Symposium: May 11th (Sun) 13:30-16:00
Schedule
From 2008-03-15 To 2008-06-08
Artist(s)
Website
http://www.miho.or.jp/ (venue's website)
Fee
Adults ¥1000, College - High School Students ¥800, Junior High - Elementary School Students ¥300
Venue Hours
From 10:00 To 17:00
Note:Contact the museum for the complete schedule.
Maps
Yahoo (Japanese)
Mobile Map (Japanese)
Access
From Ishiyama station on the JR line, take the Teisan Bus line. 1 minute walk from the Miho Museum stop.
Address
300 Momodani, Shigaraki-cho, Koga-shi, Shiga 529-1814
Phone: 0748-82-3411 Fax: 0748-82-3414
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Reviews
Detached or mundane?
By Matthew Larking
Special to The Japan Times
In the Chinese literati lineage, the city was a worldly, vulgar place unfit for depiction; a more appropriate subject would have been the hermitages of scholar-officials deep within mountainous nature. But a late and undated Buson painting, "Snowclad Houses in the Night" — arguably the premier work in the Miho Museum's current exhibition of the artist — depicts a snow-covered cityscape with traces of ocher that suggest townsfolk huddled inside, the work day over ...
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Venue: Miho Museum
Schedule: From 2008-03-15 To 2008-06-08
Address: 300 Momodani, Shigaraki-cho, Koga-shi, Shiga 529-1814
Phone: 0748-82-3411 Fax: 0748-82-3414
