Sagawa Art Museum - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Sagawa Art Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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The Empire of Imagination and Science of Rudolph II
Rudolf II (1552-1612) reigned as the Holy Roman Emperor and is known as an unrivalled collector and patron of art. He made major contributions to European artistic culture during the late-16th and early-17...More »
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Magical Art Museum II
Following the successful 2014 “Magical Art Museum” winter exhibition, this magical exhibition consists of lights, sounds and moving images that respond to movement and can be enjoyed through observation...More »
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Kichizaemon X – The 70s Generation Today
The eighth exhibition focused on the Raku family tradition of tea ware ceramics dating back to the Momoyama period (1573-1615) presents the works of 14 members who worked during the postwar era, a time...More »
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Mechanic Designer Okawara Kunio Exhibition
Over the past 40 years, Kunio Okawara has established himself as a pioneer of mechanical design in robot-based animation. This exhibition features a vast range of illustrations and anime designs that span...More »
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Kichizaemon X - Raku Kichizaemon - Raku Atsundo - Raku Masaomi - A First and Final Father and Son Exhibition
This exhibition focuses on the artistic skill and spirit of the Raku family tradition, which dates back to the Momoyama period (1573-1615) when, over 400 years ago, the first generation Chojiro invented...More »
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Baikoan Collection - The Splendour of Beautiful Women
Introducing masterful traditional paintings of beautiful women created during the Meiji and Show periods, by artists such as Shoen Uemura, Seihou Kaburaki, Shinsui Itou, Tsunedomi Kitano, and Mitsutoshi...More »
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Sagawa Kids Museum - Let’s Play with Trick Art
The annual “Sagawa Kids Museum” plans a fun and interesting month-long trick art exhibition for this year. With optical illusion art that both children and adults can learn from, this is a unique and interactive...More »
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Oribe Furuta 400th Memorial Exhibition
This exhibition looks back on the life and times of the tea ceremony master Oribe Furuta (1596-1615), forefather of the Oribe school of ceramics.More »
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Keith Haring; Prints and Other Works
Presenting works by renowned American artist Keith Haring, 25 years since his death at the age of 31. During a brief but intense career that spanned the 1980s, Haring achieved international recognition...More »
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Kiyoshi Yamashita, The Wandering Genius Painter
Kiyoshi Yamashita was a Japanese artist famous for his wanderings around Japan. Structured around the 3 chapters of Kiyoshi Yamashita’s life, this exhibition introduces oil paintings, watercolor paintings,...More »
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6th Children’s Picture Contest Exhibition
An exhibition of artwork by preschool-aged and elementary school children totalling 75 pieces, chosen from 944 submissions.More »
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Churyo Sato “A Wish to the Future”
A solo exhibition of sculptural works by Churyo Sato.More »
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Art in Wonderland - Magical Museum: The Fantasy of Light and Shadow.
Using materials that can be found nearby, and commanding the newest digital technology, this exhibition transports both children and adults into a world of magic, with the keywords “Look,” “Touch,” and...More »
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Kichizaemon X— Shinbei’s Raku Ware and Kichizaemon’s Hagi Ware
Fifteenth-generation Hagi ware ceramicist Shinbei Sakakura and 15th generation Raku ware ceramicist Kichizaemon Raku try their hands at each other’s crafts in the sixth Kichizaemon X exhibition. Sakakura...More »
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Ikuo Hirayama “World Heritage Series II— Mt. Hiei and The National Treasure Temple Bell”
The second World Heritage-themed exhibition of 2014 presents around 20 sketches of Enryaku-ji Monastary on Mt. Hiei draw by Ikuo Hirayama between 1996 and 1998. Also on display are a major painting based...More »
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Hokusai and Rivière— Two “Thirty-Six Views” and Hokusai Manga
Presenting “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji”, the world-famous work of Ukiyo-e artist Hokusai Katsushika, along with “Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower” a series by the printmaker Henri Rivière, who...More »
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Churo Sato “Clothing the Body”
While many associate sculptures with female nudes, this exhibition presents bronze figures dressed in clothing. Nudes have been a life-long motif of Churo Sato’s works, but he has also created some pieces...More »
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Kichizaemon Raku “Tradition - Red and Black”
An exhibition of work from Kichizaemon Raku.More »
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The Century of Ultraman - From Ultra Q to Ultraman 80
Known as the god of special effects, Eiji Tsuburaya joined with script writers, directors and special effects staff in the creation of Ultraman almost 50 years ago. This exhibition traces the evolution...More »
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Churo Sato “Large Figures, Small Figures”
Exposing the process of bronze sculpture production in an exhibition which features full scale figurative sculptures alongside their small scale “sketches” and highlights the subtle differences in their...More »
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Ikuo Hirayama ”World Heritage Series I - Drawing Nanking Castle From the Heart”
A collection of work from Ikuo Hirayama.More »
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“Famous Places of Tokaido; Shanks Mare” The Journeys of Yaji and Kita
The“Famous Places of Tokaido; Shanks Mare” follows the adventures of Yaji-robe and Kita-hachi from Jippensha Ikku’s Tokaidochu Hizakurige. The Tokaido road was a vital channel between the city of Edo and...More »
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5th Children’s Picture Contest Exhibition
The theme for the 5th Children’s Picture Contest is “Memories and Experiences.” Preschool-aged and elementary school children submitted paintings of their memorable experiences. More »
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Ikuko Hirayama “Scenes from Journeys in Asia (Daitou Saiiki Ga)”
Under the direction of Sagawa Art Museum the Ikuko Hirayama Exhibition has been traveling across 12 venues around Japan since February 2011 and now finally returns to Sagawa Art Museum in its closing finale....More »
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Churyo Sato “Atelier Sketch Book”
Churyo Sato often commented that the very foundation of sculpture is figurative study. For Sato such studies are a practice of internalizing the subject, taking it apart and re-constructing it. Hearing...More »
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Raku Kichizaemon + Uehara Michiko + Hanshiro Tsuchida “Kichizaemon X”
Part of a series of collaborative exhibitions with the potter Raku Kichizaemon. Featured this time are Okinawan textile artist Michiko Uehara, and Hanshiro Tsuchida, a maker of shifuku decorative bags...More »
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Ikuo Hirayama “The Silk Road: An Eternal Journey”
Exhibition of works by Nihonga painter Ikuo Hirayama (1930-2009), renowned for his depictions of Silk Road landscapes and Buddhist themes, as well as his efforts as a UN ambassador to save cultural heritage...More »
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Mitsumasa Anno “Mr. Anno’s Work”
Exhibition of renowned illustrator Mitsumasa Anno, whose children’s picture books have become popular around the world since his debut in 1968. This exhibition aims to shed a light on Anno’s activities...More »
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Hiroshi Senju “The Tale of Genji - Marvelling at the Skies of the Heian Period” Exhibition
Exhibition of new works by Japanese painter Hiroshi Senju, renowned for his waterfall and cliff series of paintings. This time, Senju has chosen the theme of the Tale of Genji, the world’s first novel...More »
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Ryouhei Koiso + Churyo Sato "Looking at Models"
The relationship between Ryouhei Koiso and Churyo Sato began after they broke away from the then-called Imperial Art Academy and formed the New Creative Faction Committee. The New Creative Faction Committee...More »
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"Ikuo Hirayama and the Silk Road towards East" Exhibition
The Silk Road has connected the Mediterranean and Eastern Asia where many cultures and civilizations have been formed. Japan is located at the final destination of the road, and a sensitive Buddhist culture...More »
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"Churyo Sato: Bronze Poetry of the Past, Present and Future" Exhibition
Churyo Sato is the first Japanese sculptor who models Japanese faces and not Europeans. In this exhibition, Sato focuses his sculptures on the models of "typical" Japanese people. During his production,...More »
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Kichizaemon Raku Exhibition
This exhibition features approximately 44 works including 29 black raku tea bowls of the yakinuki type grey badger, 10 black raku tea bowls, 4 raku tea caddies of the yakinuki type and 1 rali fresh-water...More »
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"Seeking Biwako's Landscapes: Brian's Perspective" Exhibition
The exhibition features landscapes by Brian Williams that depict the coexistence of humans and nature. From his career of over thirty years, approximately 70 oil and watercolor works that depict Biwako's...More »
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Churyo Sato "Bronze Poetry -Talking with Nature-"
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"Ikuo Hirayama and the Silk Road -In Eternal Time" Exhibition
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"Tokaido and Kisokaido; Hiroshige's Ukiyoe of Two Main Roads" Exhibition
Edo period's Ukiyoe master, Hiroshige Utagawa's (1797-1858) landscape prints are valued not only in Japan but also abroad. The "Tokaido 53 Tsugi" series are especially famous. This exhibition shows the...More »
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Ikuo Hirayama "Scenes from Journeys in Asia (Daitou Saiiki Ga)"
This year, the Sagawa Art Museum has acquired 13 new works from Ikuo Hirayama's "Scenes from Journeys in Asia (Daitou Saiiki Ga)" series, as part of the 50th anniversary of Sagawa Corporation. Hirayama...More »
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Churyo Sato "Bronze Poems -Touching the Dirt-"
[Image: "Konoha Zuku" (1970) Bronze]More »