Shouhaku Art Museum - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Shouhaku Art Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Shoen Uemura + Shoko Uemura + Atsushi Uemura: Three Generations and One Hundred Years of Nihonga
This exhibition traces a particular history of Nihonga painting through the three generations of Shoen Uemura, Shoko Uemura, and Atsushi Uemura over the span of one hundred years, illustrating the perseverance...More »
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The Colors of the Seasons: Three Generations of Uemura Art
This two-part exhibition looks at the richly colorful world of the four seasons in the Nihonga paintings of Shoen, Shoko, and Atsushi Uemura. Part 1 (Winter through Spring): Mar. 20 (Sun)–Apr. 24 (Sun) Part...More »
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Classical Art – A Mountain of Treasures
From a young age, the Nihonga painter Shoen Uemura would bring her art supplies to museums to create reproductions of paintings from various eras. Taking hints from their compositions, Uemura was moved...More »
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Nihonga Pioneers – Works from the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto Collection
At the dawn of the Meiji era, people began using the term “Nihonga” (Japanese paintings) to distinguish these works from “Western” oil paintings. Japan’s artisanal painters became “Japanese artists.” Carrying...More »
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The Secrets of Creativity: Nihonga Materials and Methods in the Sketches of Shoen, Shoko, and Atsushi Uemura
The completion of a single work by Nihonga painters Shoen Uemura, Shoko Uemura, and Atsushi Uemura requires an extraordinary amount of time, with the artists producing a great number of sketches and drafts....More »
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The Radiance of Life Shoko Uemura Exhibition
Introducing the radiance of painter Shoko Uemura’s 98 years of life.More »
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21st Shouhaku Art Museum Birds and Flowers Exhibition
An open call exhibition featuring the selected works of nihonga artists over 50 years old.More »
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Shoen, Shoko, and Atushi Uemura - Shouhaku Art Museum’s 20 Years
An exhibition of Japanese paintings and sketches by Shoen Uemura, Shoko Uemura, and Atushi Uemura. [Related Event] Gallery Talk Date: Jan.10 (Sat) From 14:00 Location: Shouhaku Art Museum Please...More »
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The Power of Shoen, Shoko, and Atsushi’s Sketches
A group exhibition of sketches and drawings by Shoen Uemura, Shoko Uemura, and Atsushi Uemura. [Related Event] Lecture Date: Nov.15 (Sat) From 14:00 Please refer to the official site for further...More »
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The Poetry of Contemporary Japanese Painting— Works From Wood One Museum of Art Collection
Introducing works by artists who have left their marks on contemporary Nihonga painting, such as Taikan Yokoyama, Kansetsu Hashimoto, and Chikkyo Ono. Along with works by three generations of Uemura artists,...More »
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Atsushi Uemura “Conversing with Birds”
Atsushi Uemura, the museum’s director, is an 81-year-old, Kyoto-born Nihonga painter. Since ancient times, the compositions of Nihonga paintings have treated people, birds, plants, and animals equally,...More »
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Shoen Uemura Exhibition
Marking 20 years of the Shouhaku Art Museum with a retrospective exhibition of Shoen Uemura who not only manifested the outer beauty of women but also distilled an inner grace in his work, living in devotion...More »
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Nara College of Arts Nihonga Exhibition
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20th Shouhaku Art Museum Birds and Flowers Exhibition
An open call exhibition featuring the selected works of nihonga artists over 50 years old. [Image: Shoko Tanaka “En Autome”]More »
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Works From The Reikinso: Shoko and Atsushi Uemura’s “Bird Paradise”
The Reikinso is a 10,000-tsubo villa and grounds in Nara. Once the painting studio of Shoko Uemura, it currently the home of Atsushi Uemura and 1,600 birds of 263 species. This exhibition presents bird...More »
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Suisho Nishiyama’s Shoko-sha Painting School and Its Pupils
What kind of learning environment was the Shoko-sha Painting School founded by Suisho Nishiyama, which trained great artists such as the Nihonga painter Shoko Uemura? This exhibition introduces works produced...More »
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Women’s Tales: The Women of Ueda Shoen’s Paintings
Exhibition of Nihonga paintings by Uemura Shoen, her son Uemura Shoko and grandson Atsushi, with a focus on the women who Shoen considered to represent the epitome of feminine beauty and cultivation and...More »
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The Melody of the Rain, the Rhyme of the Wind - The Suggestiveness of Nihonga Painting
Exhibition of works by the prominent Uemura family of Nihonga painters: Shoen Uemura (1875-1949), her son Shoko Uemura (1902-2001) and grandson Atsushi Uemura (1933-). A mother and child gazing at a rainbow,...More »
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"Warmth of Life in Nature Paintings" Exhibition
Shoko and Atsushi Uemura painted the beauty in nature of flowers and birds. At times severe, at times friendly, nature shows a range of faces, and through an interaction with her these painters grew to...More »
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"Landscapes that Remain in the Heart: The World of Chikkyo Ono" Exhibition
Chikkyo Ono, who was born in Okayama prefecture in 1889, decided to become a painter. At 14, Chikkyo moved to Kyoto to study under Seiho Takeuchi, and at 29, he established an artists circle with Kagaku...More »
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14th Shohaku Art Museum Birds and Flowers Exhibition
This exhibition features 35 paintings of flowers and birds that have been selected out of a pool of 98. [Image: Ikuyo Ishida "An Autumn Day"] More »
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"Birds and Flowers" Exhibition
Shoko Uemura and Atsushi Uemura depict the essence of nature in their paintings of flowers and birds. In their paintings, Shoko depicts flowers and birds with a sense of loving. On the other hand, Atsushi...More »
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Kyujin Yamamoto Exhibition
This exhibition is divided into two parts and features about 70 pieces from the Narukawa Art Museum collection. From early in his career to his final days, he observed nature with pure eyes and attempted...More »
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"Uemura's Three Generations -Beauty of Decoration and Simplicity-" Exhibition
Shoen painted women of beauty, Shoko painted adorable flowers and birds with a warm look, and Atsushi has been painting the nature's sublime in migratory birds. No matter their different subjects, there...More »
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"The Three Masters That Taught Shoen -Shonen Suzuki, Bairei Kono, Seihou Takeuchi-" Exhibition
The master beauty portrait painter, Shoen Uemura, is a widely recognized painter in Japanese modern painting history. The exhibition introduces works by her three masters, Shonen Suzuki, Bairei Kono and...More »
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"Admiring the Tropical Flowers and Birds: Encountering Koyo Ishizaki's Works" Exhibition
The exhibition features a collection of Shoen Uemura's works that depict tropical flowers and birds. Shoen was influenced by Koyo Ishizaki's paintings of tropical subjects, and travelled to India and Hawaii...More »