Settai Komura exhibition

"From Edo chic to tokyo modern" - settai komura

This exhibition is a real treat for the art lover! You will find a variety of art in the style of Komura Settai, many of them his own works, some by others and some contemporary. We spent hours in the exhibition halls. Recommended!

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Komura Settai "Cup and wife" Coloring on silk. Shiomizu Sannenzaka Art Museum

Komura Settai "Osen Rain" Woodblock 1941, Shiomizu Sannenzaka Art Museum

Namikawa Yasuyuki "Vine and Butterflies Vase". Notable for the colour separation between the black and other colours. Meiji Era. Shiomizu Sannenzaka Art Museum

Book cover of Izumi Kyoka's "Nihonbashi". Cover art by Komura Settai, 1914. Shiomizu Sannenzaka Art Museum.

Exhibition poster

FROM THE MUSEUM EXHIBITION SITE

​From the Taisho era to the early Showa era, a new style was introduced into a wide variety of genres in Japan such as bookbinding, illustrations, and stage art, attracting the public. The momentum for re-evaluation of this movement is on the rise today.

Settai Komura (jap: Komura Settai) studied with Shimomura Kanzan at Tokyo Art School, and after graduating in the third year of Taisho (1914) he was employed to copy old paintings. He was 28 years old at the time.

The author Izumi Kyoka worked on the book 'Nihonbashi', and combined with Settai's book design a masterpiece was born, to be followed by many others.

While working as a popular book design artist, Settai could establish himself as a Japanese painter. He designed products and advertisements at the newly opened design department at Shiseido.

In this exhibition we aim to take in the essence of Edo and focus on the work of Settai, a “genius of design” that embodies the modernity of Tokyo.

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information

Item	Details
Exhibition period	​From December 21, 2019 (Sat) to February 16, 2020 (Sun) * Some exhibits will be replaced during the exhibition
Closed	Mondays (except January 13), January 14 (Tue)
Opening hours	10:00 am to 6:00 pm (Admission until 5:30 pm)
Admission fee	​General 900 yen (800 yen*), university student 700 yen (600 yen*), free for high school students and under. *) Group rates for 20 or more people. Free of charge for persons with disability certificates and one accompanying person
Further details (Japanese)	​Museum of Modern Ceramic Art Gifu (link)