[2024 Summer] Collection Room
Special Display: Women Painted by Women
2024/7/19-2024/9/27
Venue [ Main Building（South Wing）1F ]
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Akino Fuku, Red Clothing, 1938
Collection of Kyoto City Museum of ArtThe Museum Collection currently consists of approximately 4,400 works of Kyoto modern art comprising Japanese paintings, Western-style paintings, sculpture, prints, crafts, and calligraphy. In particular, the Collection includes masterpieces representative of Japanese painting made by Kyoto artists between the Meiji and Showa periods, making it one of the leading collections of such works in Japan.
When women choose to paint women, what kind of women do they use as models? A genre called bijinga (Japanese style paintings of beautiful women) was developed between the Meiji and Showa periods in Japan. The few female painters of the time depicted women from the viewpoint of their own gender. Interestingly, many of them portrayed scenes from women’s everyday life: sitters dressed in fashionable clothing or at work, or depicted themselves in a casual manner. The Museum collection includes many works by the superior female artists in the Kyoto painting tradition, such as Uemura Shoen and Ito Shoha who are considered to be representative of the bijinga genre, as well as Akino Fuku and Kajiwara Hisako. Featuring a collection of these gems, this special display explores the artistic activities of the female painters and the beautiful paintings of women seen through their eyes.
Akino Fuku, Red Clothing, 1938
Collection of Kyoto City Museum of ArtInformation
- Period
- July 19 (Fri.) ― September 27 (Fri.), 2024
- Time
- 10:00−18:00 (last admission 17:30)
- Venue
- Main Building（South Wing）1F
- Closed on
- Mondays (except public holidays)
- Admission
Kyoto City residents: ¥520*
Non-residents: ¥730
Groups (of 20 or more): ¥620
Elementary, junior high and high school students: Free**Non- resident elementary,
junior high and high school students: ¥300
Groups: ¥200Children under elementary school: Free
*Admission is free for residents over 70 (with valid ID or senior boarding pass) and for those with disabilities (with valid disability certificates). Admission is ¥100 for students attending Kyoto universities registered as Kyoto City Campus Culture Partners.
** living or studying in KyotoPlease bring a valid ID.
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Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, Fiscal Year 2024
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Akino Fuku, Red Clothing, 1938 Collection of Kyoto City Museum of Art 
Kajiwara Hisako, Tram Stop towards Nightfall, 1918 Collection of Kyoto City Museum of Art -
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