Special Exhibition | Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture

Past Exhibitions

A Life Absorbed in Painting: Kyoto Master Artist Konoshima Ōkoku

2025年04月26日（土） - 2025年07月06日（日）

Konoshima Ōkoku (1877–1938) was born in Sanjō Muromachi, Kyoto. When he was 16, he began studying under flower-and-bird painting specialist Imao Keinen. He honed his observation by sketching from life and his paintings soon attracted favorable attention. We held our last Ōkoku exhibition nearly four years ago in 2021. Responding to public interest we are now holding a long-awaited retrospective as a co-host exhibition with Fukuda Art Museum.

I Love Hyakunin Isshu

2025年02月01日（土） - 2025年04月13日（日）

This exhibition of early-modern and modern-period Japanese works features paintings connected with the poems in Hyakunin Isshu. Hyakunin Isshu (100 poets One Poem) is a anthology collected by Fujiwara no Teika.

Haiku and Haiga: The Charisma of Two Poets, Bashō and Buson

2024年10月12日（土） - 2025年01月19日（日）

When haiku is mentioned, the names Matsuo Bashō and Yosa Buson probably spring to mind. This exhibition introduces a number of outstanding works of haiku and haiga (paintings depicted together with haiku), including the "Furuikeya" tanzaku strip (famous frog poem), which was handwritten by Bashō himself, the the Manuscript Scroll of Nozaraishi Kikō [Weather-beaten Bones Travelogue] also written and illustrated by himself, and the "Ikaidashi no" (haiku and painting) written and handpainted by Buson. This exhibition is a fitting tribute to Arashiyama, a place associated with these two charismatic figures.

Saga Arashiyama Bird & Flower Garden

2024年07月13日（土） - 2024年10月01日（火）

This exhibition introduces masterpieces of flower and bird paintings by Japanese painters active from 18th century to 20th century.
This is a perfect summer holiday project where children and adults alike can enjoy learning about the birds' calls, ecology and the meaning of flowers while looking at the paintings.

You’re beautiful ～ Bijin-ga from Fukuda Collection

2024年04月19日（金） - 2024年07月01日（月）

In early summer 2024, the Saga Arashiyama in Kyoto will be filled with the bloom of beauties. Co-organized with the nearby Fukuda Art Museum, visitors will enjoy approximately 190 paintings of beautiful women from the Fukuda Collection.