Special Exhibition | Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture

Past Exhibitions

Konoshima Ōkoku Captivating dedication: Ōkoku-san

2021年10月23日（土） - 2022年01月10日（月）

This exhibition, co-organized by the Fukuda Museum of Art and the Saga Arashiyama Bunkakan, features Konoshima Ōkoku (1877–1938), a leading master of modern Japanese painting. In addition, painters who were based in Kinugasa where Ōkoku moved in his later year, will also be introduced.

Kyoto's Bold Masters - Ito Jakuchu and the Painters in the Same Age

2021年07月17日（土） - 2021年10月10日（日）

Kyoto's art scene in the 18th century produced many prominent artists such as Ito Jakuchu and Maruyama Okyo, and Nagasawa Rosetsu. The exhibition offers you the opportunity to appreciate their works while discovering the similarities and differences of the unique artists of the Edo period.

Amazing Japanese Classics – Hyakunin Isshu & The Tale of Genji

2021年01月30日（土） - 2021年04月11日（日）

Masterpieces of Japanese painting linked to waka poetry and poems, as if depicting the world of the Hyakunin Isshu, or One Hundred Poems.
The exhibition also features a folding screen related to The Tale of Genji, associated with Murasaki Shikibu, one of the poets chosen for the Hyakunin Isshu (one hundred poets, one poem each).
Enjoy the collaboration between a fascinating part of aristocratic culture that has transcended millennia and modern and early modern painters.

Ill-Starred Painters

2020年10月24日（土） - 2021年01月11日（月）

Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture holds a joint exhibition with Fukuda Art Museum focusing on the various types of painters who suffered from the "ill-starred" fate; some died an untimely death, others did not receive proper evaluation by the public, and etc.
In this museum, we mainly select those painters whose names are forgotten now although their talent was highly evaluated at that time.
We introduce you to a variety of unknown masterpieces.

Animals Unite!

2020年08月01日（土） - 2020年10月11日（日）

In this exhibition we will be showing works that feature the 12 animals that were chosen to represent the zodiac and the works that feature cats, an animal that was not chosen to represent the zodiac.

We sincerely hope you enjoy this exhibition, which will be interesting for both children and adults.