Sept. 19-Nov. 3
When Tokyo Station was established in 1914, three art students — Kyokichi Tanaka, Shizuo Fujimori and Koshiro Onchi — launched a magazine called Tsukuhae, which means reflection of the moon. In keeping with its title, the magazine featured the three artists' wood-block prints and poetry, which mostly depicted moonlit views and motifs.
Influenced by Western artists such as Edvard Munch and Wassily Kandinsky, the artists' work and the magazine were an attempt to highlight the wood-block print, a form of art that wasn't fashionable at the time.
Though the publication ended just a year later with Tanaka's unfortunate early death in 1915, it remains a seminal point of Japan's printmaking history. This exhibition brings together 300 works related to Tsukuhae.
Tokyo Station Gallery; 1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Tokyo Stn. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (Fri. till 8 p.m.). ¥900. Closed Mon. 03-3212-2485; www.ejrcf.or.jp/gallery/english
