Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Art Topics
Openings in Tokyo Sep 11, 2013
'Homage to Henri Rousseau: The World of Naive Painters and Outsiders'
by Jordan Sievers and Jordan C. Sievers
Tax collector-turned-Post-Impressionist artist, Henri Rousseau was a self-taught painter known for his Naive works. Though it took time for his style, which was often described as simplistic and childlike, to be accepted by art critics, he helped pave the way for other talented untrained ...
Openings in Tokyo Sep 4, 2013
'Illusion of light: Museum of the Magic, Art in Wonderland'
by Marie Omata
“Museum of the Magic, Art in Wonderland” has already visited 18 locations across Japan, drawing in a total of more than 500,000 visitors. Due to popular demand, it was even repeated at some of its venues. This is the 23rd showing of the exhibition ...
Openings in Tokyo Sep 4, 2013
'Special Exhibition: Momoyama Ceramic Masterpieces — Shino, Ki-seto, Seto-guro and Oribe Wares'
by Marie Omata
The ceramics in this exhibition date to the late-Momoyama Period (1573-1615) and all hail from the Mino Province in modern-day Gifu Prefecture. Four kinds of Mino ceramic ware became representative of the Momoyama Period — Shino (thick white glaze with red marks), Ki-Seto (yellow ...
Openings in Tokyo Sep 4, 2013
'Gustave Moreau et Georges Rouault: Filiation"
by Marie Omata
Gustave Moreau (1826-1898), the leading French Symbolist painter, was also a professor at Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts. He taught many well-known artists but he was particularly enamored with Georges Rouault (1871-1958), who he sometimes referred to as his “son.” Moreau encouraged Rouault throughout ...
Openings in Tokyo Aug 28, 2013
'Takeuchi Seiho: The Master of Modern Nihonga'
by Marie Omata
As a founder of nihonga (Japanese-style painting), Takeuchi Seiho (1864-1942)was a pioneer in modernizing traditional Kyoto art. His works were a major influence on many of his younger peers, including Tsuchida Bakusen (1887-1936), and continue to inspire today. This is the first large-scale exhibition ...
Openings in Tokyo Aug 28, 2013
'Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Relocation of the Mitsuo Aida Museum: Even One Simple Thing'
by Marie Omata
Poet and calligrapher Mitsuo Aida (1924-1991) is well-known in Japan for his tanka poetry and original style of handwriting. He spent his life developing and honing his craft, focusing on the preciousness of the life as a subject. The Mitsuo Aida Museum was originally ...
Openings in Tokyo Aug 28, 2013
'ADC 91st Annual Awards Traveling Exhibition at Tokyo'
by Marie Omata
In 1920, the Art Directors Club (ADC) was established in New York as an organization that brought together advertising talent, and promoted their work as “art.” Each year it holds the ADC Annual Awards competition, judging media, broadcast, print and graphic design from international ...
Openings in Tokyo Aug 21, 2013
'Shinjuku Creators Festa 2013'
by Alisa Yamasaki
Tokyo celebrates all things creative at the “Shinjuku Creators Festa,” a 17-day art event being held around the city’s Shinjuku Station. World-famous names, such as Yayoi Kusama and CG-artist Yoichiro Kawaguchi will be displaying works, while student submissions, including film projects and installations, are ...
Openings in Tokyo Aug 21, 2013
'Czech Posters for Films From the Collection of Terry Posters'
by Marie Omata
The Czech Republic is often admired for its high-quality picture books, puppetry and animation, but it is perhaps less well-known as a nation that has produced many great movie-poster designs. Focusing on “Czech Nouvelle Vague” movies from the 1960s as well as Czech posters ...
Openings in Tokyo Aug 14, 2013
'Medieval Japanese Art'
by Alisa Yamasaki
In medieval Japan — the Kamakura Period to the Muromachi Period (1193-1573) — power shifted from the nobility to the warrior class. Revealing the influence of this political disruption, this exhibition focuses on artwork produced at that time, much of which referenced Chinese Zen ...
Openings in Tokyo Aug 14, 2013
'Mitsuaki Iwago: Cats and Lions'
by Alisa Yamasaki
The prolific animal photographer Mitsuaki Iwago is currently showing many of his well-known wildlife images at the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum. For this Tokyo exhibition, however, he divulges a specific passion for cats, both wild and domestic. Iwago compares city strays and pets with ...
Openings in Tokyo Aug 7, 2013
'Hayami Gyoshu and the Elite of the Japan Art Institute'
by Natasha Vik
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Japan Fine Arts Institute (Inten) the Yamatane Museum of Art’s new exhibition showcases the work of Hayami Gyoshu and and other important nihnonga (Japanese-style) painters. Through the work of a number of prominent Inten artists, ...