This exhibition features the work of Reiji Hiramatsu, whose third solo exhibition was held at the Musée des Impressionisme Giverny, in France in 2024 to significant attention. Exploring
Impressionism and Japanism for over 30 years, Hiramatsu incorporates motifs like Ito Jakuchu’s sparrows and Hokusai’s clouds in Rinpa-style depiction of Monet’s water lilies. Our exhibition of over 30 works includes four large-scale folding screens plus new pieces and focuses on paintings of Normandy landscapes.

Reiji Hiramatsu 1941~
Born in Tokyo. Graduates Aichi University, 1965. From 1960 to 1966, while still a second-year high school student, he shows at the Seiryu Exhibition, winning various awards. He is first selected for the Spring Soga Exhibition in 1976, and continues to exhibit at the Soga Exhibition until 1988, winning the Sogakai Award and the Spring Exhibition Award in 1977. He garners many awards, including the Grand Prize at the Chunichi Grand Prize Exhibition, the Excellence Award at the MOA Okada Mokichi Award Exhibition, and the Grand Prize at the Yamatane Museum of Art Award Exhibition. He is professor at Tama Art University from 1994 to 2005. In 2006, the Hiramatsu Reiji Rooms open at the Yugawara Municipal Museum of Art. In 2013, he holds a solo exhibition at the Musée des Impressionisme Giverny, in France. In 2014, he has a traveling exhibition at the Asian Art Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany. In 2018 and 2024, he holds solo exhibitions at the Musée des Impressionisme Giverny. In 2021, he is awarded the Chevalier (Knight) of the Order of Arts and Letters by France.

Since ancient times, Mount Fuji has been both object of worship and embodiment of Japanese beauty, a compelling subject explored by many artists. This exhibition features works that highlight each painter’s artistic individuality, focusing on works that infuse traditional Nihonga expression with realism. Also for your viewing delight is a Mount Fuji series by leading lacquer artist Tsunenobu Namiki, who has pioneered a new world of lacquer with realistic painting techniques. Other works on display include those by Togyu Okumura, Susumu Maki, Hitoshi Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Nakano, Kazuo Yoshizawa, Shinzaburo Takahashi, Masaki Sai, and Shohei Takasaki.

This signature exhibition of works from our collection showcases works depicting China, including a pair of four-panel masterpiece by Takeshi Ushio, who traveled to China to follow and research the footsteps of Kobo Daishi, as well as representative works in our collection of overseas landscapes and seasonal flowers by Kyujin Yamamoto, Kaii Higashiyama, Fumiko Hori, Takehiko Mori, Akira Ishii, Matazo Kayama, Ikuo Hirayama, Hitoshi Kobayashi, Ikuyo Yasuda, Misao Shimizu, and others.