Special Exhibition Commemorating the 55th Anniversary of the Yamatane Museum of Art: The Art of Okumura Togyū ―A Master of Nihonga Whom Yamazaki Taneji Loved, Part 2

The Yamatane Museum of Art is commemorating the fifty-fifth anniversary with a special exhibition of the work of the nihonga artist Okumura Togyū (1889-1990), of whose masterpieces the museum has a large collection. This exhibition includes Togyū’s famous Maelstroms at Naruto, in which he depicts wild eddies in the Seto Inland Sea at Naruto, and Dainichi Buddha, which he created in memory of Kokei, and Cherry Blossoms at Daigo-ji Temple. The focus is on works he showed at the Inten, his main center of activity, in tracing his artistic career. We hope visitors will enjoy experiencing the fascination of this artist, one of the most outstanding and best loved nihonga artists of the modern and contemporary periods.