An exhibition of Keiko Minami (1911 – 2004), a copper-plate print artist whose popularity has been quietly increasing in recent years, is being held. In Minami’s works, there are clouds, boats, and birds which are standing quietly that one might almost miss them. In each painting, there is not even any one shape which is…

Creating tone of colors which nobody had ever seen before into this world. This must be an artist’s unfulfilled dream. In the latter half of the 20th century, Yozo Hamaguchi achieved this with copper-plate printing. They are soft colors emerging from the darkness.   In this exhibition, together with Yozo Hamaguchi’s copper-plate prints, the techniques…

Purpose of the Exhibition Cherries floating in the quiet darkness. Copper-plate prints of Yozo Hamaguchi (1909-2000) are impressive in their gradation of darkness containing light. In this exhibition, along with his copper-plate prints, “silver folding screen with orchid and bamboo” by a Nanga artist Hatano Kagai (1863-1944), who had been in contact with Yozo’s father,…

Copper-plate engraver Keiko Minami (1911-2004) was born in Toyama Prefecture and tried painting and poetry from her girls’ high school days. After meeting Yozo Hamaguchi, who later became one of the leading copper-plate print artists of the 20th century, she was motivated and moved to France in 1953 and continued to create works in the…

Yozo Hamaguchi (1909-2000) is an artist active in the latter half of the 20th century. He pioneered a new technique called color mezzotint, and produced color expressions with soft depth and tranquility. Among copper-plate engravings, mezzotint in particular, is one of the unfamiliar techniques in Japan, but it has a unique texture that one will…

Standing in front of Yozo Hamaguchi’s copper-plate engravings, one will be wrapped in the softness and tranquility of colors. Together with the works of Yozo Hamaguchi, we introduce three artists who seek after delicate and clear expressions in the present age.   KUWABARA Hiroaki, an artist who creates a quiet world inside of a scope…

2023 Summer Exhibition of Collections Keiko Minami Copper-plate Prints Exhibition : Quiet Kingdom 2023 May 27 (Sat.) – Aug 6 (Sun.)   This is an exhibition of Keiko Minami (1911-2004), who is one of the first Japanese women in the late 20th century who discovered the potential of copper-plate engravings and produced them in Paris….

Yozo Hamaguchi is a copper-plate artist representing the latter half of the 20th century. This exhibition brings out a part of the secret of the creation based on his own recollection. In 1930, Hamaguchi withdrew from the Department of Sculpture at Tokyo School of Fine Arts and went to Paris, the international art city. While…

Yozo Hamaguchi is one of the leading copper-plate artists of the 20th century. He pioneered the technique of copper-plate engraving, color mezzotint, and was active worldwide. In this exhibition, along with Yozo Hamaguchi’s copper-plate engravings, 30 “Shin-hanga” mainly on landscapes from our collection are introduced. Prints are not completed just by drawing them. A single…