Special Exhibition
Mountain Day Establishment Commemoration Distant Mountain —Discovered Landscape Beauty
October2016－December7
Saturday, July 16, 2016 – Sunday, September 4, 2016
Special Exhibition Gallery
The Beginnings of Mountain Painting
To commemorate the birth of Mountain Day,
Matsumoto, the mountain city, will be holding a mountain art exhibition.
This exhibition introduces 46 selected works by 120 artists who painted majestic mountain landscapes and villages in the sky from the Meiji period to the early Showa period.
When mountains were still shrouded in a veil of mystery, people would look up at them from their foothills in awe and imagine fairyland. Modern mountaineering began in the 30s and early 20th century, when geographers, surveyors, and prospectors alike ventured into the unexplored parts of Japan's land. Vast gardens of the gods, dazzling waterfalls, and magnificent views of mountain after mountain. Thunder roars and pelting rain. The blazing glow of the sunset that follows. Dainty flowers at your feet... The discovery and surprise of fresh landscapes also meant the birth of a new way of seeing. Assimilating the spirit and breath of nature, painters discovered unknown colors and created new beauty.
As mountain climbing has become more commonplace, the styles of mountain paintings have become more diverse. However, the original experience of man facing the mountains for the first time still conveys the freshest emotions to us today.
Information
- Session
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October2016－December7
[First half exhibition] July 7th to August 16th
Saturday, July 16, 2016 – Sunday, September 4, 2016
[Late Exhibition] August 8th to September 9th
*To protect the artworks, the exhibits will be changed during the exhibition period. - Open
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9: 00-17: 00 (Admission is until 16:30)
*Extended until 8:11 on Thursday, August 19th (National Holiday) (entrance until 00:18) - Closed
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July 7th (Tue) and 19th (Mon) *Only the main exhibitions will be closed on August 25th (Mon) due to an exhibition change.
- Venue
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Special Exhibition Gallery
- Sponsorship
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Matsumoto City Museum of Art
- Co-sponsored
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abn Nagano Asahi Broadcasting, Shinano Mainichi Shimbun, Shimin Times, Matsumotodaira Town Information
- Cooperation
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Japan Alpine Club, National Mountain Day Council, Nagano Prefecture Alpine Association, Matsumoto City Arts and Culture Promotion Foundation
- Project Cooperation
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yabYamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting
- Number of items exhibited
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120 pieces *Exhibitions will be changed during the exhibition
- Tour Information
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Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art: Thursday, May 2016th - Sunday, July 5rd, 26
- Fees
Adults: 1,000 yen, university and high school students, and Matsumoto residents aged 70 and over: 600 yen
- Groups of 20 or more receive a 100 yen discount
- Free for junior high school students and younger, and free for those with a disability certificate and one carer
Repeat Discount
Adults: 600 yen, university and high school students, and Matsumoto residents aged 70 and over: 300 yen
*Admission fee for second or subsequent visits, ticket stub must be presented, cannot be used in conjunction with other discountsThe permanent exhibition can be viewed with a special exhibition ticket.
Related Events
Commemorative Talk Show "What Mountains Teach Us"
We will be hosting a special talk show with photographer Naoki Ishikawa and model KIKI as guests. We will be asking them about their experiences and feelings in the mountains, and exploring the thoughts of the artists who painted the mountains.
- Date and Time
- January 8nd (Sun) 28: 14-00: 15
- Venue
- Matsumoto City Museum of Art Multipurpose Hall
- Guest
- Naoki Ishikawa (photographer), KIKI (model)
- coordinator
- Minoru Ogawa (Director of Matsumoto City Museum of Art)
- Prices
- Free
- Capacity
- 100 people
- application
- Advance registration required (visit the museum from Friday, August 8th)
- Date and Time
- August 8th (Thurs) and 4th (Fri) 5:10-00:15 (00 consecutive days) *In case of rain, the exhibition will be held at the museum only on the 2th
- Venue
- Day 1: Shiroyama Park (Matsumoto City), Day 2: Museum lecture room and citizen atelier
- lecturer
- Ryosuke Hara (Painter, Part-time Lecturer at Tama Art University)
- Prices
- 1,000 yen
- Capacity
- 20 junior high school students (5th and 6th graders are also welcome)
- application
- Advance registration required (visit the museum from Tuesday, July 7th)
- Date and Time
- July 7st and 21th, August 28th and 8th (all Thursdays) 18:25am
- Prices
- Free (However, a valid Exhibitions ticket for that day is required)
- Capacity
- About 20 people each time
- application
- Not required. Meet in front of the venue entrance
Workshop Asobijutsu "Let's draw a landscape with monsters"
If you were to draw a mountain landscape, what would you draw? The shape of the mountain, the plants and flowers, the animals and insects... and even monsters! Try drawing the "mysterious presence" hidden in the landscape.