Tamura Kazuo (1904-97) was a painter who was familiar with the mountains of Shinshu and loved the Japanese land.
After turning 20, he visited the Tateshina Plateau and was captivated by its magnificent scenery, and has been painting Japanese plateau landscapes throughout his life. Tamura, in particular, visits Shinshu almost every year, and has produced many works based on the landscapes of Shinshu. These plateau landscapes subtly exude the harshness of nature and the warmth of the earth that Tamura felt firsthand.
This exhibition will feature selected works from the museum's collection depicting "snow" and works with the theme of the arrival of spring. Please enjoy the numerous works that Tamura painted with affection for the mountain and highland landscapes of Japan from the 1940s until his final years. We hope you will be able to feel the "snow," "light," and "air" depicted through the eyes of Tamura Kazuo, using the techniques he developed over his roughly 70-year career as an artist.