Event
Essence of Rimpa Appearing in Japanese Painting Circles in Kyoto – Humor and Wit -
Oct 7, 2015(wed) – Nov 29, 2015 (sun)
Admission:
Adults 500YEN 400YEN
University students
High school students 400YEN 320YEN
Junior high school students
Elementary school students 200YEN 160YEN
http://insho-domoto.com/plan/new/next/index-e.html
Venue
KYOTO PREFECTURAL INSHO-DOMOTO MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~domoto/
Access: 26-3 Kamiyanagi-cho, Hirano Kita-ku, Kyoto, 603-8355, Japan
Tel: 075-463-0007
Hours: 9:30 ~ 17:00
（entry up to 30 minutes before closing.）
Closed: Monday (Tuesday if the Monday is a national holiday)
and Year-end/New Year
Description
Essence of Rimpa Appearing in Japanese Painting Circles in Kyoto
- Humor and Wit -
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Rimpa in 2015, our museum focuses on “Rimpa Elements” in modern and contemporary work by artists in Japanese Painting Circles in Kyoto, featuring Insho Domoto, so that we can renew our appreciation of Rimpa in these work.
The Rimpa school reached its heights with Koetsu Honami, Sotatsu Tawaraya, and Korin Ogata in Kyoto between the Momoyama and early Edo periods, and is characterized by a magnanimous, graceful, decorative style, with bold, simplified forms that are based on a keen perception of nature. The style has thrived in our everyday environment through paintings, dyeing and weaving, pottery, and lacquer art.
As many painters and craft artists have produced work with a strong awareness of Rimpa even after the Meiji period, it can be said Rimpa still exerts a potent influence on modern and contemporary art.
Sekka Kamisaka, particularly, integrated the decorativeness of the Rimpa in much of his work, such as the illustration book “Momoyogusa (A World of Things)”, as well as paintings, and was instrumental in establishing the field of design in Japan. In his later years, Insho also created Rimpa-style paintings with simple compositions, as he moved from being a designer to a painter.
In addition to Sekka and Insho, in modern and contemporary Japanese Painting Circles in Kyoto, we often find work by artists who incorporate Rimpa motifs and stylistic cues.
The current exhibition aims to review the sophisticated and elegant sense of design originating in Rimpa in the modern and contemporary Japanese Painting Circles in Kyoto, featuring Sekka and Insho, from the viewpoint of Humor and Wit.
We hope this exhibition provides an opportunity to appreciate how deeply the Rimpa sensibility runs through the Japanese Painting Circles in Kyoto.
