EXHIBITION OVERVIEW

The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum (TFAM) proudly presents the exhibition Edo Period Paintings: Their Ascendance and Quintessence ―Masterpieces by Jakuchu, Shohaku, Okyo and Goshun. Over the past 30 years, TFAM has collected a wide variety of Japanese art, a collection that includes a large number of paintings from the early modern period (Edo period). This exhibition features the finest works of Edo art from our extensive collection, some of them shown to the public for the first time. The Edo Period Paintings: Their Ascendance and Quintessence is divided into three sections, displaying some 70 representative works, from folding screens and hanging scrolls to hand scrolls. The first section, Time of Bloom – Early Edo Period, presents the works by various schools of art that emerged and flourished in the early Edo period, with a primary focus on the Kano and Rin schools. The second section, Time of Innovation – Mid-Edo Period, shows works produced by painters such as Soga Shohaku and Ito Jakuchu, who subscribed to what is known as the Eccentric school. It also features artists who worked mainly in Kyoto, literati painters including Ike Taiga, as well as painters of Maruyama-Shijo school founded by Maruyama Okyo and Goshun. In addition, 18 treasured paintings by Jakuchu, Shohaku, Okyo, and Goshun are displayed for the first time. The third section, Time of Maturity – Late Edo Period, features Suzuki Kiitsu’s Sliding Door with Design of Wind God and Thunder God, and other paintings produced by the successors and followers of the various art schools in the Edo period.