“The Exhibition of Three Generations: Uemura Shoen, Shoko and Atsushi” opened at the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum on February 11. The exhibition, which is being held until March 13, was made possible by the Shouhaku Art Museum in Nara prefecture.
Uemura Shoen is a pseudonym used by Uemura Tsune (1875-1949), a renowned painter of bijin-ga, or traditional Japanese paintings of beautiful women, at a time when the social status of women in Japan was undergoing significant change. Shoen was the first female recipient of Japan’s prestigious Order of Culture Award and was hired as the Imperial Household’s official artist.
The exhibition also features works by Shoen’s two artistic progeny—her son, Shoko and grandson, Atsushi.
