On February 20, pianist Minako Tokuyama held a special concert at the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, at which she unveiled five new scores, including Hanagatami (“Flower Basket”). The pianist explained that she composed the original songs after being inspired by works featured in “The Exhibition of Three Generations: Uemura Shoen, Shoko and Atsushi”—which centers around Shoen, a renowned painter of traditional Japanese paintings of beautiful women—that is currently being held at the museum.
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 was made possible through the cooperation of the Shouhaku Art Museum in Nara prefecture.
