Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan
October 4 – November 30, 2025
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan
Curators: Machiko Chiba (Curator, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art), Toshiharu Suzuki (Curator, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art)
Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Mami Mori, (1957) Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation. Saori Akutagawa(Madokoro), (1962) National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.Mami Mōri, Untitled (1957) Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo. Saori Akutagawa (Madokoro), Black and Brown (1962) The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
Keiko Akana, (1958) Private Collection. Tazuko Tanaka, No.28 Festival 2 (c.1961) Nara Prefectural Museum of Art.Keiko Akana, Objects in the Space (B) (1958). Tazuko Tanaka, No.28 Festival 2 (c.1961) Nara Prefectural Museum of Art.
Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Hideko Fukushima, (1959) Takamatsu Art Museum. Minami Tada, (1960) Minami Tada Associates.Hideko Fukushima, Work 109 (1959) Takamatsu Art Museum. Kazuko Enomoto, [Unknown] (1960) Collection of Hideyuki Kobayashi. Minami Tada, [An Encounter] or [Work X] (1960) Minami Tada Associates.
Atsuko Tanaka, Work 1963 B (1963) Toyota Municipal Museum of Art. Tsuruko Yamazaki, Work (1960) Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art.
Fujiko Shiraga, Untitled (c.1955) National Museum of Art, Osaka. Mitsuko Tabe, Breeding 1 (1958–1988) Fukuoka Art Museum. Aiko Miyawaki, Work (1960–1961) National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Mami Mori, Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Kazuko Enomoto, Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Tazuko Tanaka, Naught II (1960) National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Nada (c.1961) Nara Prefectural Museum of Art.
Keiko Akana, Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Hideko Fukushima, Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Saori Akutagawa(Madokoro), Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Saori Akutagawa(Madokoro), Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Aiko Miyawaki, Work (1968) National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Work (1964) Foundation Arc-en-Ciel / Hara Museum.
Aiko Miyawaki, Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Minami Tada, Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Minami Tada, Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Hideko Fukushima, White Noise (1959) Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts. Work 5 (1959) Chiba City Museum of Art.
Keiko Akana, Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Keiko Akana, [Unknown] (c.1964) Private Collection
Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Fujiko Shiraga, Work No.1 (1961) Takamatsu Art Museum.
Mitsuko Tabe, Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Mitsuko Tabe, Work (1962) Fukuoka Art Museum.
Atsuko Tanaka, Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Atsuko Tanaka, Gate of Hell (1965–1969) National Museum of Art, Osaka.
Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Tsuruko Yamazaki, Installation view Anti-Action: Artist Women’s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, 2025
Tsuruko Yamazaki, Work (1957/2001) Ashiya city Museum of Art & History. Work (1964) Ashiya city Museum of Art & History.