Someiyoshino cherry blossoms in full bloom !
[taken on April 24]
TV Broadcast News from Hara Museum ARC, Gunma
Landscape of Yodo River by Maruyama Okyo (1733-95) from the Hara Rokuro Collection of East Asian traditional art will be featured on Episode 4 of Jakuchu Miracle World, the four-part series on the fascinating work and mysterious techniques of the Edo-period painter Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800) that is being broadcast over four consecutive nights on NHK BS Premium.
[Broadcasting Schedule]
Episode 1
A Magician’s Color and Light: The Secret behind the Miraculous Gold
April 25 (Mon) 21:00～22:30 [BS Premium]
Episode 2
The Riddle of Jakuchu’s Super Detailed Paintings
April 26 (Tuesday) 21:00～22:30 [BS Premium]
Episode 3
Jakuchu: A Look at a Borderless Painter 1,000 Years Later
April 27 (Wed.) 21:00～22:30 [BS Premium]
Episode 4
A Revolution in Black: The Challenger to the Ink Painting
April 28 (Thursday) 20:00～21:30 [BS Premium]
* Hosted by and narrated by Satoshi Ono and actress Miki Nakatani.
For more details, go to http://www.nhk.or.jp/bs/t_art/
What might be called Jakuchu’s “experimental” works, including ink paintings and prints, are taken up in Episode 4 of this series. One of these is a Jakuchu’s monochrome representation of the Yodogawa River, a stone rubbing known as the Joukyoushuu handscroll. In connection with this, Landscape of Yodo River, Maruyama Okyo’s depiction of the river that he painted at about the same time as Jakuchu’s work is introduced. In the section on painters in the Who’s Who of modern-era cultural figures in Kyoto, Heian Jinbutsu-shi (1775 and 1782 editions), Jakuchu and Okyo are listed as the two most popular artists in the number 1 and 2 positions. How will their works be compared in the program?
By the way, Maruyama Okyo’s Landscape of Yodo River will be on display at Hara Museum ARC after November. We invite you to view the fine detail and unique composition that Okyo uses in his masterpiece with you own eyes.
Maruyama Okyo, Landscape of Yodo River (detail), hand-scroll, Edo period, 1765
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HARA MUSEUM ARC SPRING EXHIBITIONS
◆Kankai Pavilion (traditional East Asian art)
Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection
Part I: March 26 (Sat.) – April 27 (Wed.)
Part II: April 29 (Fri./ National Holiday) – June 1 (Wed.)
◆Contemporary Art Galleries A, B and C
Cosmos: Selections from the Hara Museum Collection
Dates: March 26 (Sat.) – June 26 (Sun.)
Closed: Thursday (open on May 5)
* Subject to temporary closing in the event of severe weather.
Opening Hours
*Please click http://www.haramuseum.or.jp (website)
http://mobile.haramuseum.or.jp (mobile site)
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ACCESS
◇By Train◇
By JR Joetsu・Nagano Shinkansen
Recommended timetable
・10:12 Depart Tokyo Station→11:01 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 11:11Depart Takasaki Satation→11:35 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
・11:12 Depart Tokyo Station→12:03 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 12:20 Depart Takasaki Satation→12:44 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
・12:24 Depart Tokyo Station→13:14 Arrive at Takasaki Station/ 13:31 Depart Takasaki Satation→13:56 Arrive at Shibukawa Station
By JR Joetsu Limited Express Kusatsu
・9:00 Depart Ueno Station→10:37 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No.31 ; operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
・10:00 Depart Ueno Station→11:43 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No.3 ; during April, operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays))
・12:00 Depart Ueno Station→13:45 Arrive at Shibukawa Station (No. 5 ; during April, operates only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays)
From Shibukawa Station, take the Kan-etsu Kotsu Bus and get off at the station “Green Bokujo Mae.” http://www.kan-etsu.net/r-bus/timetable/shibu-ikaho-1.htm (in Japanese only). ARC is about 7 minute walk from the bus station.
◇By Car◇
Take the Kan-etsu Expressway to Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange. Go in the direction of Ikaho Onsen for 8 km (about 15 min.) .
Highway information:
E-NEXCO Drive Plaza http://www.driveplaza.com/ (in Japanese only)