Sagawa Art Museum

Yamamoto Nizo has worked on many masterful animations as an art director and background painter. Chances are you’ve seen the 61-year-old’s work featured in the Studio Ghibli films, Castle in the Sky, Grave of the Fireflies and Princess Mononoke. Yamamoto’s scenes perfectly capture the nuances of nature; his billowing clouds and undulating waves are in part inspired by Impressionism. This exhibition offers privileged access to Yamamoto’s work that will surely delight Ghibli fans. On display are more than 200 background paintings, sketches and image boards that the artist himself personally selected, from his earliest to most recent work.