The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

Higashiyama Kaii is considered to be one of the most influential Japanese painters of the postwar period. He graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and studied briefly in Germany before he was drafted in the Pacific War. Although the artist faced a litany of heartbreaking challenges during this time, his travels inspired a love of landscapes. After the war, Higashiyama painted a series of masterpieces, including Afterglow and Road, imbuing them with the ethos and love for nature inherent in Japanese culture. This exhibition commemorates the 110th birthday of Higashiyama with a showing of approximately 80 important pieces spanning the painter’s career. This is the first large-scale retrospective of his work to be held in Kyoto in 30 years.

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• kaii2018.exhn.jp