November 16, 2016, to January 9, 2017
*There will be an exhibition change during the course of exhibition.
*Download the list of changes in works on display.
In the mid-Edo period, Odano Naotake (1749-1780), a samurai from Akita, was the central figure in the emergence of a new style of painting, now known as Akita Ranga (Akita Dutch-style painting). Naotake, who moved to Edo after Hiraga Gennai visited Akita, drew the illustrations for the Kaitai shinsho (New book of anatomy, based on a Dutch translation of German anatomist J.A.Kulmus’s Anatomische Tabellen), the first Western medical textbook to be translated into Japanese. In a short period, until his death at the age of 32, Naotake created Akita Ranga that incorporated the techniques of linear perspective and shading from Western art. Akita Ranga paintings, connecting the aesthetics of East and West, continue to fascinate. This exhibition brings together masterworks by Naotake as well as Akita daimyo Satake Shozan and others associated with the Akita Ranga school to examine the true face of the enigmatic Akita Ranga.
Period |
November 16, 2016, to January 9, 2017 *There will be an exhibition change during the course of exhibition. |
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Hours |
10:00-18:00 Friday and Saturday 10:00-20:00 *Open until 20:00 on December 22 and January 8, 2017. |
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Closed |
Tuesdays *Open until 18:00 on January 3, 2017 and Closed from December 30 to January 1, 2017. |
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Admission |
Elementary, Junior-High school students and under are free. |
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Discount |
◇100 Yen Discount *Only one discount per person. |
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Audio Guide |
¥500 |
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