The 90th Anniversary of his Birth Hirayama Ikuo The Eternal Silk Road
2020Sep5(Sat)–Nov23(Mon)About this exhibition
The great Nihonga painter of the postwar era,Hirayama Ikuo (1930-2009), left a significant mark in the world. This year would have marked his 90th birthday. Hirayama built a solid reputation in the art world in Japan through the Nihon Bijutsuin, an academy that has promoted Nihonga art through a biennial exhibition for more than a century. The exhibition of Hirayama's painting, "The Transmission of Buddhism" (1959, housed in the Saku Municipal Museum of Modern Art) set a lifelong theme in his artwork the Silk Road as a path for the dissemination of Buddhism. After visiting Turkey for the first time in 1966, Hirayama spent the next 40 years creating art as he traveled to numerous destinations on the Silk Road himself on over a hundred plus dozens more trips. This exhibition introduces his major works and finished works from locations along the Silk Road that bear his footprints. They tell historical stories of a path eternally filled with adventure.
Artists in this exhibition
- Hirayama Ikuo
Themes
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This exhibition has closed. Exhibitions coming up at museums within about 30 km of Sagawa Art Museum.
- 晩秋有朋2026Sep5(Sat)–Dec6(Sun)Kitamura Museum18kmfrom Sagawa Art Museum
- 後水尾院の京2026May31(Sun)–Sep27(Sun)Jōtenkaku Museum19kmfrom Sagawa Art Museum
- 秀吉と織部門下の豊臣家臣たち2026Mar12(Thu)–Sep13(Sun)Museum of Furuta Oribe20kmfrom Sagawa Art Museum
- 第7回京都工芸美術作家展2026Jul7(Tue)–Sep23(Wed)Kyoto Prefectural Insho-Domoto Museum of Fine Arts22kmfrom Sagawa Art Museum
- 〈開館60周年記念〉特別企画展Ⅰ印象、美術館をつくる2026Jul7(Tue)–Sep23(Wed)Kyoto Prefectural Insho-Domoto Museum of Fine Arts22kmfrom Sagawa Art Museum
- 特集展示 雛まつりと人形2027Feb13(Sat)–Mar22(Mon)Kyoto National Museum21kmfrom Sagawa Art Museum
- 特集展示 茶の湯の道具と次第2026Dec22(Tue)–2027Mar22(Mon)Kyoto National Museum21kmfrom Sagawa Art Museum
- 新春特集展示 ひつじづくし―干支を愛でる―2026Dec22(Tue)–2027Feb7(Sun)Kyoto National Museum21kmfrom Sagawa Art Museum
- 特別展 源氏物語 王朝のかがやき2026Oct6(Tue)–Nov29(Sun)Kyoto National Museum21kmfrom Sagawa Art Museum
- 地下から地上へ―受け継がれた祈り―2026Jul14(Tue)–Sep6(Sun)Kyoto National Museum21kmfrom Sagawa Art Museum
The red line is today. Where bars overlap, those shows are open at the same time.
In September, 6 of these are open at the same time.
Dates come from the sources cited on each exhibition page. Please check each museum’s official site before you go.
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