Exhibitions
Mokumo Sensei and Illustrations: Aoki Library and Modern Japanese Paintings from the Museum Collection
About the Exhibition
This exhibition presents the “Aoki Bunko (Aoki Library)” collection, comprising approximately 10,000 books once owned by Aoki Shigeru (1932–2021), a distinguished researcher of Meiji-period art and a passionate bibliophile affectionately known as “Mokumo Sensei (Prof. Mokumo).” Following the 2024 exhibition, this year’s display will feature books, magazines, and original illustrations related to sashi-e (illustrations) and manga (comics) from the Meiji period to the early Showa period. Alongside these works, masterpieces of modern Western-style painting by Asai Chu (1856–1907), Kuroda Seiki (1866–1924), Fujishima Takeji (1867–1943), Nakazawa Hiromitsu (1874–1964), and Kishida Ryusei (1891–1929) will also be featured.
Information
- Venue
KAMAKURA ANNEX
- Period
April 26 – July 21, 2025
- Closed
Mondays (except May 5 and July 21)
- Opening hours
9:30 – 17:00 (last admission at 16:30)
- Admissions
Adults: 250 yen (150 yen)
Under 20 or Students: 150 yen (100 yen)
65 and over: 100 yen
High School Students: 100 yen
Junior High School Students and under: Free
* Prices in ( ) indicate group (over 19 persons) discount tickets.
* A person with disabilities and one accompanying caretaker are admitted free of charge upon presenting Disabled Person’s Handbook or an equivalent government-issued identification.
* Admission is free on May 18, International Museum Day.
* “Family Communication Day” offers a discount for all group (except those aged 65 and over) accompanying children under 18 on the first Sunday of every month.
* For more information, see Hours & Admission.
- Organized by
The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama
- Cooperated with
The Study of Modern Japanese Art History
Works
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Frontispiece by Smoric, The Arabian Nights, translated by Nagamine Hideki
1875, Lithograph on paper
Museum collection (Aoki Library) -
Kanagaki Robun and Morikawa Chikashige, Takahashioden yashamonogatari
1879, Woodblock print on paper
Museum collection (Aoki Library) -
Yamamoto Kanae, Fishman
1904, Woodblock print on paper
Museum collection (Aoki Library) -
Nakamura Fusetsu, Hokusai Uses a Rooster’s Footprints to Draw a Picture of Tatsutagawa River
ca. 1908, Woodblock print on paper
Museum collection (Aoki Library) -
Morita Tsunetomo, August from Housungareki
1909, Lithograph on paper
Museum collection (Aoki Library) -
Asai Chu, Nuns (Customs in Paris)
n.d., Lithograph on paper
Museum collection (Aoki Library) -
Kimura Shohachi, Fig. 204, The Buddha’s life: Gay Life in the Palace , original drawing for Daidosekibutsuji
1920, Pencil and watercolor on paper
Museum collection (Aoki Library) -
Kuroda Seiki, From Five Views of Zushi
ca. 1898, Oil on board
Museum collection -
Kishida Ryusei, A Village Girl
1921, Pencil and watercolor on paper
Museum collection
