Exhibition ‘Tanaka Isson – Aratanaru zenbō’ Opened

On August 21, the exhibition titled ‘Tanaka Isson – Aratanaru zenbō’ opened at the Chiba Art Museum (until September 26). This was a retrospective exhibition of nihonga artist TANAKA Isson (1908 – 1977), who, though virtually unknown during his lifetime, was thrust into the limelight after his death when featured on a television program. It garnered significant attention as an initiative to re-examine and re-evaluate Isson’s artistic career. It focused on his early works and archival materials, moving beyond the tendency for his legacy to be defined primarily by his later works depicting the unique flora and fauna of the southern islands, created during his time residing on Amami Ōshima Island. The exhibition subsequently toured to the Kagoshima City Museum of Art (October 5 – November 7) and the Tanaka Isson Museum (November 14 – December 14). (Japanese)