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"Who colored black prints?"-Muse Yozo Hamaguchi / Yamasa Collection

1. June 13, 2015 09:00

The day after the rainy season in the Kanto region was reported, it rained in Ritsuyoshi. The museum is perfect for such a day. I decided to go to Musee Yozo Hamaguchi, which I had been worried about for a long time. It's right next to Suitengu TCAT. According to the receptionist, it was a warehouse space for former Yamasa soy sauce. The printmaker Yozo Hamaguchi is the third son of Gihei Hamaguchi, the 10th president. The museum was opened in 1998 by Yamasa Soy Sauce as a place to exhibit his works after returning to Japan after his long overseas life in San Francisco. Speaking of Yozo Hamaguchi, the works of red cherries and watermelons on a black background immediately come to mind, but he was the one who pioneered the technique of coloring this monochrome mesotint called color mesotint. This is a two-person exhibition with the same mesotint writer Niwako Tannami. I feel a little tired when I see the works on the first floor and 60 underground. This museum has a cafe at the entrance and can be used only by the cafe. When I paid the admission fee, I received a discount ticket of 150 yen for the cafe, so I immediately went to the cafe. I was wondering whether to use "Marble Soy Sauce Ice Cream Set" 800 yen or "Cheese Cake Set" 900 yen, but I was informed that "I mixed vanilla ice cream with black honey soy sauce" . It is a very luxurious time to have a coffee while watching the rain falling over the glass.

"A museum on rainy days" is recommended.

Muse Yozo Hamaguchi / Yamasa Collection Nihonbashi 1-35-7 Oystersugacho Opening hours 11:00 to 17:00 (Open from 10:00 on weekends and holidays). Monday closed

Nearest station, near Exit 3 in Suitengu-mae, Ningyocho A2 Exit 8 minutes

Yozo Hamaguchi and Niwako Tannami Two-person Exhibition until June 30

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