The day after the rainy season in the Kanto region was reported, it rained in Ritsuyoshi. This is the perfect museum for such a day. I decided to go out to Muse Yozo Hamaguchi, which I was worried about for a long time. It is right next to Suitengu TCAT. According to the receptionist, it was a warehouse space for former Yamasa soy sauce. Yozo Hamaguchi, a printmaker, is the third son of Gihee Hamaguchi, the 10th president. This museum was opened in 1998 by Yamasa Soy Sauce as a place to exhibit his works after returning to Japan after living abroad in Paris and San Francisco. Speaking of Yozo Hamaguchi, you can immediately imagine the work of red cherries and watermelons on a black background, but he pioneered this technique of coloring monochrome mezotint called color mezotint. This is a two-person exhibition with the same mezzotint 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 only be used by cafes. 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 make "Marble soy sauce ice cream set" 800 yen or "cheese cake set" 900 yen, but I was informed that "Yamasa soy sauce was mixed with vanilla ice cream" and decided here. It is a very luxurious time to have coffee while watching the rain falling over the glass.
"Museum on rainy days" is recommended.
Muse Yozo Hamaguchi / Yamasa Collection Nihonbashi 1-35-7 Opening hours 11:00 to 17:00 (Saturdays and holidays are from 10:00.) Monday holidays)
Nearest station Mizutengu-mae exit 3, Ningyocho A2 exit 8 minutes
Yozo Hamaguchi and Niwako Tannami Exhibition until June 30th
