This museum was opened in November 1998 as a museum to store and display the works of copperplate painter Yozo Hamaguchi.
Yozo Hamaguchi was born in Wakayama Prefecture in 1909 as the third son of Yamasa Soy Sauce Co., Ltd.'s predecessor president in 1909, dropped out of art college, went to Paris, returned to Japan during World War II, and began producing copperplate prints in earnest around 1948 after the war. Was.
He returned to France in 1953 and won numerous international art exhibitions, including the highest award in the international section of Sao Paulo Biennale printmaking in 1957.
He moved to San Francisco in 1981, returned to Japan in 1996, and died in 2000.
This museum also introduces copperplate prints by Keiko Minami, Mrs. Yozo Hamaguchi.
This fall's exhibition is a two-person exhibition with calligraphers Kyuyo Ishikawa and Yozo Hamaguchi. The period is from September 1 to October 2 and the middle period (October 4 to October 30). Late period (November 1 to November 26)
The calligraphy and copperplate prints are completely different art, but the expression of Ishikawa Kyuyo written to engrave on Japanese paper and the modeling of Yozo Hamaguchi created from engraving on copperplate are eyes by the outstanding and rigorous exploration of each of the two artists. I have a texture that feels like I feel with touch.
Access to the museum is near Exit 3 of the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line (Suitengumae).
The first floor and the basement floor of a modern building are a little cafe.
