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　Tsukiji Akashicho, a masterpiece by Kiyokata Kaburagi, a Japanese painter related to Chuo-ku, has been unknown for many years, but it has been found for the first time in 44 years. For this reason, it is called a "phantom masterpiece." The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo has a collection of three works, including "Shintomicho" and "Hamacho Riverside", which were found at the same time, and has a special exhibition along with Kiyo works owned by the museum. [Photo] From the website of the building

　Session = 2019.11.1 to 12.15 Venue = 3rd floor gallery closed day = Monday viewing fee = 800 yen for adults
The building website: https://www.momat.go.jp/

　"Tsukiji Akashicho" 1927 (1927), 173.5 x 74.0cm Silk book colored shaft
It is praised as "Kiyokata's masterpiece and a gold-shaped tower of modern beauty paintings." The woman is a night roll and wears a golden ring. The mast of a Western-style building and a sailing ship in Akashicho, which was a foreign settlement, add an exotic atmosphere.

　"Shintomicho"　1930 (1930) 173.5 x 74.0cm Silk book colored shaft
A woman with a snake's umbrella and rain clog is a new wealth geisha. Her hair is crushed Shimada, a striped kimono and a small crest haori. The background is Shintomiza, which was characterized by gas lamps and picture signs. This area is close to Kobiki-cho, where Kiyokata lived. It was a scene of the lost atmosphere.

　"Hamacho Riverbank" 1930 (1930) 173.5 x 74.0cm Silk book colored shaft
Kiyokata lived in Hamacho for six years from the end of the Meiji era. It is said that her daughter is set to return from the practice of dancing. Spreading a fan around his mouth and scooping up with his left hand seems to be a dance practice he learned. The background is Shinohashi and Fukagawa on the opposite bank.

[Documents] Published by Shogakukan, 2019/10/28, "Kaburagi Kiyokata Full Museum". The right is a special exhibition brochure

　Kiyokata Kaburagi ("Kabuki" is correct, not "Kaburagi") was born in Kanda in 1878 (1878). My father succeeds the founder of Yamato Shimbun, Saigiku Jono, and his mother's surname Kaburagi. Entered Toshikata Mizuno and became Kiyokata's Masago. During the Taisho era, he served as a judge of the Imperial Exhibition. After that, he became a member of the Art Academy and received the Order of Culture in 1954 (1954). He died in 1972. There is the Kaburagi Kiyokata Memorial Museum in Kamakura, where he moved to Japan after the war.

　Kiyokata lives in Kibiki-cho, and moved around Hamamachi Kiyosho-ji Temple at the end of the Meiji era, and has a deep connection with Chuo-ku. This trilogy depicts the nostalgic times and places that Kiyokata spent in an emotional manner. At the exhibition hall, a work entitled "Sardines" (1937) was exhibited, depicting the life scenery of ordinary people such as monks and customers who sell sardines caught on Tsukuda Island with a balance rod. .

　Although not on the exhibition, the work called "Choseki Ankyo" depicts the old summer scene from Minatomachi to Hatchobori, and was published in Nitten in 1948 (1948). Was. The list of exhibitions in this exhibition is A2 size, and points such as bridges are listed on the map of Tsukiji Akashicho, Ginza, and Tsukudazukijima in 1907 (1907), so it will be a material to look back on those days. （＠AM）