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"Tsukiji Akashicho" by Kiyokata Kaburaki, a master of modern Japanese painting, is now being released at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

https://www.momat.go.jp/am/exhibition/kiyokata2019/

　In the gravure behind the November 14 issue of "Weekly Shincho", an article is published on three pages as "Phantom Bijinga Kiyokata Kaburaki".

The reason why Tsukiji Akashicho has been referred to as a "phantom beauty painting" is on the website of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

＞Despite the historical masterpiece of modern Japanese painting, the location has been unknown for 44 years since 1975.
　It was in 1955 (Showa 30) that Tsukiji Akashicho, who escaped the war, was brought to Kiyokata. With that opportunity, Kiyokata himself acted as an intermediary for the exhibition, and Tsukiji Akashicho was often exhibited at exhibitions. However, the situation changes when Kiyokata died in 1972 (Showa 47). Tsukiji Akashicho suddenly disappeared after being exhibited in the third (1975) series of "Kiyokata of Recollections" held three times from the following year (1975) at the Suntory Museum of Art. . Forty-four years since then, many people have been waiting for the reappearance of Tsukiji Akashicho.

　It is said.

It is said that three works, including Shin-Tomicho and Hamacho Riverside, which were produced almost at the same time as Tsukiji Akashicho, have been stored at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

　In the November 14 issue of "Weekly Shincho":

"Tsukiji Akashicho" (colored silk in 1927) was "Akashicho, which was a foreign settlement in the Meiji era. The walls of the Western-style building are painted with light blue paint, and morning glory is blooming. It is a masterpiece that depicts the beauty of a woman's unfathomable work, called "The Return of Modern Beauty."

"Shin-Tomicho" (colored silk in 1930, shafted) was "Shin-Tomicho, which was also one of the leading flower districts. It depicts a woman rushing ahead with high and thin rain clogs. The Shintomi-za in the back was destroyed by fire in the Great Kanto Earthquake and was abandoned. "

"Hamacho Riverside" (colored silk in 1930, shafted) is "a daughter returning from the training hall with rose Kanzashi in the background of Shinohashi over the Sumida River. Do you have a dance fan and are you dancing or thinking about something? It looks cute.'

I'm talking about it.

Special disclosure

Exhibition Period: Until Sunday, December 15, 2019

Venue: Gallery 10 of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Closed days: Monday