Collection Highlights Gallery
2nd floor Collection Highlights Gallery
March 21, 2023 (Tue) -
April 2, 2023 (Sun)
Kuroda Memorial Hall
The Kuroda Memorial Hall was built in 1928 through a bequest from Western-style painter Kuroda Seiki (1866-1924). The building first opened as the home of The Institute of Arts Research for the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in 1930. In recognition of Kuroda's artistic achievements, exhibits of Oil paintings, sketches and similar works donated by the artist's family and others are on display.
2nd floor
Maiko Girl (detail), By Kuroda Seiki, 1893 (Important Cultural Property)
Collection Highlights Gallery
2nd floor Collection Highlights Gallery
March 21, 2023 (Tue) - April 2, 2023 (Sun)
The Kuroda Memorial Hall was built to commemorate the Western-style painter Kuroda Seiki’s bequest of his heritage and works to the country. The Collection Highlights Gallery on the second floor preserves his renowned works Wisdom, Passion, Sentiment; Maiko Girl; Lakeside (all designated as Important Cultural Properties), and Reading, which are on view for the public three times a year (two weeks each during New Year, the Cherry-blossom season, and Ueno Cultural Festival).
Flowering Field, By Kuroda Seiki, Meiji–Taishō era, 1907–15
Kuroda Memorial Room
2nd floor Kuroda Memorial Room
January 17, 2023 (Tue) - April 9, 2023 (Sun)
Created to honor Kuroda’s artistic career and exhibit his works, this room was opened to visitors when the hall was founded. The inscription in Chinese characters on the panel above the doors reads: “Memorial Room of Viscount Kuroda,” which is said to be the handwriting of the painter Nakamura Fusetsu. This room allows visitors to view Kuroda’s works from the collection, which mainly consists of those donated by his family, and gain glimpses of the character of Kuroda, who contributed greatly to modernizing Western-style painting in Japan and improving the status of art in general in Japanese society.