Today`s regular business hours are 3:00 p.m. - last entry at 4:30 p.m., closing at 5:00 p.m. From the evening onwards, only those with reservations for the following events will be allowed in. Thank you for your understanding.
MUSEUM TIME (Saturday & Sunday) OPEN 1:00 PM/CLOSE 7:00 PM Ticket price: ¥3000 (with 1,000 yen OFF ticket that can be used at the bar on the 2nd floor) #大道芸術館 #都築響一 #museumofroadsideart
Genshin title unknown Genshin is a yaki-e, or pyrographic artist, who draws pictures through the process of burning. His tool isa soldering iron, and his canvas is leather, rather than the more commonly used wood. He chooses a minimally processed hide known as nume for its unique texture. His mostly traditional designs include ukiyo-e beauties, actors, sumo wrestlers, tigers, cats, dogs, insects and other creatures. Some of his images are based on erotic shunga. Born Shiozawa Yoshiaki on 22 June 1958 in Takasago, Katsushika City, Genshin developed late as an artist after running away from home at the age of 15. Although still active as a gangster at the time of his first exhibition, Genshin insists he’s no yakuza lieutenant or godfather, but merely a pyrographic artist. The seal with which he stamps his works was designed by a detective from the Metropolitan Police Department, with whom he had a long association. Now almost 10 years into his new self-taught vocation, he pays no heed to the Japanese art media, but since around 2016 has been approached several times to stage salon shows in Europe. Grappling with serious illnesses, he has often been hospitalised and endured major surgery. He continues to undergo dialysis while working daily on his leather.
Katsuki Teruo original manga magazine cover illustrations
Many of Katsuki’s illustrations appeared on the covers of 1960s magazines, Weekly Manga Times, Manga Goraku, Manga Punch and Saturday Manga, but little is known about his life. A profile on the back cover of a 1967 book he authored called Pencil Books: Let’s Play with Books! Quiz and 3D Puzzle Games for the Eyes (Nihon Bungeisha), describes him as follows:Born in Tokyo in 1931. Nicknamed ‘Tee-chan.’ He excels at quick jokes and illogical witticisms. His life itself is a comic strip and he is never without laughter. He is a self-professed ‘funny man,’ who loves drinking and will drop his work for any bar with beautiful women, no matter how far, and that’s how this book was born.
Yamagata Makiko moo~stop Born in 1954 in Yokohama, Yamagata Makiko is a housewife who paints in her rural studio about an hour and a half north of Sendai City, Miyagi prefecture. She moved here after getting married. Her village of Tsuyama, population 3,000, is situated on the banks of the Kitakami River on the outskirts of the historic town of Tome, also known as the ‘Meiji-Village of Miyagi.’I started painting about 15 years ago at a culture class in Ishinomaki. I had started to wonder what was my purpose in existing every day (laughs). My teacher told me there are good good pictures; good bad pictures; bad good pictures; and bad bad pictures; and that I should aim for bad good pictures.In the beginning, I painted things like vases, but I shifted to portraits. I had never sketched, but I wanted to draw people. However I have always liked cows, and seven or eight years ago I started combining cows with people. It occurred to me I was using cows as substitutes for men. Perhaps I thought that if I depicted actual relationships between women and men, it would be too explicit. So by bringing cows into people…it’s the opposite of anthropomorphism, isn’t it? Anyway, I guess my theme is ‘love!’ #YamagataMakiko #山形牧子 #大道芸術館 #museumofroadsideart #mora_tokyo #東京都墨田区向島5丁目