Japanese Western-Style Painting and Japanese-Style Painting
Japanese Western-Style Painting
The Pola Museum of Art has paintings that provide an overview of the major painters and important movements in the history of Japanese Western-style painting, from early Meiji era to the Taisho and Showa eras.
In this gallery, we follow how Japanese painters created a Japanese style of oil painting by assimilating Western painting in original ways.
Okada Saburosuke, Kimono with Iris Pattern, 1927
Fujishima Takeji, Profile of a Woman, 1926-1927
Yasui Sotaro, Scene in China, 1927
Japanese-Style Painting
The Pola Museum of Art has paintings that provide an overview of the major painters and important movements in the history of Japanese Western-style painting, from early Meiji era to the Taisho and Showa eras.
In this gallery, we follow how Japanese painters created a Japanese style of oil painting by assimilating Western painting in original ways.
Kawai Gyokudo, Autumn at the Lake, 1953
Kobayashi Kokei, Persimmons, 1934
Sugiyama Yasushi, Scent, 1975