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Museum Director's Museum Zapping 68 Director Koizumi Shinya writes about what he noticed while walking around the museum. Highlights of the FROM Exhibition ④ (until September 23rd) ◎Modernity of Japanese Painting, Part 2 There is a technique called reverse coloring. It is a coloring method in which color is applied to the reverse side of the painting silk, giving depth to the color visible from the front. I think it is a technique that ancient painters came up with while facing the semi-transparent painting material of silk and being conscious of both sides of the picture. The delicate nature of such Japanese painting techniques is connected to works such as Takeda Yuko's "There in the Spring, Calm Here." The theme is a plum tree, but it is not painted from the front. One piece is an image on the other side of the window glass with curtains hanging down, and the other is an image reflected upside down on the surface of the pond. The plum tree passes through the transparent layers of glass and the water surface, intertwining with the atmosphere of the place where the painter is looking, and is incorporated into the picture. Cubism used force to paint multiple time spaces, but Takeda painted naturally, staying close to the seasonal sentiments of traditional Japanese painting. Kawasaki Mao's "Idaten" is one of the Buddhist heavenly beings. Heavenly beings are a group of deities that were originally worshipped in various places, but who converted to Buddhism and became guardian deities. Kawasaki has been praised for giving dynamic body movements to gods and great people, portraying them as if they were alive before our eyes. "Shirato Yoiwai," depicting the myth of Okuninushi no Mikoto and the white rabbit, is also on display in the "Face Exhibition," which is being held at the same time. In "Idaten," the body does not move much. The fixed pose, which is a show of pretense, makes the magical vermilion color leave a strong impression. The white heavenly robe and clothing are enough for movement. Kawasaki may have painted a god with a fast gait because this year was an Olympic year. #Izura #Tenshin #Art Museum #FROM Exhibition #Yuko Takeda #Mao Kawasaki