The Itsuo Art Museum was founded in Ikeda city, Osaka, in 1957. “Itsuo” was the pen name of Kobayashi Ichizō (1873-1957), a giant among the entrepreneurs who built modern Japan: founder of the Hankyu Toho Group (today’s Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group), which includes railroads and many other businesses. The museum’s collection of 5,500 works reflects Itsuo’s approach to art, his multifaceted accomplishments and enterprising personality, in a truly diverse collection that ranges from kohitsugire (old calligraphy fragments) and tea utensils to paintings by Yosa Buson and Go Shun. This long-awaited exhibition is an opportunity to view these carefully selected masterpieces together in one setting.
*There will be an exhibition change during the course of exhibition.