Sept. 19-Nov. 3
When Tokyo Station was established in 1914, three art students ¡ª Kyokichi Tanaka, Shizuo Fujimori and Koshiro Onchi ¡ª launched a magazine called Tsukuhae, which means reflection of the moon. In keeping with its title, the magazine featured the three artists¡¯ wood-block prints and poetry, which mostly depicted moonlit views and motifs.
Influenced by Western artists such as Edvard Munch and Wassily Kandinsky, the artists¡¯ work and the magazine were an attempt to highlight the wood-block print, a form of art that wasn¡¯t fashionable at the time.
Though the publication ended just a year later with Tanaka¡¯s unfortunate early death in 1915, it remains a seminal point of Japan¡¯s printmaking history. This exhibition brings together 300 works related to Tsukuhae.
Tokyo Station Gallery; 1-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Tokyo Stn. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (Fri. till 8 p.m.). ?900. Closed Mon. 03-3212-2485;
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