Autumn Exhibition: The Allure of Motifs in Modern Painting

Nakano Museum of Art · Nara · –

Key facts

Dates
Sep 12 to Nov 15, 2026 (First period: Sep 12–Oct 12; Second period: Oct 21–Nov 15)
Venue
Nakano Museum of Art · Gakuen-mae · Nara · 9-946-2 Ayameike-minami, Nara 631-0033
Opening hours
10:00–16:00
Closed
Mondays (open Sep 21, closed Sep 24), and Oct 13–20 (changeover).
Admission
Adult ¥600; Seniors (65 and over) ¥500; University and high school students ¥500; Junior high and elementary school students ¥250
Highlights
About 50 works from the collection explore painting motifs: the still lifes and portraits that modern oil painters and printmakers took up in great numbers, and bird-and-flower painting, a traditional East Asian genre in Nihonga.

About 50 works from the collection explore painting motifs: the still lifes and portraits that modern oil painters and printmakers took up in great numbers, and bird-and-flower painting, a traditional East Asian genre in Nihonga. Highlights include Kishida Ryūsei's Head of a Young Man (1918), Koide Narashige's Still Life with Mirror (1919), Hasegawa Kiyoshi's Time: Still Life (1969), Funakoshi Katsura's Water Blue II (1990), Takeuchi Seihō's New Lotus Leaves in Morning Dew (c. 1918, first period) and Tsuchida Bakusen's Birds and Flowers of Spring and Autumn (1923, second period), with 12 of the 16 scrolls Murakami Kagaku painted in 1915 on Liu Xiang's Han-dynasty Biographies of Immortals.

Exhibition information

Plan your visit

Display periods
  • First period: –
  • Second period: –
Opening hours
10:00–16:00 Last admission 15:45.
Closed
Mondays (open Sep 21, closed Sep 24), and Oct 13–20 (changeover).
Closed during the exhibition
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Admission
  • Adult ¥600
  • Seniors (65 and over) ¥500
  • University and high school students ¥500
  • Junior high and elementary school students ¥250
Reservation
No reservation is mentioned. Groups of 20 or more get JPY 100 off each (call ahead for a talk).
Address
9-946-2 Ayameike-minami, Nara 631-0033

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Questions

How much is admission to Autumn Exhibition: The Allure of Motifs in Modern Painting?

Adult ¥600; Seniors (65 and over) ¥500; University and high school students ¥500; Junior high and elementary school students ¥250.

When is Autumn Exhibition: The Allure of Motifs in Modern Painting on, and does the display change?

Sep 12 to Nov 15, 2026. First period: Sep 12–Oct 12; Second period: Oct 21–Nov 15.

What are the opening hours of Autumn Exhibition: The Allure of Motifs in Modern Painting?

Open 10:00–16:00. Last admission 15:45. Closed: Mondays (open Sep 21, closed Sep 24), and Oct 13–20 (changeover).

Is there an audio guide for Autumn Exhibition: The Allure of Motifs in Modern Painting?

GUAN has no guide for this exhibition; dates and visiting information are on this page.

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