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The Strangers’ Gaze—Japanese Artists in Europe
October 24 [Sat], 2026 - January 31 [Sun], 2027
About this exhibition
“Etranger,” an essay by the poet and novelist Shimazaki Toson, records the passion of his compatriots for engaging in lively conversations about art and embarking on sketching trips. Through their experiences as an etranger, a stranger, they created a great variety of works: basic dessin in art classes, copies of works in art museums, portraits of the people with whom they interacted in that alien land, landscape paintings created while out sketching. Those works are also a source of information for speaking eloquently about what they were looking at and what they learned from.
This exhibition presents over a hundred vibrant paintings from the Ishibashi Foundation Collection that artists, including Kuroda Seiki, Fujishima Takeji, Yasui Sotaro, and Fujita Tsuguharu, created while in Europe. Special Selections from the Collection will also be on view in the exhibition area.
Exhibition overview
Exhibition title
- The Strangers’ Gaze—Japanese Artists in Europe
Exhibition period
- October 24 [Sat], 2026 - January 31 [Sun], 2027
Opening hours
- 10:00 – 18:00 (until 20:00 on Fridays) *Last entry 30 minutes before closing.
Closed
- Mondays (except November 23, January 11), November 24, December 28–January 4, January 12
Organizer
- Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
Venue
- 5, 4F Galleries
Concurrent Exhibitions
- Jam Session: The Ishibashi Foundation Collection × FUJII Hikaru WHOSE LIGHT?
Ticket prices (incl. tax)
| On-line ticket | In-Person ticket (purchase at museum) | |
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| General | 1,200 yen | 1,500 yen |
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University college high school students |
Free entry Advance booking required
Please present their student ID upon entry. | |
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Disabled visitors (plus one accompanying assistant) |
Free entry Advance booking not required
Please present disabled person’s handbook upon entry. | |
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Children through junior high school | Free entry Advance booking not required | |
*Booking is not accepted when a time slot is full.
*In-Person ticket may be purchased at the museum, if the time slot is not full.
*This admission fee gives the visitor access to the concurrent exhibitions.
Art works
KURODA Seiki, Woman Sewing, 1890, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
HYAKUTAKE Kaneyuki, Reclining Nude, c.1881, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
HAYASHI Shizue, Mont Sainte-Victoire, c.1925-29, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
ASAI Chu, Washing Place in Grez-sur-Loing, 1901, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
FUJISHIMA Takeji, Black Fan, 1908-09, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
【New Acquisition】HAZAMA Inosuke, Seafront Road in Nice, 1935, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
【New Acquisition】TAKASHIMA Yajuro, Foggy Day, 1930-33, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
KURODA Seiki, Girl of Bréhat, 1891, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
YAMASHITA Shintaro, Woman Reading, 1908, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
SAKAMOTO Hanjiro, Woman with a Hat, 1923, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
YASUI Sotaro, Bathers, 1914, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
FUJISHIMA Takeji, Nude, 1906-07, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
WADA Eisaku, Copy after Reminiscence of Castel Gandolfo by Camille Corot, 1903, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
YAMASHITA Shintaro, Copy after Bust of Mariana de Austria by Diego Velázquez(?), c.1907, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
TAKATA Rikizo, Copy after Fountain by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1938, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
【New Acquisition】MASAMUNE Tokusaburo, Fresh Verdure, 1915, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
FUJITA Tsuguharu, Paris Street Scene, 1918, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation © Fondation Foujita / ADAGP, Paris & JASPAR, Tokyo, 2026 C5471
SAEKI Yuzo, Café Terrace with Posters, 1927, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
MITSUTANI Kunishiro, Landscape in Brittany, c.1913, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
IHARA Usaburo, Landscape, Arles, 1925, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
FUJISHIMA Takeji, Ruins in Rome, 1908-09, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation
KOJIMA Zenzaburo, Landscape in Toledo, c.1928, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation