Exhibition
Past Exhibition 2024-25
Special Exhibition to Mark 100 Years Since the Completion of Seikado Bunko
The Demon Painter and the Demon Collector:
Kawanabe Kyōsai and Matsuura Takeshirō
April 13 – June 9, 2024
Inportant Cultural Property, “Nirvana Painting of Matsuura Takeshirō” by Kawanabe Kyōsai, Meiji period, 1886, from the collection of the Matsuura Takeshirō Memorial Museum 
Necklace (Jōmon Period with modern additions) Collection of the Seikado Foundation 
Kawanabe Kyōsai, Travelling through hell and paradise, Meiji era, dated 1869-72, Collection of the Seikado Foundation 
‘A Bell of Devil’s Face’ by Kawanabe Kyōsai, from“Hatsuunyokyo”, 1882, Collection of the Seikado Foundation 
A Bell of Devil’s Face, Collection of the Seikado Foundation
The painter Kawanabe Kyōsai and Matsuura Takeshirō, the explorer, antiquarian, and writer who gave Hokkaido its modern name, were two multi-talented figures active in the closing years of the feudal era. This exhibition unites Kyōsai’s famous “Nirvana Painting of Matsuura Takeshirō” with the cultural treasures depicted in the painting, to consider these two men’s passion for ancient times.
