Yokohama Civic Gallery Collection Exhibition 2026: Walking Through the Postwar Period @ Yokohama Civic Gallery
The Yokohama Civic Gallery is hosting an exhibition featuring about 95 collection works exploring the postwar period in Yokohama.Summary
The Yokohama Civic Gallery will hold the "Yokohama Civic Gallery Collection Exhibition 2026: Walking Through the Postwar Period" from February 20 to March 8, 2026. The exhibition focuses on the postwar era, displaying approximately 95 items from the gallery's collection, including paintings, photographs, and single-panel comics that interpret the impact of the war years (1930s-1940s) and the subsequent postwar society. Featured works include photographs by Yasuhiro Okumura and Toyoko Tokiwa, paintings by Ennosuke Iwata, and personal diaries by author Jiro Osaragi, examining how artists viewed Yokohama during and after the war. The exhibition also showcases one-panel manga collections by artists like Fujio Akatsuka and Kenji Morita, reproductions of the book series "My August 15th," original illustrations by Hisakunihiko, and interviews with Tetsuya Chiba and Toku Yano. Various related events, such as lectures, gallery talks, and reading performances, are scheduled throughout the exhibition period.
(Source：ART iT)