"Secret Beauty: All About Komura Settai" Held at Chiba City Museum of Art. Approaching the Full Picture of Settai, Who Was Active in Multiple Fields
Chiba City Museum of Art is hosting a major exhibition exploring the complete works of Komura Settai, who was active across many fields.Summary
The Chiba City Museum of Art is holding a large-scale exhibition titled "Secret Beauty: All About Komura Settai" from April 11th to June 7th, focusing on the multifaceted artist Komura Settai (1887–1940), who was active from the Taisho to early Showa periods. Settai excelled in diverse genres, including Japanese painting, book binding (sōtei), illustration, stage design, and film art direction. He pioneered delicate designs in book binding, notably with Izumi Kyoka, and established his unique style, the "Settai Style," characterized by fine lines and simplified compositions in his illustrations. The exhibition features approximately 650 works and materials chronologically, from his early pieces to his final works, drawing from the Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art collection and private holdings. Key highlights include the first Kantō public display of newly discovered original illustrations for Izumi Kyoka's "Sankai Hyōhanki," as well as his lesser-known but significant works as a Japanese painter.
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