Ikegami Kaikan Traveling Exhibition Tsuneko Kumagai Kana no Bi Exhibition “Focusing on Story Literature, with Tsuneko’s Favorite Calligraphy Tools”

　The Tsuneko Kumagai Memorial Museum will hold a visiting exhibition at the Ikegami Kaikan due to the closure of the facility for renovation work.Focusing on narrative literature, this exhibition presents framed works by the calligrapher Tsuneko Kumagai (1893-1986), along with the calligraphy tools she used on a daily basis, and is structured as a retrospective of her calligraphy.

　This exhibition will feature Ariwara no Narihira's "Kyoto ni Hito" (1968) from The Tale of Ise, and Omahenii Ito from "The Tale of Genji", which depicts aristocratic society. This exhibition introduces Tsuneko's works that deal with narrative literature, such as "People" (1968). "The Tale of Ise" and "The Tale of Genji" are narrative literature that developed the kana calligraphy established in the Heian period.Among them, Murasaki Shikibu (years of birth and death unknown), the author of The Tale of Genji, learned kana calligraphy from the calligraphy (*972) of Fujiwara no Yukinari (1027-1), who flourished during the Heian period. .Tsuneko is also said to have written ``Decchobon Wakan Roeishu'' (a manuscript of poetry collections for reciting Chinese poems and waka poems, owned by the Sannomaru Shozokan, Imperial Household Agency), which is said to have been written by Yukinari. He first studied "Sekido Bonko Kinwakashu" (a manuscript of Kokin Wakashu which was handed down to the Sekido family in Aichi Prefecture), and became skilled in kana calligraphy.

　Works based on narrative literature are expressed in various forms by Tsuneko.Tsuneko used different types of brushes and inks accordingly.She introduces works of calligraphy and calligraphy tools that express the world of narrative literature with rich emotion, and Tsuneko looks back on her achievements in researching kana calligraphy.

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May 5th (Sat) -June 5th (Mon), 20rd year of Reiwa

Schedule	9:00~16:30 (admission until 16:00)
Venue	Kumagai Tsuneko Memorial Museum
Genre	Exhibitions / Events

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