Introduction to Art Archive XXV: A Passion for Kabuki: The Tanabe Collection of the Magazine, Yakusha
This year, the Keio University Art Center (KUAC) is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Activities related to the art archives were launched five years after KUAC’s inception and have since expanded and become a focal point of the center’s activities. As a part of this development, a total of twenty-five art archive exhibitions have been held since 2006.
The “Tanabe Collection” presented during this exhibition consists of items that were cataloged in the early days of KUAC’s art archives but have not been widely known until now. This exhibition returns to the roots of these archives by introducing the collection, which features materials connected with the kabuki magazine Yakusha.
The inaugural issue of Yakusha was published shortly after the Second World War in June 1947. This was a difficult time period with scarce supplies, and the magazine lasted two years before discontinuing publication in July 1949 with its 18th issue. In its “Inaugural Address,” the ambition and passion for kabuki leap off the pages as the magazine showed the true form of kabuki—a traditional art unique to Japan—and communicated its hope to create a new era of national kabuki. The materials that would become the Tanabe Collection were donated by the family of the late Yakusha founder Mitsuo Tanabe.
This exhibition will present stage photographs, sketches, and manuscripts, that were published in the magazine. This will be a rare opportunity to view invaluable items from that time period, which until now have been rarely seen. By viewing this collection, we hope that visitors will be able to feel the passion that was infused into kabuki during difficult times, as well as share the intense emotions that aficionados and researchers alike must have experienced from the pages of the magazine.
Date
Exhibition: Monday, May 22 – Friday, July 28, 2023 / 11:00–18:00
(Closed on Saturday, Sunday, Holidays)
Venue
Keio University Art Center (KUAC)
[Keio University Mita Campus South Annex]
Audience
Everyone welcome
Cost
Free participation
Enquiries and bookings
Keio University Art Center (KUAC)
+81-3-5427-1621
pj.ca.oiek.tsda@ijnet-ca
Exhibition[Introduction to Archives XXV]
Date
Exhibition: Monday, May 22 – Friday, July 28, 2023 / 11:00–18:00
(Closed on Saturday, Sunday, Holidays)
Venue
Keio University Art Center (1F Keio University Mita Campus South Annex, Keio University Art Space)
2-15-45, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8345
Tel. 03-5427-1621 Fax. 03-5427-1620
JR: Tamachi station on Yamanote - and KeihinTohoku Line
Subway: Mita station on Mita Line, Akabanebashi station on Oedo Line
Audience
Everyone welcome
Cost
Free participation
Enquiries and bookings
Keio University Art Center (KUAC)
+81-3-5427-1621
pj.ca.oiek.tsda@ijnet-ca
Organiser(s)
Organised by: Keio University Art Center (KUAC)
Visitor Information
The Keio University Art Space is a small exhibition room. If you wish to schedule a group of 15 or more people for a student field trip or other group, please contact the Art Center in advance. We will prepare leaflets and other material to make sure that your visit goes as smoothly as possible. We also ask that everyone in your group take care not to distract or inconvenience other visitors while at the exhibition. You will need to coordinate with the Art Center in advance if you plan to conduct a class or other activities for a field trip in the Keio University Art Space. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.