Image: Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
A notice from the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama highlights the work of Japanese painter Matsuoka Eikyu and his disciples, focusing on the picture scroll ‘Kusamakura Emaki’ and a later work titled ‘Yukemuri.’ The announcement does not provide an exhibition title, venue, or dates.
The notice identifies Matsuoka as a painter who had a major influence on Komura Setsudai’s production of Japanese-style painting. Setsudai is the only artist named in the announcement besides Matsuoka and his pupils, placing the presentation within the artistic context of Setsudai’s development.
The central work, ‘Kusamakura Emaki,’ is described as a picture scroll made by Matsuoka and members of his school. The announcement does not specify the scroll’s date, materials, dimensions, subject matter, or the individual contributions of the disciples.
Several years later, Matsuoka revisited the scenes from the scroll in a separate work, ‘Yukemuri.’ The presentation therefore brings together the original scroll and a subsequent reinterpretation by Matsuoka, allowing the relationship between the two works to be considered through the artist’s return to the same imagery.
The museum’s brief announcement presents the works as an exhibition feature, but supplies no further information about the exhibition’s schedule, display location, catalogue, or related programming. It also does not state whether the presentation is devoted exclusively to Matsuoka and his circle or forms part of a larger exhibition.
