Image: Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art is currently showing a new anime work by Ryo Inoue, titled 'Ninja also wants to enter the Folding Screen of Flower, Bird, Animal, and Bird'. The piece is on view in the museum’s entrance hall through September 27, aligning with the institution’s 'Sunday Museum Exhibition'.
According to the museum notice, the work is presented as a new anime artwork rather than as part of a larger display of the historical folding screen referenced in its title. The museum also notes that the actual 'Folding Screen of Flower, Bird, Animal, and Bird' is not exhibited.
The installation places Inoue’s work in the public-facing entrance hall, where visitors encounter it as part of their arrival at the museum. The display is tied to the museum’s ongoing programming rather than a separate special exhibition, and the announcement does not list additional works or related events alongside it.
The title directly invokes the motif of a folding screen decorated with flowers, birds and animals, while also introducing the playful figure of a ninja. In the museum’s framing, the work is a new anime piece by Inoue, underscoring the artist’s use of animated imagery in a setting associated with traditional art-viewing.
Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art is located in Shizuoka, Japan, and its announcement identifies the run of the display from July 23 to September 27. The museum’s notice gives no further details on the content of the anime work or on any associated interpretation materials, but it clearly places the piece in the entrance hall for the duration of the 'Sunday Museum Exhibition' period.
