Image: Homma Museum of Art, Sakata
The Homma Museum of Art has opened a special exhibition titled 'Maruyama Ōkyo and the Kyoto Painting School'. The museum says the show examines the influence of Maruyama Ōkyo and the Maruyama-Shijo school within Kyoto’s art scene, tracing that legacy from the Edo period through the Meiji and Taisho eras.
According to the museum’s announcement, the exhibition brings together works associated with artists including Seihō Tōkō and Chikashō Ono. The presentation places those artists in a longer historical line, showing how Kyoto painting traditions developed across several periods and contributed to the formation of modern Japanese painting.
The focus on Ōkyo and the Maruyama-Shijo school situates the exhibition within one of the major currents of Japanese art history. The museum describes the project as an exploration of influence and continuity, moving from an Edo-period foundation into later reinterpretations in the Meiji and Taisho eras. That framing allows the exhibition to connect established Kyoto painting practice with the broader emergence of modern styles.
The museum opened the exhibition on July 23, 2026. The notice identifies the venue as the Homma Museum of Art in Sakata, Japan. No further details on the run, related programming, or a closing date were provided in the source material.
The exhibition is presented as a special show rather than part of a broader roundup, and the museum’s description emphasizes its historical scope. By pairing Ōkyo’s name with the Kyoto Painting School, the project points to a lineage that extends beyond a single artist to the workshop and school traditions that shaped later generations.
Artists named in the announcement include Seihō Tōkō and Chikashō Ono, whose work is cited as part of the exhibition’s consideration of modern Japanese painting. The museum’s framing suggests that the show is intended to highlight how Kyoto-based painting traditions remained active and influential as Japanese art moved into the modern era.
