Image: Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum
An exhibition marking the 30th edition of the Hasegawa Tōhaku exhibition series will run from September 19 through October 18, 2026.
The exhibition will present 23 works across three themes: Nobuharu as a Buddhist painter, Tōhaku as an ink painter, and the Hasegawa-school artists who followed him. Its themes describe Nobuharu’s detailed, colorful manner and Tōhaku’s bold use of tonal gradation in ink painting.
The exhibition offers an opportunity to look back at how the Nanao-born painter Nobuharu rose to prominence in central art circles. Hasegawa Tōhaku was born in Nanao and became one of Japan’s leading painters active in Kyoto during the Momoyama period.
In his twenties, he used the name Nobuharu and worked in Noto primarily as a Buddhist-image painter; in his thirties, he moved his base to Kyoto.
‘Four Loves’ will be presented in Nanao for the first time, while ‘Screen of Immortals’ is designated a nationally important cultural property. All eight works in ‘Sixteen Arhats’ will also be shown.
The museum has held the Hasegawa Tōhaku series annually since the year after it opened.
