Image: Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art, Kasama
Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art is presenting ‘A Quiet Revolution: 100 Years of Women Painters’ at the Hasegawa Jin and Hayashi Ko Memorial Room, with two works by Yamashita Rin on display through July 28. The museum announced the display in connection with the exhibition area dedicated to women artists, placing Yamashita’s work within a broader historical look at a century of women’s painting.
Among the works identified in the announcement is ‘Jacobs’s Image’, shown as part of the memorial-room presentation. The museum notes that Yamashita Rin was born in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture. The text also situates her career in a period when women faced strong social resistance to working as painters, and says that she studied icon painting in Russia before returning to Japan.
According to the museum’s notice, Yamashita went on to produce 300 works after her return. The current presentation focuses on two of her works, offering visitors a chance to see the artist within the context of ‘A Quiet Revolution: 100 Years of Women Painters’ rather than as an isolated historical figure.
The announcement does not provide a larger checklist of the exhibition or additional artist names, but it frames the display as part of a commemoration of women painters across a century. By placing Yamashita Rin in that setting, the museum draws attention to an artist from Kasama whose training and practice crossed national boundaries at a time when opportunities for women painters were limited.
The display is being shown in the Hasegawa Jin and Hayashi Ko Memorial Room at Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art, and the museum states that the two Yamashita works remain on view until July 28.
