Image: Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
Advance tickets for the exhibition went on sale October 15. The exhibition is scheduled to run from December 15, 2026, through February 7, 2027.
The presentation introduces a collection that includes bijinga by leading Japanese painters, represented by Kiyokata Kaburaki and Tsunetomi Kitano, as well as oil paintings by artists including Saburosuke Okada that reflect the period from the Meiji era onward. Among the announced works is Kitano Tsunetomi’s ‘Michiyuki,’ painted around 1913. The exhibition also includes Uemura Shoen’s ‘Yosohai,’ dated 1902. Another listed work is Okada Saburosuke’s ‘Woman with a Diamond,’ dated 1908.
Fukutomi Taro was known as the ‘Cabaret King’ after building a cabaret chain of 44 locations during Japan’s postwar high-growth period. The chain was established under the slogan ‘healthy entertainment,’ according to the exhibition information.
As a collector, Fukutomi gathered ukiyo-e, Japanese paintings by artists including Kawanabe Kyosai and Kaburaki Kiyokata, and Western paintings. A commemorative lecture is titled ‘Fukutomi Taro, the Greatest Collector of the Postwar Era.’
The exhibition is organized by the Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Izumi Techno, the Chugoku Shimbun, and RCC.
