Image: Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai
Miyagi Museum of Art in Sendai has announced a late-period update to its exhibition 'The Age of Art', adding a special display of Funakoshi Yasuo’s 'LOLA' alongside Sato Churyo’s 'The Person from Gunma'. The museum said the new corner introduces the two sculptors together, presenting their work within a shared historical frame.
According to the museum, the display begins from the latter part of the exhibition and places the two sculptures in conversation as part of a focused section on the artists. The post identifies Sato’s 'The Person from Gunma' as already part of the exhibition and describes Funakoshi’s 'LOLA' as a special loan or special exhibit added for the revised section.
The museum also provided a concise biographical context for the pair. Sato Churyo and Funakoshi Yasuo met at Tokyo Fine Arts School, later worked together to establish the sculpture division of the Shinseisaku-ha Association, and maintained a friendship throughout their lives. The new corner uses that relationship as its organizing thread.
Sato Churyo and Funakoshi Yasuo are both important figures in modern Japanese sculpture, and the museum’s presentation highlights not only their individual works but also the artistic and institutional connections that shaped their careers. By pairing 'The Person from Gunma' with 'LOLA', the museum offers visitors a compact historical view of two sculptors whose careers were intertwined from their student days onward.
Miyagi Museum of Art did not give additional details in the post about the revised installation beyond the presence of the two works and the introductory corner devoted to the sculptors. The announcement appears as part of the museum’s exhibition communications around 'The Age of Art', with the late-period display positioned as a feature within that ongoing presentation.
