Image: Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History
The Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History is marking its 120th anniversary with an exhibition devoted to a small bird with a long local history. Titled 'Uzura - The Bird that Screams 'Good Fortune',' the show brings together paintings, craft materials and historical material related to quail-raising in Toyohashi.
According to the museum’s announcement, the exhibition focuses on the cultural significance of the uzura, or quail, in the city. The bird is described as auspicious because its call is thought to resemble a good omen, a belief that gives the exhibition its thematic frame and connects natural history, regional tradition and visual culture.
The presentation also traces the history of quail-raising in Toyohashi, placing the bird within the city’s broader cultural memory. By pairing artworks and craft materials with historical context, the museum is using the anniversary exhibition to look at how an everyday animal has been represented and valued over time.
Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History, in Toyohashi, Japan, has not outlined the exhibition in terms of a single artist or a loan from another institution in the material provided, and the announcement does not specify the number of works on view. The focus instead is on the bird itself and the range of objects used to tell its story.
'Uzura - The Bird that Screams 'Good Fortune'' runs from July 25 to September 13, 2026, at the Toyohashi City Museum of Art and History. The exhibition forms part of the museum’s 120th anniversary program and is presented as a look at the place of the quail in the city’s artistic and historical record.
