Sources of Japanese Modern:The Taisho-Showa Eras Collection Dialogue

The National Museum of Art Collection Dialogue, which will begin in 2025, has opened at the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu.

This is a special exhibition that combines works from the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu and the National Crafts Museum.This exhibition aims to enhance opportunities for art appreciation in the local area and contribute to the development of art museum activities nationwide.

Exhibition name: Sources of Japanese Modern: The Taisho-Showa Eras Collection Dialogue

Date: November 15th (Sat), 2025 – February 15th (Sun), 2026

Venue: The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu(4-1-22, Usa, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture)

The influence of late nineteenth-century Art Nouveau and early twentieth-century Art Deco, which had grown out of the earlier influence of “Japonism” in Europe, was received in Japan linked to the country’s own aesthetic taste, engendering the trends known as “Taisho romanticism”and “Modo” (fashion), as seen in images of the “moga” (modern girl) and “mobo” (modern boy) fashions that excited and enlivened daily life in those days. Personal accessories and furnishings, metal craftworks and glass crafts, magazines and posters reflecting the trends of those times have not lost their appeal even today. This exhibition presents 152 works of craft and design from the collection of the National Crafts Museum, together with paintings and craft works from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu.