点评:We went here after seeing just a poster of the artist on exhibition…a Japanese artist I had never heard of named Tanaka Isson.
On a par with any of the early 20th Century European masters, Isson was a child prodigy who lived a somewhat tragic life and wasn’t really discovered until after his death.
His art was absolutely stunning! Imagine seeing Gustav Klimt of Edward Munch for the first time after never having heard of them. That was what it was like seeing Isson’s work.
The museum is well laid out, and though VERY crowded, a complete retrospective of his work with descriptions in both Japanese and English.
It made our whole trip to Tokyo worthwhile and though his work might be well known to Japanese, we were the only Westerners in the entire seven to eight exhibition rooms.
A discovery and experience I’ll long remember.
翻译:我们来这里之前只看了展览艺术家的海报……一位我从未听说过的日本艺术家,名叫田中一村。
与 20 世纪早期的欧洲大师一样,田中一村是一位神童,他的生活有些悲惨,直到他去世后才真正被发现。
他的艺术绝对令人惊叹!想象一下,第一次看到古斯塔夫·克里姆特或爱德华·蒙克的作品,而之前从未听说过他们。这就是看到田中一村的作品的感觉。
博物馆布局很好,虽然非常拥挤,但对他的作品进行了完整的回顾,并配有日语和英语的描述。
这让我们整个东京之行都物有所值,虽然他的作品可能为日本人所熟知,但我们是整个七到八个展厅里唯一的西方人。
我将永远记住这次发现和经历。