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Keigetsu Matsubayashi Aug.18, 1876 〜 May 22, 1963 He was born as the second son of Tokuichi Ito at Nakawatashi, in Yamada village, Abu county(Yamada, Hagi city).His real name was Atsushi.After graduating from Hakusui elementary school(Hagi municipal Hakusui elementary school), he entered the service of the village office in Akiragi village, Abu county(Akiragi, Hagi city).At the age of 19, he went up to Tokyo with the help of Yoshinaga Takiguchi, a member of the Upper House, who was from the same village, and he became a pupil of Yukoku Noguchi, a Japanese painting artist.In 1901, he married Takako Matsubayashi and bore the name of Matsubayashi. He was actively engaged in the field of Japanese painting, especially in the field of the southern school of Chinese painting and he became a judge of the ImperialAcademy’s art exhibition(Teiten) in1919.He became a member of the ImperialAcademy Art in 1932, an Imperial academician in 1937.Moreover, he became a court artist in 1944 and gained an indisputable position in the Japanese painting world. After the war, he not only became an authority of the southern school of Chinese painting, but also played an important role as a representative artist in the Japanese painting world.He became a judge of the art exhibition sponsored by the Juridical Corporate Association, which was newly organized, and he was awarded an Order of Cultural Merits in 1958.In 1959, he organized the Japanese southern school of Chinese painting academy.Besides donating much money to various public undertakings of Hagi city,he contributed the construction expenses of the lecture hall and his works to his alma mater of Hakusui elementary school. |
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Keigetsu Matsubayashi (1876〜1963) was actively engaged in the field of Japanese painting, especially in the field of Chinese painting in the Taisho and the first half of the Showa period and gained an indisputable position in the Japanese artists’ world. Moreover, he expended his own money upon various kinds of public undertakings of Hagi city, and he was recommended as an honorary citizen of Hagi city.Here we are to exhibit his painting works and autographs, articles left behind and photos, which have been handed down from generation to generation in his birth place of Hagi.We’d like you to appreciate the painting world of Keigetsu’s.We also introduce the close connection between Keigetsu and the city of Hagi. |
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Photo by Masaji Kadokawa 
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| ■Opening Hours | 9:00〜17:00 （Last admission 16:30） |
| ■Open Everyday | |
| ■Addmission fees | Adults-500yen College,Senior High School, University Students-300yen Primary & Junior High School Students-100yen 20% discount for a group consisting of at least 20 people and disabled people. |
| ■One-year Pass | Adults-1500yen |
| ■Parking Space is available for 66 cars and 7 buses. | |
■Enquiries |
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