October 3 – November 12, 2020
Open Tuesday – Sunday, noon – 6 p.m.
Gallery Kojima
5-16 Izumicho-1chome Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo, 185-0024
TEL : +81-42-207-7918
e-mail : eakojima@gmail.com
We are pleased to present the exhibition “Transient life / Eternal beauty”
– featureing Sofu Teshigahara, Yukio Nakagawa, and Zenzaburo Kojima as three flower saints.
Focusing on their comon philosophy, view of nature, and sense of beauty,
this show introduces their world of “華禅一如(Ka-Zen-Ichi-Nyo)” – 華 : flowers, 禅 : Zen, 一 : one, 如 : suchness.
Biography;
Sofu Teshigahara（1900−1979）
Yukio Nakagawa（1918−2012）
Zenzaburo Kojima（1893-1962)
Works
Sofu Teshigahara （1900−1979）
Untitled／Iron／111 x 20 x 18.5cm Untitled／Wood,Aluminum／60 x 35×17.5cm Untitled／Bronze／37.5 × 31.5 × 24cm
Untitled／Wood, Aluminum／62 × 37 × 17.5cm
Gekko／ink on paper／68 × 48 × 24cm Haku-un Kyorai／Ink on paper／44.6×59.7cm Ha／Pigment on wire net／ 156 x 100cm
Ura (bay)／ink on paper Umi (sea)／ink on paper Fallen leaves（落葉両三片)／ink on paper
Ryu (dragon) / ink on paper Eien (eternity) / ink on paper Shinshin (fresh) / ink on paper
Hanging rolls
Fuji／Oil on paper Fuji／Oil on canvas／32.5 x 23.5cm
Yukio Nakagawa （1918−2012）
Hana Bozu／C prints／1973 A breast of the sea – A／C prints／1999 Light approaching／C prints／1980
20.4 x 16.4cm 75 x 58cm 22.2 x 17.4cm
Untitled (Ka – raku series)／flower liquid on paper／1984／50.5×58.0cm
Untitled／31.5×52.0cm Untitled／1986／41.5×38.4cm Untitled／1984／68.0×69.0cm
Kodama／Ink on paper／1989／100×70.5cm Arashi／Ink on paper／65 x 48cm Ho-ju／Ink on paper／31.5 x 45cm
Untitled／Ink on paper／1986／19.7 x 28.0cm
Untitled／Glass Untitled／Glass
Untitled／Glass Untitled／Glass
Untitled／Glass Untitled／Glass
Zenzaburo Kojima （1893-1962)
Anemones／Oil on canvas／c.1952 Camellias／Oil on canvas／1955
38.0×45.5cm 53.0 x 45.3cm
Dhalias／Oil on canvas／1956 Roses（last work）／Oil on canvas／1961-62
60.6×45.5cm 33.4×24.3cm
Lilies and Carnations／Oil on canvas／1955 Roses / Oil on canvas / 1957
53.0×46.0cm 41.0 x 32.0cm