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Poster for the Tanomura Chokunyu and modern Kyoto Nanga exhibition

The Museum of Kyoto · Sanjo

Tanomura Chokunyu and Nanga Painting in Modern Kyoto: The Ambience of Nature

Upcoming3 October 2026 – 29 November 2026·£600

130 years after Kyoto's Japan Nanga Association formed, works by Tanomura Chokunyu, Tomioka Tessai and fellow literati painters from the Kyoto Prefecture collection.

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