Shiga Museum of Art 40th Anniversary

BUTSUDORI　

The Photographic Expression of “Objects”

January 18 (Sat.) ー March 23 (Sun.), 2025

https://www.shigamuseum.jp/en/exhibitions/6844/

https://yukionodera.fr/en/works/portrait-of-second-hand-clothes/

If you have ever picked up a camera, you have most likely aimed the lens at the everyday objects around you. The act of taking pictures has become even more widespread with the shift from cameras to smartphones. Further-more, the rise of social media has caused an overflow of photographs of “Objects” across the globe. The word butsudori originally referred to the act of photographing products used in advertisements. However if we focus on the act of photographing objects, we realize that it is an important form of expression that has continued throughout the history of photography.

The exhibition is an effort to reframe photographic works that result from capturing objects by taking inspiration from the term butsudori, looking at one of the many facets of the rich photographic expressions in Japan.

This exhibition presents over 200 works, including original photographic negatives from the Meiji period designated as important cultural properties, photographs of cultural properties, still life, advertisements, and works by contemporary artists.

Butsudori is an act very close to us. Let’s take a look into its depths.

 Ishiuchi Miyako  Irie Taikichi  Iwamiya Takeji  Ueda Shoji  Ushioda Tokuko  Otsuji Kiyoji  Ogawa Kazumasa  Ogawa Seiyo  Onodera Yuki  Onchi Koshiro   Kanemaru Shigene  Kawauchi Rinko  Kimura Senichi  Goto Keiichiro  Kon Michiko  Sakai Tokio  Sakata Minoru  Sakamoto Manshichi  Shiotani Teiko  Shima Kakoku  Shimamura Hoko  Shimozato Yoshio  Suzuki Takashi  Takada Minayoshi  Takayama Masataka  Tominaga Minsei  Domon Ken  Nagata Isshu  Nakayama Iwata  Natori Yonosuke  Nojima Yasuzo  Fukuda Katsuji  Fujimoto Shihachi  Fuchikami Hakuyo  Homma Takashi  Yasui Nakaji  Yasumura Takashi  Yamazawa Eiko  Yamamoto Kansuke  Yamamoto Makihiko  Yokoyama Matsusaburo   Yoshizaki Hitori  Watanabe Jun

Period: January 18 (Sat.) ー March 23 (Sun.), 2025

Closed Mondays(The museum will be open on Monday, February 24 and closed on Tuesday, February 25.)

Opening Hours9:30-17:00 (Last admission at 16:30)

Venue: Shiga Museum of Art Gallery3

Organized by Shiga Museum of Art, The Kyoto Shimbun

With the special cooperation of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

Grants from DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion

Curated byAshitaka Ikuko (Shiga Museum of Art)

Shiga Museum of Art

1740-1 Seta-Minamiogaya-Cho, Otsu-City, 520−2122 Shiga, JAPAN

TEL 077-543-2111 / FAX 077-543-2170

（Business Hour / Weekday 8:30～17:15）

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