Please note that the English guide is available as text only. There is no audio narration.

Exhibition Overview

What were things like prior to War?

In today's world, where people increasingly speak of a "new prewar era,", how much do we truly understand about the path that once led to war?

This exhibition reexamines the relationship between culture and war by exploring the art, crafts, and media that emerged between the political transition from the Ryukyu Kingdom to Okinawa Prefecture and the outbreak of the Pacific War.

 

• Chapter 1: A Time of Change
• Chapter 2: Exchanges
• Chapter 3: Towards War
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• First Term Exhibition: November 1, 2025 (Sat) – December 14, 2025 (Sun)
• Second Term Exhibition: December 16, 2025 (Tue) – February 1, 2026 (Sun)
• Second Term (First Half): December 16, 2025 (Tue) – January 18, 2026 (Sun)
• Second Term (Second Half): January 20, 2026 (Tue) – February 1, 2026 (Sun)


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List of Art Work Descriptions

Please follow the exhibition route in this order: Collection Gallery 3 (3rd floor), then Collection Gallery 2 (3rd floor), and finally Collection Gallery 1 (2nd floor).

Collection Gallery 3

01　Male and Female of Ryukyu People HIGA Seisei
*Exhibit only during the second term (first half) of the exhibition period.

02　"Bamboo and Sparrows" YAMAGUCHI Zuiu
*Exhibition during the first term only.

03　"Gamecock" YOSHIMURA Chogi

04　"Market in Itoman" YOSHIDA Hiroshi

05　"Tropical Country" TAGAWA Kinji

06　"Shikinaen" ONO Bakufu

07　"Manazuru Vicinity" GABE Seitatsu

08　"Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove" YAMADA Shinzan

 Collection Gallery 2

09　"Writing Box, floral and butterfly design in red lacquer with Chinkin" KINJO Itei

10　"A Okinawa (Grandchildren)" FUJITA Tsuguharu

11　"Tomb" YAMAKAWA Kiyoshi

12　"Lotus II" MIYAGI Yotoku

13　"Self-Portrait" KOBASHIGAWA Hideo

Collection Gallery 1

14　"Still Life of the Fish" HAEBARU Choko

15　"In Kaio-maru (Large ship)" KITAGAWA Tamiji

16　"The Edge of Ryutan Pond" OMINE Seikwan