Since the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom which traded with Asian countries, Okinawa has developed its own unique culture. However, in 1932, after becoming a part of Japan, the novel "Perishing Ryukyu Women's Memoirs" (originally titled "Sadness in a Corner") by Okinawan-born KUSHI Fusako was published in Fujin Koron, and was left unfinished due to protest against its expression of Hajichi and other customs from the Okinawa Prefectural Student Association in Tokyo. 
    This exhibition features artists who have taken up the issue of "discrimination and prejudice against the weak" that KUSHI tackled 89 years ago, and are now practicing a methodology that approaches the limits of expression in the 21st century. The exhibition features approximately 50 works by American artists with Okinawan Hawaiian roots, artists of the Okinawa Women Artists Association established in 1977 and artists who studied at the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts. 
We hope that you will be able to feel the multicultural aspects and possibilities of Okinawan art and enjoy the new developments in art.

Artists:
IKEHARA Kiyoko, NAKAJIMA Isoko, NISHIMURA Ritsuko, UEHARA Yoshi, SUNAGAWA Kiyo, ISHIGAKI Katsuko, Laura KINA, Emily Hanako MOMOHARA, KYAN Chie, YAMAKAWA Sayaka, ENDO Kaori, KOMIYA Yukina, IZUMIKAWA Nohana, TERADA Kento, NIZOE Marina