We are pleased to present the "Japanese Painting - G6 Exhibition," featuring six young, talented artists who are the next generation of leaders, all of whom graduated from the Department of Japanese Painting at Tokyo University of the Arts. Drawing on traditional Japanese painting techniques while incorporating contemporary expressions and materials, each artist unfolds their own unique world on the canvas, pioneering a new world of Japanese painting. Brimming with fresh sensibility and individuality, the exhibition will feature approximately 20 new works, ranging from large-scale to small-scale pieces. We hope you will take this opportunity to view them.

Exhibiting artists: Izumi Higashiomi, Okubo Tomochika, Osawa Takuya, Saegusa Jun, Namiki Hidetoshi, Yoshida Jun (titles omitted, in alphabetical order)

Title: - Japanese Painting - G6 Exhibition
Period: Wednesday, February 24th, 2021–Tuesday, March 2nd
*The exhibition will close at 4pm on the final day, Tuesday, March 2nd
*Please check the Daimaru Shinsaibashi store website for the latest opening hours.
Venue: Daimaru Shinsaibashi Main Building, 8th floor
Artglorieux GALLERY OF OSAKA (Artglorieux Gallery of Osaka)



Izumi Higashiomi "Yukoku" 8S Japanese painting (washi paper, mineral pigments) 594,000 yen including tax


Okubo Tomochika "Kanade" 10P Japanese painting (Japanese paper, mineral pigments) 660,000 yen including tax


Takuya Osawa "Sound of Water" 75.0 x 50.6 cm Japanese painting (wood panel, tin powder, lacquer) 935,000 yen including tax


Jun Saegusa "Owl" 10M Japanese painting (Japanese paper, mineral pigments, colored leaf) 550,000 yen including tax


Hidetoshi Namiki "Eight Immortal Flowers" 16.5x39.0cm Japanese painting (Paulownia board, mineral pigments, gold leaf, platinum leaf) 430,000 yen including tax



Jun Yoshida "Love" 30.0x30.0cm Japanese painting (Washi paper, ink) 165,000 yen including tax


Azuma Izumi Haruomi Izumi
1979 Born in Chiba Prefecture
2003 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Japanese Painting Major
2004 Received Encouragement Award, Garyuzakura Japanese Painting Grand Prize Exhibition
2005 Completed Master's Course at Tokyo University of the Arts (Nakajima Laboratory)
2009 Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair 2009
2010 Part-time Lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts until 2012
2011 "G6 Exhibition" (Tokyo, and every year thereafter, from 2014 at Matsuzakaya Nagoya, and from 2015 at Daimaru Shinsaibashi)
2012 Technique Course: Serialised in the March, April and May issues of Bijutsu no Mado
2013 "Okasho Exhibition" (Go Sakura Museum of Art/Tokyo) and "Imago Mundi" (Benetton Foundation, Venice)
2018 Solo exhibition "Izumi Toshin - The Absolute Formation of Beauty" (Tokyo, Matsuzakaya Nagoya, Daimaru Shinsaibashi)
Currently a member of the Japan Artists Federation

Okubo Tomomutsu
1978 Born in Tokyo
2004 Graduated from the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in Japanese Painting
2006 Completed the Master's course in Japanese Painting at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2007 Selected for the 92nd revived Inten Exhibition for the first time (until '15)
2008 Selected for the 63rd Spring Inten Exhibition for the first time (until '15)
2009 Completed the Doctoral course in Japanese Painting at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2011 "G6 Exhibition" (Tokyo, and every year thereafter, from 2014 at Matsuzakaya Nagoya, and from 2015 at Daimaru Shinsaibashi)
2014: "2nd Okasho Exhibition" (Go Sakura Museum of Art/Tokyo) Encouragement Award ('17)
2017: "Okubo Tomochika Exhibition - Mirrored Space -" (Suwa City Art Museum)
2019: Solo exhibition "Okubo Tomochika -space of mirror-" (Tokyo, Matsuzakaya Nagoya, Daimaru Shinsaibashi)
Currently a fellow of the Japan Art Academy and an associate professor at Bunkyo University

Osawa Takuya
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1979
Graduated from the Department of Japanese Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts in 2004
2005: Selected for the 32nd Soga Exhibition for the first time ('06 Encouragement Award)
2006 Completed the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japanese Painting
First time selected for the 32nd Spring Sogakai Exhibition ('08, '10 Spring Exhibition Award)
2009 Completed the Doctoral Program in Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School, Japanese Painting Research Area
2010 3-Nation G Exhibition: Korea (Seoul National University), China (Hainan University), Germany (Stuttgart State University of Arts and Design)
2011 "G6 Exhibition" (Tokyo, and every year thereafter, '14~ Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store, '15~ Daimaru Shinsaibashi Store)
2012 Education and Research Assistant, Japanese Painting, Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
2020 Solo exhibition "Osawa Takuya -Kunstgewerbe-" (Tokyo, Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store, Daimaru Shinsaibashi Store)
Currently a member of the Japan Cultural Properties Urushi Association Member

Atsushi Saegusa
1979 Born in Nagano Prefecture
2003 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Majoring in Japanese Painting
2005 Completed Master's course at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School (Nakajima Laboratory)
Selected for Independent Exhibitions (until 2008)
2006 "ShinPA!" (Obuse Museum, Nakajima Chinami Museum, Sato Museum of Art) (every year thereafter)
2011 "G6 Exhibition" (Tokyo, every year thereafter, 2014~ Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store, 2015~ Daimaru Shinsaibashi Store)
2015 "Art Taipei 2015" (Taipei), "Art021" (Shanghai)
2016 "Art Taipei 2016" (Taipei), "6075 Macau Hotel Art Fair" (Macau)
2019 Solo exhibition "Saegusa Jun - Splendor of Flowers and Birds" (Tokyo, Matsuzakaya Nagoya, Daimaru Shinsaibashi)

Hidetoshi Namiki
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1979
2004 First selected for the 89th Re-opened Inten Exhibition (and has been selected every year since)
2008 Completed doctoral course in conservation and restoration (Japanese painting) at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
Part-time lecturer at Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts
2010 16th Tenshin Memorial Ibaraki Award
65th Spring Inten Exhibition Encouragement Award ('11, '12, '14)
95th Re-opened Inten Exhibition Encouragement Award ('12, '16, '18)
2011 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Cultural Property Conservation
"G6 Exhibition" (Tokyo, and every year thereafter, from 2014 at Matsuzakaya Nagoya, and from 2015 at Daimaru Shinsaibashi)
Received the Minister of Foreign Affairs Award, 66th Spring Inten Exhibition
2014 Part-time Lecturer, Art Innovation Center, Tokyo University of the Arts
2015 Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Art & Science Lab, COI Research Promotion Organization, Tokyo University of the Arts
2017 6th Nakamura Award, Maeda Seison Memorial Nakamura Scholarship Foundation
Currently a Scholar of the Japan Art Academy

Jun Yoshida
1982 Born in Tokyo
2006 Graduated from the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, with a Bachelor of Japanese Painting
2008 Completed Master's course in Printmaking at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts
2009 Graduated as a research student at the same university
2010 Education and Research Assistant in Oil Painting and Printmaking at Tokyo University of the Arts Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Painting (until 2013)
Grand Prize at the 1st Adachi UKIYOE Grand Prize
2011 ART OSAKA 2011 (HOTEL GRNVIA OSAKA/Osaka), Young Art Taipei (Taipei)
2013 Encouragement Award at the Fantasy Art Grand Prize Exhibition 2013
2014 Specially Appointed Lecturer in Printmaking, Department of Art and Design, Faculty of Art, Kyoto Seika University (until 2019)
Art Fair Tokyo 2014 ('16, '18) (Tokyo International Forum)
2015 Excellence Award at the New Painting Grand Prize Exhibition 2015
Present Part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts


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