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EXHIBITION

Tokyo Illustrators Society Presents

“Forms of Wa” Depictions of “Things Japanese” by 160 Illustrators

  • DATES : Mon. August 20 - Fri. September 21, 2007

The gallery is pleased to host the 13th annual exhibition of works by members of the Tokyo Illustrators Society (TIS). For this year’s exhibition TIS members were asked to create illustrations on the theme of “Wa,” which refers to anything that is associated with Japan and distinctly Japanese. Works by some 160 illustrators will be on display.

In recent years, “Wa” taste has been attracting renewed attention in many areas, and even among young Japanese, today the aesthetics of “Wa” are regaining popularity. In response, we asked 160 TIS members active in the present to create illustrations having to do with “things Japanese.” Visitors to the upcoming exhibition will surely enjoy seeing how they each approached this year’s theme. The exhibits will be augmented by short essays by the illustrators about their works, and the works on display will be available for purchase.

  • Yoko Komura

  • Kaori Kumura

  • Eijirou Mori

  • Takashi Kitami

Exhibition Profile
Display and sale of approximately 160 newly created illustrations (original drawings) on the theme of “Wa.” Uniform size: 30×30 cm.

Purchase Price
¥35,000 per illustration (including frame). Purchases will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis, starting from opening day. Some illustrations will not be for sale.

Tokyo Illustrators Society
The Tokyo Illustrators Society (TIS) was established in October 1988 to promote exchanges of information and ties of friendship between illustrators and to foster collective strength to promote social recognition of the profession of the illustrator. As of July 2007, society membership stands at 213. To pursue new possibilities in illustration and further its development, TIS actively engages in activities including hosting of exhibitions, organization of open competitions to cultivate future illustrators, publishing and study seminars. TIS is currently headed by Administrative Director Tadahito Nadamoto, with Mizumaru Anzai serving as Chairman and Hiroki Taniguchi acting as Secretary General.

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Participating Members (alphabetical order)
Mariko Abe, Iku Akiyama, Takashi Akiyama, Izuru Aminaka, Mizumaru Anzai, Ryoji Arai, Sonoko Arai, Yukio Asaka, Azumimushi, Ryuji Fujieda, Aoi Fujimoto, Hideto Fujimoto, Shinichi Fukui, Zenji Funabashi, Taku Furukawa, Emiko Goto, Hiroshi Goto, Mitsuru Gotsuji, Masako Hanai, Yusaku Hanakuma, Takashi Harako, Yoshifumi Hasegawa, Kei Hayama, Kyozo Hayashi, Hisaki Hiramatsu, Ippei Hirasawa, Kaoru Hironaka, Jun Iida, Kazuyoshi Iino, Takayuki Ino, Miki Ishii, Koji Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Ishikura, Chisato Ishimaru, Shun Itagaki, Masamichi Ito, Hitomi Itoh, Hiroyuki Izutsu, Ritsuko Izutsu, Hayato Jome, Toru Kageyama, Ken-ichi Kanno, Hiromasa Kato, Kazuo Kawakami, Mizue Kawamura, Yosuke Kawamura, Shiro Kazama, Keiko Kimura, Tetuya Kitada, Takashi Kitami, Osamu Kitamura, Shigehisa Kitatani, Yukio Kitta, Tatsuro Kiuchi, Amigos Koike, Yoko Komura, Seijiro Kubo, Shuji Kubo, Tadashi Kumai, Kaori Kumura, Setsu Kunii, KUNTA, Nobuyuki Kuwabara, Taro Manabe, Satoshi Maruyama, Takashi Matsumoto, Taiko Matsuo, Shinbo Minami, Toru Minegishi, Rieko Mizuguchi, Minori Mizukami, Tamae Mizukami, Takushi Mizuno, Eijirou Mori, Sadahito Mori, Hideyasu Moto, Kuniko Moto, Kazuaki Murai, Tadahito Nadamoto, Keisuke Nagatomo, Takahiro Nagino, Sachiko Nakamura, Hisako Nakayama, Yasushi Nakayama, Yumiko Nakazawa, Yenpitsu Nemoto, Yukiko Ninomiya, Noboru Nishi, Miyako Nomura, Toshio Nomura, Akira Odagiri, Seiko Ohmori, Masamichi Oikawa, Yosuke Onishi, Tomoko Ono, Toshiaki Ono, Yusuke Otake, Noriko Otobe, Ichio Otsuka, Yusuke Saitoh, Emiko Sakaguchi, Miyuki Sakai, Toshio Sakamoto, Satomi Sakurai, Etsuko Sakuta, Goro Sasaki, Yuki Sasameya, Kunio Sato, Naoyuki Sato, Masaru Shichinohe, Ikki Shimoda, Nisuke Shimotani, Mitsuo Shinozaki, Yutanpo Shirane, Shiratayon, Seijiro So, Aki Soeda, Akira Sorimachi, Keiji Sugita, Yutaka Sugita, Hanmo Sugiura, Hiro Sugiyama, Eizin Suzuki, Seiichi Takabe, Kintaro Takahashi, Masaaki Takauji, Hironobu Tamari, Hiroyuki Tamino, Hiroki Taniguchi, Ayako Taniyama, Seizo Tashima, Taku Tashiro, Shuji Tateishi, Junzo Terada, Lisa Tezuka, Chizuko Todoroki, Norihisa Tojimbara, Ryo Tsutsui, Jun Tsuzuki, Mineko Ueda, Ueno Amore Hirosuke, Aquirax Uno, Makoto Wada, Shin-Ichiro Wakao, Ririco Watanabe, Nobuhiko Yabuki, Mihoko Yagi, Harumi Yamaguchi, Mao Yamaguchi, Masaru Yamaguchi, Takato Yamamoto, Pedro Yamashita, Yuzo Yamashita, Ayako Yamazaki, Masao Yamazaki, Nobuko Yamazaki, Sugio Yamazaki, Tomoko Yokoo, Yasuhiro Yomogida, Megumi Yoshizane