Arts and stage · Kansai
Yamaga Seika: Soaring Imagination, 140th Anniversary of His Birth
生誕140年記念 染織家 山鹿清華─宙翔ぶイマジネーション
A retrospective of Kyoto textile artist Yamaga Seika (1885 to 1981), the first in 40 years, at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art.
Confirmed dates
- Dates
- Sat 19 Sep to Sun 20 Dec 2026
- Date status
- Dates published by the organiser or an official tourism source
- Venue
- Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
- City
- Kyoto
- Prefecture
- Kyoto
- Region
- Kansai
- Category
- Arts and stage
- Tickets
- Paid, from ¥1,800
- Checked
- Sun 25 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
A retrospective of Kyoto textile artist Yamaga Seika (1885 to 1981), the first in 40 years, at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art. Yamaga devised te-ori nishiki, a tapestry weave he designed and wove entirely himself, after studying design and Japanese painting and training under Kamisaka Sekka. His motifs range from festival hangings with celestial maidens and dragons to locomotives, rockets and Tokyo Tower. General admission is 1,800 yen.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking options for this event are being checked and will be added here.
Official source: https://kyotocity-kyocera.museum/exhibition/20260919-20261220. Dates checked Sun 25 Oct 2026.