2025.11.14

On Dec.01, “ARTIS” (bimonthly) No.38, a periodical booklet on culture and art, will be published.

　On Dec.01, “ARTIS” (Latin for ‘art’) No.38, which introduces our gallery’s collection from various perspectives and has been well received by our readers, will be published. Under the theme “Shiki Shoyo (Four Seasons Stroll),” we contemplate the delicate view of nature that thrives in Japan, the passage of the seasons, and their interplay with art. The exhibition of the same title, “Shiki Shoyo (Four Seasons Stroll)” Exhibition will also be held from Sunday, Dec. 7 (Sun.) to Mar. 28 (Sat.). We sincerely hope you will take the opportunity to view the actual works during this period and look forward to welcoming you.

　In the [Opening Page] Pursuing an Artwork, we focus the Japanese painter Yasuda Yukihiko’s “Haku　Bai (White Japanese Apricot Blossoms). Yukihiko particularly cherished apricot blossoms among flowers and plants, and we introduce a short essay alongside images depicting him diligently sketching the trees planted in his garden. Incidentally, “Haku Bai” is a work especially favored by his son, art critic Mr. Yasuda Kenichi.

　In the “Creators” corner, we will introduce the life of Kikuchi Keigetsu, one of the Japanese painters whose works are in our gallery’s collection, and delve into the secrets of his intellectual and inquisitive attitude and roots. In the [Free Project] Here and Now, we will explore what the painter wanted to express while contemplating the color expression of Hirose Kou’s “Tsurugi-dake Shoka (Mount Tsurugi in Early Summer).”

　In “My Eyes,” a contribution by gallery visitors, you can read a contribution to Toshima Yasumasa’s “Fuyu no Tabi―Yottsu no Karin―(Winter Journey – Four Quinces)” by Mr. Kitagawa Shuya, who has a novel background of being a researcher in observational astrophysics. Please enjoy this fragrant prose poem, captured with a keen aesthetic eye.

　If you are interested in ARTIS, please contact Memorial Gallery of Toshima Yasumasa (direct phone number: 03-3511-8162）for free distribution and free regular delivery.

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[Opening Page] Pursue an Artwork	: Yasuda Yukihiko “Haku Bai (White Japanese Apricot Blossoms)”
[Interview] The Art Talk	: “Shiki Shoyo (Four Seasons Stroll)”
[Column] Creators	: Kikuchi Keigetsu
[Free Project] Here and Now	: Murasaki no Nioeru (Fragrant in Purple)
[Contribution] My Eye	: Kitagawa Shuya
[Serials]	: Letter from Toshima Yasumasa 　Curator News

2025.9.19

On Oct.01, “ARTIS” (bimonthly) No.37, a periodical booklet on culture and art, will be published.

　On Oct.01, “ARTIS” (Latin for ‘art’) No.37, which introduces our gallery’s collection from various perspectives and has been well received by our readers, will be published. Under the theme “Gensō to Shinwa (Fantasy and Myth),” we contemplate what fantasy means in art and what kind of art emerges from myth. [Opening Page] “Pursuing an Artwork” introduces Western-style painter Hirano Ryo’s work ,, a piece created through meditation in a studio shielded from external light. The “Creators” corner explores the life of Kūkai, whose calligraphy is held in our gallery’s collection, tracing his turbulent life, a life that is like a myth itself.

　In addition, [Free Project] “Here and Now” features Zen Master Hakuin’s final years calligraphy piece “Kokuzō Bosatsu” and introduces the Kokuzō Gumonji-hō practice, which both Kūkai and Hakuin studied. In the visitors [Contribution] “My Eyes,” you can read a dewy fresh poem by Ms. Nakamura Michika, an art-special teacher at a Tokyo public elementary school, singing of ≪Shiroi Shinwa (White Myth)≫, a work painted by Toshima Yasumasa in his youth. Inspired by her encounter with this work at the Akita Museum of Art’s 2020 exhibition “Jōmon no Honō to Yami (Jōmon Flames and Darkness)–Yasumasa Toshima,” Ms. Nakamura wove this poem. We invite you to pick up a copy and read it.

　“Kodai no Ibuki (Breath of Antiquity)” exhibition (July 29, 2025 – November 29, 2025) continues to be well-received. Works by Hirano Ryo, introduced at the beginning of ARTIS No.37, are also on display. We invite you to visit.

　If you are interested in ARTIS, please contact Memorial Gallery of Toshima Yasumasa (direct phone number: 03-3511-8162）for free distribution and free regular delivery.

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[Opening Page] Pursue an Artwork	: Hirano Ryo “Toward Morning”
[Interview] The Art Talk	: Fantasy and Myth
[Column] Creators	: Kūkai
[Free Project] Here and Now	: Kokū wo Tsunagu Mono (Something that connects the Void)
[Contribution] My Eye	: Nakamura Michika
[Serials]	: Letter from Toshima Yasumasa 　Curator News

2025.9.5

Announcement of Publication and Commemorative Event for “Tamashii no Nensyo e (To the Combustion of the Soul): Expanded Definitive Edition” (by the late Shimizu Katsuyoshi and Shigyo Sosyu, published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha).

　The book “To the Combustion of the Soul” (Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha), compiling conversations between the late Shimizu Katsuyoshi, Shop Manager of Dokusyo no Susume, and Shigyo Sosyu will be published as an expanded definitive edition, including a dialogue between the two held in Shinozaki, Edogawa Ward in 2023. Originally published in 2015, the book had been out of print for a long time, with requests for its reprinting coming from various quarters. Furthermore, as 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the Dokusho no Susume’s founding, this expanded definitive edition will also serve as a commemorative publication.

　However, to our regret, Mr. Shimizu Katsuyoshi passed away just before publication (June 2025), making this his final work. We sincerely hope that this book, which embodies Mr. Shimizu’s way of life leading the useless reading, and the reading to live life to the fullest as his final message, will inspire you to pick it up and reflect on the act of reading itself.

“Grasping the Essence of Life”
Friday, October 10, 2025, 6:30 PM
Venue: Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan Auditorium

　To commemorate this publication, Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha will host an event titled “Jinsei no Honshitsu o Tsukamu (Grasping the Essence of Life).” Shigyo will speak on how to connect daily reading to the core of life. The event features Mr. Oda Masayoshi, CEO of LIMIT-BREAKER Inc., who cultivates executives and leaders primarily through YouTube and seminars, proposing business models centered on the philosophy of “World Upgrade” (Evolving All Worlds). Through deep questions and responses, attendees will learn alongside Mr. Oda Masayoshi.
Please register for the event commemorating the publication of “Tamashii no Nensho e (To the Combustion of the Soul).”

【Event Details】

◆Event Overview here
◆Register here

【Event Date & Time】

Date & Time: Friday, October 10, 2025
Doors Open:17:30 PM / Performance: 18:30 PM – 20:00 PM / Q&A: 20:00 PM – 20:30 PM

【Venue】

Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan Auditorium(2-20 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0021)
5-minute walk from Ikebukuro Station Metropolitan Exit

【Participation Fee】

(All prices include tax)
・Book ‘To the Combustion of the Soul: Expanded Definitive Edition’ (1 copy) + Venue Ticket: ¥6,000
　※A limited number of autographed copies will be given away.

・Venue Ticket: ¥4,000
・Online Ticket: ¥3,000円
　※Archive video available for one month after the event.

【Organizer & Contact】

Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Inc. event@j-n.co.jp

2025.7.9

On Aug. 01, “ARTIS” (bimonthly) No.36, a periodical booklet on culture and art, will be published.

　On Aug.01, “ARTIS” (Latin for ‘art’) No.36, which introduces our gallery’s collection from various perspectives and has been well received by our visitors, will be published. The theme of this issue is “Kodai no Ibuki (Breath of Antiquity),” which explores art connected to ancient times. In [Opening Page] Pursue an Artwork, we introduce “Self-engraved Portrait” by the Korean genius sculptor Kwon Jinkyu. This work is a valuable piece left in Japan through the friendship between Kwon and our gallery’s pillar Western painter Toshima Yasumasa (Bequest of Toshima Yasumasa).
　The “Creators” Corner delves into the life of the same sculptor, Kwon Jinkyu, while Free Project, “Here and Now” explores the connection between Breath of the Jomon period and the very late-life calligraphy work ‘Hyaku Jyu (One Hundred Felicities) ’ by Zen master Hakuin. In Contribution column “My Eyes,” you can read a light-hearted short essay by Hanshi, a “Tankyu-shin no Zasshoku-ka (Curious Omnivore),” on the subject of Gassan Sword. Please take a look. The exhibition with the same title, “Kodai no Ibuki (Breath of Antiquity)” Exhibition (Period: Jul. 29, 2025–Nov. 29, 2025), will be held, where you can view Kwon Jinkyu’s time transcending works. We hope you will visit both exhibitions.

　If you are interested in ARTIS, please contact Memorial Gallery of Toshima Yasumasa (direct phone number: 03-3511-8162）for free distribution and free regular delivery.

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[Opening Page] Pursue an Artwork	: Toshima Yasumasa “En la calle ―Street of La Racheー”
[Interview] The Art Talk	: Fudo to Iro (Climate and Color)
[Column] Creators	: Shiga Naoya
[Free Project] Here and Now	: Nishi no Kyo yori (From Western Capital)
[Contribution] My Eye	: Maeda Yukari
[Serials]	: Letter from Toshima Yasumasa 　Curator News

2025.5.19

On June 01, “ARTIS” (bimonthly) No.35, a periodical booklet on culture and art, will be published.

　On June 1, “ARTIS” (Latin for “art”) No.35, which introduces our gallery’s collection from a variety of perspectives and has been well received by our readers, will be published. This issue, entitled “Fudo to Iro (Climate and Color),” and the theme of the issue is how climate and earth spirits are expressed in paintings, with color as the main perspective. At the opening page, a water color painting of La Rache in Morocco, which Toshima Yasumasa visited will be introduced. And in the “Creators” corner, Shiga Naoya, whose ceramics are part of the Sosyu Collection, will be featured. In Free project “Here and Now” explores the relationship between Yasuda Yukihiko’s works and the climate of Nara, which fostered his sense of beauty. In “My Eyes” contributed by a visitor to the gallery, a Japanese painter Ms. Maeda Yukari exquisitely describes her impression of encountering Yasuda Yukihiko’s “Seisei Creation). ” Please take a look.

　At Shigyo Sosyu Collection Display Floor / Memorial Gallery of Toshima Yasumasa, the same title as ARTIS No.34 “Kaze no Katami – New・Collection”Exhibition (Dates: 2025/4/1 – 2025/7/19)continues to exhibit the newly added works to the Shigyo Sosyu Collection for the first time. The exhibition focuses on works of art by Western-style painter Hirose Ko and sculptor Sawada Hideo, both of whom were collected in recent years as symbols of spiritual and futuristic art. The exhibition also combines his previous collections. We hope you can feel the transformation of the spirituality that has been passed down to us along with the new winds of “Kaze no Katami”.

　If you are interested in ARTIS, please contact Memorial Gallery of Toshima Yasumasa (direct phone number: 03-3511-8162）for free distribution and free regular delivery.

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[Opening Page] Pursue an Artwork	: Toshima Yasumasa “En la calle ―Street of La Racheー”
[Interview] The Art Talk	: Fudo to Iro (Climate and Color)
[Column] Creators	: Shiga Naoya
[Free Project] Here and Now	: Nishi no Kyo yori (From Western Capital)
[Contribution] My Eye	: Maeda Yukari
[Serials]	: Letter from Toshima Yasumasa 　Curator News

2025.5.19

Scheduled for release in late June 2025, Sosyu Genkoroku IV (Sosyu Chronicle of Words and Deeds) [Kofuku to wa nanika (What is Happiness?)] ( published by Jitsugyo no Nihonsha, Ltd., written by Shigyo Sosyu) will be published!

　This time, from Jitsugyo no Nihonsha, Ltd., Shigyo Sosyu’s new series of Sosyu Genkoroku IV [Kofuku to wa nanika] will be released after June 20, 2025 (￥2,200 including tax, ISBN:978-4-408-65130-9, 344 pages) Click here to purchase or make reservation.

　Sosyu Genkoroku is a compilation of talks given by the author at lectures, and the fourth book is titled “Kofuku to wa nanika (What is Happiness?)” the Part 1 is a lecture given at the Tokyo Headquarters of PHP Research Institute (relayed from the Kyoto Headquarters) in commemoration of the publication of “Gendai no Kosatsu (A Study of Actuality),” the Part 2 is a lecture given at the Nakanoshima Center of Osaka University, hosted by Ningengaku-jyuku Nakanoshima, and Part 3 is a lecture given for the class of the 36th term of the Matsushita Seikei Juku. The Part 4 contains the lectures given at the 50th anniversary of the Death of Mishima Yukio and the 53rd “Yukoku-ki ”. This book is filled with the true “what is happiness” and the philosophy of happiness that promotes fundamental life-burning, which is different from modern people’s view of happiness. Please pick up a copy.

Part 1: On Happiness
Part 2: What is Morality – Toward True Happiness
Part 3: What is Longing for Humanity
Part 4: Mythology and Happiness – A Record of Lectures of Yukoku-ki

　The Zen phrase “Banri Ichijyo no Tetsu” (from “Ninden ganmoku”) was chosen by Shigyo Sosyu to express “what happiness means”. According to Shigyo Sosyu, “It represents true cosmic equality. There is one will (soul) that pervades everything. There is eternal equality.”

My view of happiness refers to the true combustion of the one life that is lived only once. That is what I continue to affirm as human happiness.

–From the Foreword to “What is Happiness?

2025.3.11

On Apr. 01, “ARTIS”(bimonthly) No.34, a periodical booklet on culture and art, will be published.

　On April 01, “ARTIS” (Latin for “art”) No.34, which introduces our gallery’s collection from various perspectives and has been well received by our readers, will be published. This issue, titled “Kaze no Katami (Memento of the Wind),” Shigyo Sosyu will speak about Reisei hyogen (Divinity expression) suitable for the new era. [Opening Page] features『Ringo saku koro (When apples bloom)』by Hirose Ko, and [Free Project] Here and Now: summarizes Sawada Hideo’s work. In Contribution from the visitor of our gallery [My Eye], Dr. Fukushi Tsugumi, a medical doctor engaged in research on interstitial gels, wrote an invigorating essay on the Gassan sword , linking it to the second law of thermodynamics. We hope to have you take it in your hands.

　At Shigyo Sosyu Collection Display Floor / Memorial Gallery of Toshima Yasumasa, the same title as ARTIS No.34 “Memento of the Wind―New・Collection” Exhibition (Period: April 01, 2025 ~ July 19, 2025), we are pleased to present for the first time the newest addition to Shigyo Sosyu Collection. The main focus will be on artworks such as Western-style painter Hirose Ko and sculptor Sawada Hideo, who Shigyo Sosyu has collected many artworks in recent years that he sees as symbolic of Divinity and futuristic art. We hope to have you sense the transformation of the divinity inherited along with the new wind of “Memento of the Wind.”

　If you are interested in ARTIS, please contact Memorial Gallery of Toshima Yasumasa (Direct phone:03-3511-8162).

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[Opening Page] Pursue an Artwork	: Hirose Ko “Ringo saku koro (When Apples bloom)”
[Interview] The Art Talk	: Kaze no Katami (Memento of the Wind)
[Column] Creators	: Hirose Ko
[Free Project] Here and Now	: Umare izuru Hito (Human to be born)
[Contribution] My Eye	: Fukushi Tsugumi
[Serials]	: Letter from Toshima Yasumasa 　Curator News

2025.2.13

Scheduled on Jul.20, 2024 ~, Sosyu Genkoroku III (Sosyu Chronicle of Words and Deeds), [Makoto ni Iku (Live in Sincerity)] (published by Jitsugyo no Nihonsha, Ltd., written by Shigyo Sosyu) will be published!

This time, from Jitsugyo no Nihonsha, Ltd., Shigyo Sosyu’s new series of Sosyu Genkoroku III [Makoto ni Iku] will be released around July 20, 2024. (¥2,200 (price including tax) ISBN:978-4-408-65102-6, 320 pages)

Sosyu Genkoroku is a compilation of talks given by the author at lectures, and the third book, titled “Makoto ni Iku,” contains lectures given at Celebration of the 30th anniversary of Nihon Koen Shinbun, lectures given at the Japanese Medium-sized Business Management Course hosted by Hollywood Graduate School, lectures given at reading circle of Kyoto University, Osaka University, Kyushu University, and also contains lectures from the internet educational program 10mTV Opinion.

Part 1: “Nihon teki” no Kongen (Fountainhead of Japanese way)
Part 2: Riso ni Ikiru (Living the Ideal)
Part 3: Makoto ni Iku (Live in Sincerity)
Part 4: Burenai Jiku towa (What is Stable Axis?)
Part 5: Ningen ryoku ni Semaru (Approaching Human Power)

With these chapters, this volume summarizes Shigyo Sosyu’s view of life for [Makoto ni Iku].

The Zen phrase “Doppo Seiten” was chosen by Shigyo Sosyu as the fundamental attitude for “Makoto ni Iku.” Shigyo Sosyu says it means “When Sincerity takes on a physical body, we can walk in the heavens.”

“Sincerity is the true “Tear” of every human life. For the sake of those tears, humans have overcome any suffering.” ――― from the preface of Shigyo Sosyu [Makotoni Iku]

2025.1.29

On Feb.01, 2025, the 33rd issue of “ARTIS” (bimonthly), a periodical booklet on culture and art, will be published.

　On February 1, the 33rd issue of “ARTIS” (Latin for “art”), which introduces our gallery’s collection from various perspectives and has been well received by our readers, will be published. This issue, titled “Seinaru mono e (Toward the Sacred),” will explore the sacredness manifested in art. In an interview with the director Shigyo Sosyu, he narrates extensively about the historical transition of the “sacred” and new art forms for the future.

　The opening painting, “Ao Fuji (Blue Fuji),” by Ms. Matsui Yuka, explores the mystery and depth hidden in the work.
　In [My Eyes] corner, which features contributions from visitors to the museum, aesthetician Mr. Hirai Michiyuki has contributed a poetic art criticism essay exploring knowledge and beauty, in response to a photograph by Mr. Tachihara Sei. We hope you will take a look at it.

　At Shigyo Sosyu Collection/ Memorial Gallery of Toshima Yasumasa, exhibition “Sword and Flower” exhibition (~Mar. 22, 2025), which has been visited by many visitors, continues to be on view. Every month, the exhibited works without glass cases will be replaced, so we hope you will enjoy the different works. The exhibition features swords by Gassan Sadatoshi of the Gassan family of swordsmiths, calligraphy and paintings by Yamaoka Tesshu and Yasuda Yukihiko, and other works that represent the soul of Bushido and the way of life as sublimely as “flowers”.

　If you are interested in ARTIS, please contact Memorial Gallery of Toshima Yasumasa (Direct phone:03-3511-8162).

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[Opening Page] Pursue an Artwork	: Matsui Yuka “Ao Fuji (Blue Fuji)”
[Interview] The Art Talk	: Seinaru mono e (Toward the Sacred)
[Column] Creators	: Yanagi Muneyoshi
[Free Project] Here and Now	: Ki(Wood)・Nen(Sense/Feel)・Bi(Beauty)
[Contribution] My Eye	: Hirai Noriyuki
[Serials]	: Letter from Toshima Yasumasa 　Curator News