Takayoshi Totoki: Shimotsuki's “UMA” and “USAGI”

Takayoshi Totoki

Time period: Friday, November 21, 2025 - Sunday, November 30, 2025

Venue: Ginza Ippodo

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Takayoshi Toki's "USAGI" from the foot of Mount Fuji brings you "UMA"
I took him to Ginza.
Toki aspired to be a painter from an early age, and studied at Tokyo University of the Arts.
He studied under Professors Yasuo and Gyoji Nomiyama and served as an assistant after graduation.
Next year's zodiac sign is the horse, so I suggested making a horse.
I was the one who did it, and I found out that there was a horse next to his studio.
I said it lightly.
I heard that Toji Sensei had been suffering for a year and a half.
Reflecting on this, I visited the studio in October and was deeply moved.
It was Toki Takayoshi's "UMA."
Renaissance artists were painters and sculptors
As you can see, the ten o'clock is carved and then a picture is painted on top of it.
When did this technique start?
In this season when snow accumulates on Mount Fuji,
"USAGI" and "UMA" appeared.

Keiko Aono, Ippodo

Artist

Introducing the exhibiting artists

Takayoshi Totoki

Born in Yanagawa City, Fukuoka Prefecture in 1948
1977 Graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
1978 Assistant at the Department of Oil Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
1979 Solo Exhibition / Planned by Sakazaki Otoro, Kinokuniya Gallery
1980 Submitted to the Yasui Award Exhibition
1981 - Moved to the United States (until 1983) and joined the Platt Graphics Center in New York.
1984 Solo Exhibition / Marunouchi Gallery (hereafter '87)
1986: Postwar Artists Exhibition / Miyagi Prefectural Museum of Art
1987 Solo exhibition / Seibu Department Store, Shibuya
1989 Solo exhibition at Mitsukoshi Department Store, Osaka
1990: Completed ceiling painting at Yudonosan Churenji Temple / Yamagata Prefecture
1991 Korea-Japan Contemporary Figurative Painting Exhibition / Lotte Art Museum, Seoul
1992 Solo Exhibition / Nichido Gallery, Nagoya
1993 IMA Painting Today Exhibition / Mitsukoshi Museum of Art (after '95, '97)
1994 Takayoshi Toki 10 Years of History Exhibition / Fujinomiya Civic Cultural Center
1995 Solo exhibition at Mitsukoshi Department Store, Nagoya
1996 Solo exhibition / Yokohama Sogo, Nihonbashi, Osaka Takashimaya
1997: Completed ceiling painting at Auberge Au Mirador / Kanagawa Prefecture
1998 Solo exhibition at Matsuzakaya, Shizuoka
1999 Solo Exhibition / Gallery Totaku, Nagoya, Mitsukoshi, Nihonbashi
2000 Solo exhibition at Mitsukoshi Department Store, Fukuoka
2001 Solo Exhibition / Yamanoue Gallery, Kamakura
2002 Solo exhibition at Ginza Mitsukoshi
2003: Appointed professor at Nagoya University of Arts (until 2010)
Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Osaka tour
2004 Solo Exhibition / Nichido Gallery, Nagoya
2005 Rooftop Sculpture Exhibition / Tamagawa Takashimaya
2009 REGION 2010 / Nichido Gallery, Nagoya
2010 Professor Emeritus at Nagoya University of Arts
2011 Solo Exhibition / Nihonbashi and Takashimaya, Osaka
2015 Solo Exhibition / Gallery Totaku, Nagoya, Gallery Hana, Tokyo
2017 Solo Exhibition / Shizuoka Botanica, Kamakura Gallery Iwasado, Shizuoka Matsuzakaya
2018 Solo Exhibition / Gallery Totaku, Nagoya, Takashimaya, Osaka
2019 Solo exhibition/Osaka Kamigata Ginka

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