Izu no Chohachi Art Museum

Notice of Golden Week business days in May 6

Date	Izu no Chohachi Art Museum
4/27 (Sat)	〇
4/28	〇
4/29	〇
4/30	〇
5/1 (Wed)	〇
March 5th	〇
5th February (Friday)	〇
5/4 (Sat)	〇
5/5	〇
5/6	〇

Notice of closing on Thursdays and change in group discount number of people

Izu's Chohachi Museum of Art and Important Monument Rock Science School will be closed every Thursday from Reiwa 6/4.
At the same time, we will be changing the group discount number of people from 30 or more to 20 or more.

Date and time of change: From Reiwa 6/4/1

【closing day】
Old: Open all year round
New: Every Thursday
*If Thursday is a holiday, the museum will be closed on the weekday immediately before that day.
*Open from 12/29 to 1/3, 4/29 to 5/5, and 8/13 to 8/15.
*In addition, the museum may be temporarily closed or opened.

[Group discount number of people]

Izu no Chohachi Art Museum
Old: Groups of 30 or more: Adults 500 yen ⇒ 400 yen
New: 20 or more peopleGroups: Adults 500 yen ⇒ 400 yen

Heavy Cultural Iwashina School

Old: Groups of 30 or more: Adults 300 yen ⇒ 240 yen
New: 20 or more peopleGroups: Adults 300 yen ⇒ 240 yen

[Target facility]
Chohachi Art Museum in Izu 23 Matsuzaki, Matsuzaki-cho, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka Tel 0558-42-2540
Monument Rock Science School 442 Iwashina Kitaside, Matsuzaki-cho, Kamo-gun, Shizuoka Tel 0558-42-2675

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your continued support.

Plaster Art Hall - Izu no Chohachi Art Museum

Events

Announcement of GW trial class held　

Let's play with Matsuzaki! ! 2024 Golden Week has been decided!

We will be holding "A Shining Mud Ball Experience Class", "Plaster Art Experience Class", and "Plaster Strap Experience Class" from 4/27 to 5/6! (Excluding 4/30 and 5/1 and 2nd)

*Reservation required 0558-24-2540

*If the capacity is not reached, reservations can be made on the same day.

“Mayudama Puppet Class” will be held at Important Cultural Stone Science School! *Available at any time during the period

Please take this opportunity to visit Matsuzaki Town! !

*5/2 (Thursday) is the opening day.

Please see the flyer below for details.

Announcement of spring trial class held　

Let's play with Matsuzaki! ! Spring 2024 event has been decided!

From 3/28 (Thursday) to 4/3 (Wednesday), we will be holding "A Shining Mud Ball Experience Class", "Plaster Art Experience Class", and "Stucco Strap Experience Class"! (Excluding 4/1)

*Reservation required 0558-24-2540

*If the capacity is not reached, reservations can be made on the same day.

“Mayudama Puppet Class” will be held at Important Cultural Stone Science School! *Available at any time during the period

Please take this opportunity to visit Matsuzaki Town! !

Please see the flyer below for details.

Announcement of “Woman Weaving Machine” Exhibition

Painted Plaster Art created after 11

　Thanks to the kindness of the owner of the piece, we will be putting on permanent display a new piece of work by Chohachi Irie, ``The Woman Weaving.''The owner's ancestor was a wealthy merchant who ran a shipping wholesaler in the Kanto region at the time, and it is said that he had some kind of interaction with Chohachi.

　*It will be on display throughout the year in the permanent exhibition room of the Chohachi Museum of Art.

　*Exhibited works are subject to change without notice.

“2023 Matsuzaki Machikado Flower Decoration” will be held!Notice of

From 10/25 (Wednesday) to 10/30 (Sunday), we will also hold a “Gentokai in Chohachi Art Museum.”　

From 2023/10/21 (Saturday) to 11/12,“2023 Matsuzaki Machikado Flower Decoration” will be held!

Flower decorations in front of the Chohachi Museum of Art also brighten up the autumn atmosphere.There will also be a photo exhibition at Casa Estrellita (folk art museum), so please take a look at it in conjunction with the 23rd National Plaster Art Contest Honorable Mention Exhibition.

Projection mapping will be held at the museum from October 10th (Wednesday) to October 25th (Sunday)!

It will be projected between 18:00 and 20:00.Please enjoy the fantastic world.

Also, it is expected to be cold during this period, so please come dressed warmly.

“Festa Chohachi 2023” will be held!Notice of

On 2023/10/22 (Sunday),“Festa Chohachi 2023” will be held!

We will be delivering a lot of content this year, including the experience of making A Shining Mud Ball and the production of Chohachi original can badges.

Admission to the Chohachi Art Museum in Izu is free all day!

From 14:00, Mr. Jiro Kondo, chairman of the Chohachi Preservation Society, will give an explanation of Chohachi's works.

We also plan to unveil the works of Chohachi that were newly donated this year.

Please wait for the follow-up report.

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Requests regarding coronavirus infection

We ask everyone to disinfect their hands at the entrance.

In addition, temperature measurement is also carried out at the reception.(Those with a body temperature of 37.5°C or higher will not be allowed to enter.）

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

*Based on the guidelines of the Japan Association of Museums and Japan Retailers Association.

Admission discount ticket

*Please print out and bring with you

Information on business hours

◆Opening hours 9:00-17:00

◆Closed every Thursday
*If Thursday is a holiday, the museum will be closed on the weekday immediately before that day.
*Open from 12/29 to 1/3, 4/29 to 5/5, and 8/13 to 8/15.
*In addition, the museum may be temporarily closed or opened.

◆Admission fee Adults 500 yen [Junior high school students and younger are free] ・Matsuzaki townspeople free ※Please show your ID.

*If you have a disability certificate, the entrance fee will be halved for you and one accompanying person upon presentation of your disability certificate.

(Discount tickets, coupons, etc. cannot be used together.)

Information

Japan's premier plaster art museum

“Izu Chohachi was a master plasterer of Edo who was unparalleled before and after him. The sculptor Koun Takamura later remarked that Chohachi was a master, because the tip worked so well.

　Chohachi Irie called himself Tenyu or Kendo, and was born on Meiji １２/８/５ in Akechi, Matsuzaki Village, Izu Province. His father was Hyousuke and his mother Tegoto was the eldest son of a poor farmer. Due to his natural dexterity with his hands, he aspired to use his arms in the future, and at the age of １２ he became an apprentice to Seki Nisuke, the master plasterer of the same village. He went out and learned painting from Kita Busei of Kano School at the age of １９. At the same time, he mastered the art of sculpting and applied it to the work of plasterers, painting pictures with plaster or sculpting and applying brilliant colors, opening up new ideas and finally completing Chohachi's unique art. Chohachi, who was ２６ years old at the time, was selected for the reconstruction of the Fudo-do Hall in Kayabacho, Nihonbashi. He drew it and gained fame as a master.

Chohachi's plaster art is highly acclaimed in the art world as a mural painting technique that rivals Western frescoes. Both are techniques of painting on wet plaster material. Fresco creates a solid picture by scientifically fusing the plaster surface and pigment solution, while Chohachi uses a special method to create a base and add color. It is a trowel painting that can be freely used, and has the advantage of being used in combination with thin engraving.
　In this way, the museum has collected about ５０ of Chohachi's precious representative works in two exhibition halls.

Postmodern, where the past and the present intersect

Osamu Ishiyama (architect), the creator of the Chohachi Museum, describes his encounter with this town as "a miraculous encounter."I would like the general public to know about Chohachi Irie, a master trowel and plaster craftsman from Matsuzaki, Izu, and to know the wonderfulness of traditional plastering techniques as an architect.
This spirit resonated with the Matsuzaki town revitalization project, and the Chohachi Museum of Art was born. Many excellent technicians gathered from all over the country, and the art of plastering is sprinkled everywhere in the building that makes use of traditional plastering techniques. It is now attracting attention as a world-class building.

　Mr. Osamu Ishiyama, who designed the Chohachi Museum, was awarded the Isoya Yoshida Prize, which is said to be the Akutagawa Prize of the architectural world, and became the 10th winner. This is a testament to the techniques inherited from ancient times by the many plasterers who participated in the construction, as well as new construction methods, which we can say are universally accepted.

<Details of plastering>
▽ Outer wall = color roll
▽ External waist = Namako Wall
▽Garden exterior wall = Tosa plaster
▽External skirting board = artificial stone washing
▽Front entrance wall = artreribo
▽Internal ceiling = white wall, sun art
▽ Internal wall = same as before
▽ Round column = ricin scraping clear
▽Aisle floor = Goshiki stone and cobble stone shrubbery
▽Dome ceiling = Ceiling stucco sculpture

Introduction of exhibited works

"Prostitute Fugen Bodhisattva"

Early Meiji era　

Approximately 150 years after its creation, the trop-e work "Prostitute Fugen Bosatsu" by Gen Chohachio is on display in the permanent exhibition room.

Please take a look at "Prostitute Fugen Bosatsu", which is called Chohachio's masterpiece.

　The figure painted with wood heart plaster on the horizontal forehead of about two feet and two inches and about one foot and four inches depicts a courtesan riding on the back of a white elephant with six tusks, wearing a gorgeous vermillion kimono and a white haori covering her shoulders. It is a picture of reading a long rolled letter, which may be a love letter.The harmony between the thin-fleshed prostitute and the white elephant, and the skillful use of ultramarine blue in the background is wonderful, and is Chohachi's representative masterpiece.

(Excerpt from "Master Craftsman Izu Chohachiden" by Kinjiro Shiratori)

Exhibition period: From October 4 to the whole year

"Ebisu Daikokuten Statue"

Bunkyu 2 (1862) 48 years old　

In the permanent exhibition room, Chohachio's sculpture "Ebisu Daikokuten Statue" is open to the public.Chohachi created many statues of Daikokuten in Ebisu in his later years, but this work was created when Chohachi was young.

Exhibition period: From October 4 to the whole year