KUNIO IZUKA
SERIES OF LINOCUTS
quoted from fairy tales by Kenji Miyazawa

January 2 – 26, 2025


After searching the most effective way to appeal for peace to the world, Kunio Izuka (1939-2020) finally achieved his solo exhibition WHERE ARE WE GOING? (1995) at the United Nations on the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombings. But holding the exhibition at United Nations was indeed a difficult journey. While fretting about his ambitious plan and wondering how human beings can get along and maintain peace, the poem Izuka had learned in elementary school and the name of poet Kenji Miyazawa suddenly came to mind. He read Miyazawa’s books again with fascination, selected 10 of his wonderful fairy tales, and made them into prints, which saved him from setbacks and confusion, and impelled him to continue to appeal for peace to people on the planet.


Biography (En & Jp)


Flyer (En & Jp)

NAGASAKI PEACE MUSEUM (Admission Free)
7-15 Matsugaemachi, Nagasaki 850-0921
Hours: 10:00~17:30 (1/2: from 12:00, 1/26: to 14:00)
Closed: Mon 1/6, Tue 1/14, Mon 1/20

Image: Cello Player, 1996, linocut on washi, 16 x 12 inches ©Kunio Izuka