On the 28th, the Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art (Nagano City) announced that it had completed the restoration and framing of the full-size color-coded picture of the mural “Tide of Dawn” by Japanese painter Kaii Higashiyama, which is installed in the Imperial Palace. Released to the press. The Higashiyama Kaii Museum, which is adjacent to the museum’s main building, is scheduled to open to the public next fall, when it will celebrate its 35th anniversary.

“Tide of the Morning – Color-coded Oshitazu” is a gigantic work that consists of six panels, each measuring approximately 3.9 meters in height and 2.4 meters in width, and measuring approximately 15 meters when connected horizontally. It was drawn in 1962, the year before the completed work of the Imperial Palace was painted, to check the balance of size and color.

Even after it was donated by Higashiyama Kaii, it was kept rolled up due to its large size. In 2021, the main building was completely renovated to make it possible to display large-scale works, so it took two years to restore and frame the works.

The Imperial Palace’s “Arise no Ushio” is located in an area that can only be seen by a limited number of people, including foreign dignitaries, and is not open to the public. It is said that the Oshita-zu was only exhibited at an exhibition held in Ginza, Tokyo in 1968, when the work was completed.

Chieko Matsuura, the museum’s curator, said, “There are only about three works by Kaii Higashiyama that are this large, and there are not many that depict the sea.Through the full-size illustrations, you can experience the size and majesty of the works.” I wish you could do it,” he said.