710 Lots, the Most Ever for "MEGURU"! Kashima Arts Presents a Japanese Art Auction, Preview Starts November 21! (Kashima Arts Co., Ltd.)
Kashima Arts will hold its "MEGURU" Vol.28 auction from November 21, featuring a record 710 lots, with a focus on Rinpa masterpieces.Summary
Kashima Arts Co., Ltd. will hold its "Art Auction MEGURU Vol.28" from November 21 to 29, 2026. This edition features a record 710 lots, the most ever for MEGURU, with a special focus on masterpieces of the Rinpa school, which developed a distinctive decorative aesthetic in the Edo period. Launched in 2019, MEGURU handles a wide range of genres, mainly early modern and modern Japanese paintings, as well as Western-style paintings, calligraphy, prints, and crafts, and has grown into one of Japan's leading Japanese art auctions. It plays a role in passing artworks to the next generation. The November auction highlights the Rinpa aesthetic, featuring works by representative Rinpa painters such as Ogata Kenzan, Sakai Hoitsu, Suzuki Kiitsu, and Sakai Doitsu. Highlights include an unsigned "Shiki Soka Zu" (Flowers and Plants of the Four Seasons), a work bearing the Inen seal titled "Soka Zu," Sakai Hoitsu's "Ryusui Fuji no Hana Zu," and Sakai Doitsu's "Aoba Kaede Yuri Ganshi Momiji Kaede Kiku," offering a diverse selection that conveys Rinpa's modern and refined beauty across time.
(Source：Yahoo!ニュース)