From the Soda Collection

theme One Hundred Metamorphoses of Little Girls

This exhibition marks the first time this body of work is presented in Japan as a solo exhibition.

Tsutaya was widely active as a creator of nurie for young girls in postwar Shōwa-era Japan, employing the techniques of nihonga (Japanese-style painting).

Kiichi Tsutaya (1914–2005, commonly known as “Kiichi”) was widely active as a creator of nurie for young girls in postwar Shōwa-era Japan.