{"id":166802,"date":"2025-03-04T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/?post_type=exhibition&#038;p=166802"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:15:30","slug":"566","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/en\/exhibitions\/566","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Action: Artist-Women\u2019s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"momat-anchors\" aria-label=\"Anchor link\">\n        <button id=\"button-block_3c8cb6ce3bc10ce751ba51d613907660\"\n                aria-controls=\"nav-block_3c8cb6ce3bc10ce751ba51d613907660\"\n                class=\"momat-anchors__sp-header\">\n            <span class=\"heading\">Table of Contents<\/span>\n            <span class=\"text open\" aria-hidden=\"false\">Open<\/span>\n            <span class=\"text close\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Close<\/span>\n            <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n        <div id=\"nav-block_3c8cb6ce3bc10ce751ba51d613907660\"\n             class=\"momat-anchors__navigation\">\n            <div class=\"momat-anchors__inner\">\n                                    <a href=\"#section-01\"\n                       title=\"Scroll to Exhibiting Artists\"\n                       class=\"momat-anchors__link\">\n                        Exhibiting Artists                    <\/a>\n                                    <a href=\"#section-02\"\n                       title=\"Scroll to Hours &amp; Admissions\"\n                       class=\"momat-anchors__link\">\n                        Hours &amp; Admissions                    <\/a>\n                                    <a href=\"#section-03\"\n                       title=\"Scroll to Exhibition Catalogue\"\n                       class=\"momat-anchors__link\">\n                        Exhibition Catalogue                    <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In Japan during the 1950s and 1960s, female artists attracted attention in the realm of avant-garde art. This trend was encouraged by the <em>art informel<\/em> movement that came from abroad, but when the stylistic concept of \u201caction painting\u201d was introduced next, women painters disappeared from most criticism. The notion of \u201caction,\u201d such as boldness and strength, closely associated with masculinity, caused a swingback to the traditional gender order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibition is an attempt to reinterpret modern and contemporary Japanese art history from the perspective disclosed by Nakajima Izumi in her 2019 book <em>Anti-action: Post-war Japanese Art and Women Artists<\/em>. Based on the perspective of \u201canti-action,\u201d which aims to review art history from the viewpoint of gender studies, this project will focus on the activities of Kusama Yayoi, Tanaka Atsuko, and Fukushima Hideko, who are featured in the book, as well as other artists who until now have rarely been discussed as subjects of art history. This exhibition will introduce the results of current art historical research and provide new perspectives on the act of evaluating works of art.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n    <div class=\"momat-button-arrow\">\n        <a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/antiaction_list_ver2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n            List of Works ver.2 (PDF: 2049KB)        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"727\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250908_antiaction_tokinbi_B2_ol-727x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250908_antiaction_tokinbi_B2_ol-727x1024.jpg 727w, https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250908_antiaction_tokinbi_B2_ol-142x200.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250908_antiaction_tokinbi_B2_ol-768x1082.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250908_antiaction_tokinbi_B2_ol-1090x1536.jpg 1090w, https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250908_antiaction_tokinbi_B2_ol-1453x2048.jpg 1453w, https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/250908_antiaction_tokinbi_B2_ol-scaled.jpg 1817w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-01\" class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exhibiting Artists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Akana Keiko\uff081924-98\uff09\u3001Akutagawa(Madokoro) Saori\uff081924-66\uff09\u3001Enomoto Kazuko\uff081930-2019\uff09\u3001 Emi Kinuko\uff081923-2015\uff09\u3001Kusama Yayoi\uff081929-\uff09\u3001Shiraga Fujiko\uff081928-2015\uff09\u3001 Tada Minami\uff081924-2014\uff09\u3001Tanaka Atsuko\uff081932-2005\uff09\u3001Tanaka Tazuko\uff081913-2015\uff09\u3001 Tabe Mitsuko\uff081933-2024\uff09\u3001Fukushima Hideko\uff081927-1997\uff09\u3001Miyawaki Aiko\uff081929-2014\uff09\u3001 Mori Mami\uff081926-2022\uff09\u3001Yamazaki Tsruko\uff081925-2019\uff09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-8\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/566-24-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/566-24-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/566-24-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/566-24-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/566-24-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/566-24-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/566-25-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/566-25-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/566-25-200x133.jpg 200w, 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https:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/566-38-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-27\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photo: Kioku Keizo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"section-03\">Exhibition Catalogue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-31\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Anti-Action: Artist-Women\u2019s Challenges and Responses in Postwar Japan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n    <div class=\"momat-button-gray-external\">\n        <a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/kinbiopac.momat.go.jp\/opac\/opac_details\/?reqCode=fromlist&amp;lang=1&amp;amode=11&amp;bibid=BB00008280&amp;opkey=B176222625474545&amp;start=1&amp;totalnum=4&amp;listnum=2&amp;place=&amp;list_disp=20&amp;list_sort=0&amp;cmode=0&amp;chk_st=0&amp;check=0000\" target=\"_blank\">\n            Catalogue Information        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Date of Issue: October 29, 2025\u202f&nbsp;<br>Price: 3,630yen\uff08including tax\uff09\u202f&nbsp;<br>Size: B5 \uff08JIS standard\uff09<br>Number of Pages: 290\u202f&nbsp;<br>Languages: Japanese-English bilingual\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Anti-Action<\/em> Chronology&nbsp;<br><em>Anti-Action<\/em> Relationship Diagram<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>List of Works&nbsp;<br>Bibliography&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnti-Action\u201d Artist-Women and Postwar Abstract Paintings in Japan:\u202fNakajima Izumi (Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate school of Humanities, Osaka University)&nbsp;<br>Interview with Griselda Pollock\u30fcWhat the works are <strong>doing.<\/strong> :\u202fConducted by Nakajima Izumi&nbsp;<br>Why did Don Quixote Return?\u30fcThe Effective Range of Anti-Action :\u202fNariai Hajime (Curator, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)&nbsp;<br>The Latent Power of the Invisible :\u202fChiba Machiko (Curator, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art)&nbsp;<br>The Woman with a Saw in Hand\u30fcGutai and Anti-Action :\u202fSuzuki Yoshiko (Curator, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art Oji Branch Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art)&nbsp;<br>The paintings remain the same\u30fcOn the Ohashi Collection :\u202fEgami Yuka (Curator, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art)&nbsp;<br>The Anti-Action Exhibition\u30fcMultiple Lines Redrawing Art History :\u202fNose Yoko (Senior Curator, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img 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