Tours
Special Exhibitions Tour
Takeda Hideo’s Genpei: Defying Authority
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Photo: Kristina Giasi
Meet at the Information Desk
November 15, 2026 3–4 p.m.
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- November 22, 2026 3–4 p.m.
- November 29, 2026 3–4 p.m.
- December 4, 2026 6–7 p.m.
- December 11, 2026 6–7 p.m.
- December 18, 2026 6–7 p.m.
Explore the special exhibition on a one-hour guided tour.
Learn about the contemporary Japanese artist Takeda Hideo’s bold and graphic style through some of his best-known works. Genpei, a series of twenty-two screenprints, radically reimagines the Genpei civil war (1180–85) between two rival clans in Japan. The exhibition re-situates Takeda’s series within his career as a satirical cartoonist and in relation to a broader tendency to challenge outdated stereotypes and hypocritical values amid a wave of social and political upheaval in late twentieth-century Japan.
Tours are free and open to all. Tours are limited to 20 participants; first come, first served. Meet at the Museum’s information desk.
