Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972), who wrote masterpieces such as The Dancing Girl of Izu and Snow Country and became the first Japanese to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, was well versed in art and was also an avid collector. His collection spans a variety of genres such as oil painting, Japanese-style painting, and crafts and broad-ranging eras from works by contemporary artists to the Jomon period.

 In this exhibition, besides introducing Kawabata’s own collection, we shall focus on his friendship with artists including Koga Harue and Higashiyama Kaii and the artists and works that appear in Kawabata’s literature. We hope you will be able to experience how art and literature corresponded within a single writer.