Tanaka Isson Memorial Museum

Must see

When it was rainy day,we visited this museum.We did not know about Isson Tanaka before we went to Amami.We spend lots of time in this museum. There is small theatre, cafe and gift shop in this museum....

Must see

When it was rainy day,we visited this museum.We did not know about Isson Tanaka before we went to Amami.We spend lots of time in this museum. There is small theatre, cafe and gift shop in this museum....

Tanaka Isson - a Paul Gauguin or Henri Rousseau in Japan

Tanaka Isson only posthumously became famous and acknowledged unfortunately. He is sometimes compared to Paul Gauguin in that he was attracted in a Southern Island and stayed there in the last time of...

Tanaka Isson - a Paul Gauguin or Henri Rousseau in Japan

Tanaka Isson only posthumously became famous and acknowledged unfortunately. He is sometimes compared to Paul Gauguin in that he was attracted in a Southern Island and stayed there in the last time of...

Tanaka Isson’s stunning art collection. Tropical, colorful and serene.

Isson Tanaka was a completely unknown painter of Amami Islands when he was alive until 1977. His Japanese paintings started receiving acclaims and worthy reviews only in the 21st century. This muse...