Art gallery GAAAT is staging a traveling exhibition devoted to Hana no Keiji -Kumo no Kanata ni-, the manga by Tetsuo Hara based on the novel Ichimuan Fūryūki by Keiichirō Ryū. From October 30 to December 14, five cities from Tokyo to Fukuoka will host a selection of artworks based on the manga’s pages, all on display and for sale. Admission is free.
Five stops across Japan
- Tokyo: October 30 to November 2, Salon de Jansen (Ginza)
- Yokohama: November 13 to 15, Hideharu Fukasaku Gallery & Museum
- Osaka: November 20 to 23, Gallery Genuine
- Nagoya: November 27 to 30, Space et cetera (Ōsu)
- Fukuoka: December 11 to 14, GAAAT GALLERY FUKUOKA_ (Tenjin)
Venues are generally open from noon to 6 PM, with shorter hours on some days. Booking a visit on the GAAAT website gets you an exclusive postcard, and a second one goes to visitors who follow the gallery on social media, while supplies last.
Manga art on metal canvas
The exhibited pieces are not original manga pages. They are “MCA” (Metal Canvas Art) works: images from the manga are reworked digitally, then transferred onto a metal canvas in up to 32 layers of UV paint, for a relief of up to 1 mm. Three works have been announced so far, in limited editions:
- “Prologue I, the True Kabukimono” (花の慶次～序章壱～ 真の傾奇者), 594 × 420 mm, 20 copies, ¥198,000
- “A Rainbow Over the Southern Seas! The Ryūkyū Chapter” (花の慶次～南海にかかる虹！琉球の章～), 420 × 594 mm, 20 copies, ¥198,000
- “The Warrior with the Flashing Blade” (閃刃のいくさ人), 420 × 297 mm, 50 copies, ¥99,000
The first two belong to the “Converge Art” series, which assembles hundreds of panels into a single composition. The third is part of the “Character Art” series, focused on a single character. Exclusive merchandise will also be sold on site: two T-shirts, a sticker set and a furoshiki wrapping cloth.
The artworks are also available on the GAAAT online store, which has not yet said whether it ships outside Japan.
