SALUTATION

Ryunosuke Kasahara
CEO, Gallery Kasahara

Gallery Kasahara was established in 1972 in a modest premise at Minami Morimachi, Osaka, and this year we are about to celebrate the 45th anniversary since then. It has been our great pleasure to introduce the Masters, whom I can sincerely call so, such as Henry Moore, Isamu Noguchi, Kazuo Yagi, etc. There have been splendid days with many blessings, but many of these Masters have passed away now. It was one of our greatest regrets that George Rickey died at the age of 95 in 2003. We had closed our gallery premise in June 2003, having meditated on the transience of our own time and generation. My memory goes back afar to the time when I was young, when I aspired to become an art dealer, after reading a book by Soseki Natsume. I was then fortunate enough to be apprenticed to Tokuzo Muzushima, the art dealer whom I still respect. Since 2003 I have been acting as a private dealer, based on our home in Ibaraki, Osaka. From the bottom of my heart I would like to thank awfully all those who have kept encouraging me tirelessly throughout my career: beginning with many of our clients; the dealing colleagues in Japan and in the world; those who work in relation to fine arts; and the journalists.

(Our art dealing activities have been published in the following two annals: the History of Gallery Kasakara for the Last 25 Years; and the History of Gallery Kasahara for the Last 40 Years. Both of the annals are currently on sale. Please see the BOOKS section as below.)

 

ARTIST

Kenneth ARMITAGE, Ben NICHOLSON, Henry MOORE, William SCOTT, George RICKEY, Isamu NOGUCHI, Takako ARAKI, Jun KANEKO, Kazuo YAGI, Michio FUKUOKA, Masaaki YAMADA

 

TIMELINE: THE PREMISES OF GALLERY KASAHARA

Sep. 1972	Gallery Kasahara opened at 30 Isecho, Kita-ku, Osaka.
Jul. 1974	The gallery moved to: Takenaka Hall, 2-30 Dojima Naka, Kita-ku, Osaka.
Mar. 1980	The gallery moved to: Nissei Fushimicho Bldg, 5-30 Koraibashi, Higashi-ku, Osaka.
Feb. 1989	The annex opened at: Galleria Akka 4F, 1 Tatamiyacho, Minami-ku, Osaka.
Apr. 1990	The gallery moved to: San Ohkusu Bldg, 2-10-17 Toyosaki, Kita-ku, Osaka.
Apr. 1994	The gallery moved to: Kincho Tosabori Bldg, 1-4-11 Tosabori, Nishi-ku, Osaka.
Oct. 1999	The gallery moved to: Kimura Bldg, 3-6-5 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
Sep. 2002	The gallery moved to: Furukawa Osaka Bldg, 2-1-29 Dojimahama, Kita-ku, Osaka.
Jun. 2003	The gallery moved to: 2-5-10 Kita Kasugaoka, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka.

 

TIME LINE: RYUNOSUKE KASAHARA

1942	born in Hirano-ku, Osaka, to the parents of primary school teachers.
1962	graduated from Kasugaoka High School, Ibaraki, Osaka.
1962	joined Fujikawa Galleries, Tokyo.
1971	honourably left Fujikawa Galleries, Osaka.
1972	opened Gallery Kasahara with the philosophy of seriousness, gratitude, and decency; and with the business policy of anticipating what will be valuable in the future.
2016	maintaining the same philosophy and the same business policy as those in 1972.