Shibuki
TakakuraKYOTO, JAPAN
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LIVE / PERFORMANCE

The moment
is the work.

Live painting / Workshops

SHIBUKI IN MOTION

Beyond the finished piece.

Live painting brings the physical act of SHIBUKI into view. Performances and workshops have taken the practice beyond Japan. Tell us about your event, location and audience to explore the possibilities.

EVENTS / WORKSHOPS

Events &
Workshops

UPCOMING EVENTUENO, TOKYO

SHIBUKI ART meets
Kurofunetei

A day where food, art and people meet.

DATESUNDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2026
TIME12:00–17:00
VENUEKUROFUNETEI · UENO, TOKYO

See SHIBUKI ART, witness a work come into being, share a meal and conversation, then create with your own hands—all in one day at Kurofunetei.

BASIC ADMISSION¥6,000

Lunch at Kurofunetei included

Includes exhibition viewing, live creation and gallery talk.

SHIBUKI ART WORKSHOP¥16,500

Optional workshop

Charged separately from the basic admission.

PERSONAL ITEM ORDER

SHIBUKI on an item you bring

Optional. Price and details to be announced.

01 / LIVE

Live creation of a canvas work

02 / LUNCH

Kurofunetei’s signature hayashi rice

03 / TALK

Gallery talk with Chairman Suga

04 / EXPERIENCE

Hands-on SHIBUKI ART experience

05 / PERSONAL

Optional Shibuki on a personal item

More than
a decade
of connection.

Shibuki Takakura and Kurofunetei have shared a relationship for more than ten years. At the centre of the restaurant stands a folding-screen work created two and a half years ago.

At the invitation of Chairman Suga, this special event moves beyond simply viewing SHIBUKI ART. Paintings and Tango chirimen stoles will be exhibited, followed by a live creation, lunch, and a gallery talk on how the folding screen came into being, the thoughts within it, and the connections formed through the work.

In the afternoon workshop, participants will create by accepting movements of pigment that cannot be fully controlled. It is not about skill, but about encountering the Shibuki that only you can make. Those who wish may also bring a personal item for Shibuki Takakura to work on during the event.

Whether you already know the work or are encountering it for the first time, we hope you will take time to experience the world of SHIBUKI ART that matters most to the artist today.

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Painting — 02

Artwork shown; not a photograph of a live performance.