This retrospective exhibition of M. K. Čiurlionis’s artistic legacy, titled “M. K. Čiurlionis: Fantasist and Mystic of Fin-de-siecle Lithuania”, was held at the Sezon Museum of Art in Tokyo, Japan, from March 5 to April 5, 1992.

The exhibition was initiated by Japanese Prime Minister J. Nakasone, who had visited Lithuania in 1987.

The exhibition featured 60 paintings by M. K. Čiurlionis, as well as fluorophores, ink drawings, sketches, postcards, letters, and musical manuscripts:

“Serenity” (Čt 180), 1903/4
“The Rustling of the Forest” (Čt 100), 1904
“The Mountain” (Čt 174), 1906
cycle “Sparks” (Čt 72–74), 1906
“Flowers” (Čt 81), 1906/7
the series “Sorrow” (Čt 148–149), 1906/7
the series “Zodiac” (Čt 52–63), 1906/7
the triptych “Summer” (Čt 64–66), 1907
the series “Winter” (Čt 44–51), 1907
the triptych “Raigardas” (Čt 85–87), 1907
the series “Sonata II (Sonata of the Spring)” (Čt 26, Čt 27, Čt 38, Čt 29), 1907
“Fantasy” (Čt 76), 1907/8
Sketch for the set of the opera “Jūratė” (Čt 209), 1908
Sketch for the curtain of the opera “Jūratė” (Čt 206), 1908
Sketch of the curtain for the opera *Jūratė* (Čt 207), 1908
Sketch of the curtain for the opera *Jūratė* (Čt 208), 1908
"City" (Čt 67), 1908
“City” (Čt 68), 1908
Series “Sonata No. 5 (Sonata of the Sea)” (Čt 12–14), 1908
cycle “Sonata No. 6 (Sonata of the Stars)” (Čt 2–3), 1908
“Roadside Croses of Žemaitija” (Čt 98), 1909
“Lithuanian Graveyard” (Čt 7), 1909
“Angels (Paradise)” (Čt 91), 1909
“Fairy Tale (Fairy Tale of the Kings)” (Čt 35), 1909
“Angel (Angel’s Prelude)” (Čt 15), 1909
“Prelude (Knight's Prelude)” (Čt 16), 1909
“Lightning” (Čt 18), 1909
“Offering” (Čt 172), 1909
“Cottage under Snow” (Čg 117), 1905
“Buttress” (Čg 133), 1905
“The Hut” (Čg 165), 1905
“Upland Fields” (Čg 126), 1905
“The Mountain” (Čg 162), 1905
“Trees” (Čg 130), 1905
“Two Trees” (Čg 120), 1905/6
“Yard” (Čg 167), 1905/6
“Leafless” (Čg 154), 1905/6
“The Sea” (Čg 125), 1906
“Fantasy” (Čg 119), 1906
“Bellfry” (Čg 163), 1906
“City” (Čg 131), 1906
“Offering” (Čg 153), 1908
Cover of Sofija Čiurlionienė-Kymantaitė’s book “In Lithuania” (Čpf 121), 1909
Postcard “Oriental God” (Čl 34), 1903
Postcard “Jehovah” (Čl 36), 1903
Postcard “The Rustling of the Forest” (Čl 35), 1903
Postcard “The Tree” (Čl 37), 1903
Postcard “The Knight” (Čl 32), 1903
Postcard “Danger” (Čl 33), 1904
Postcard “Serenity” (Čl 31), 1903
Postcard “Coffin in a Cave” (Čl 20), 1904
Letter with a sketch “Thought” (Čl 22), 1904
Letter with a sketch “Temple” (Čl 21), 1904
Sketch for the painting “The World of Mars” (No. 27, p. 1), 1904/5
Sketch for the painting “Bridges” (Čg 32, p. 1), 1904/5
Sketches for the “Creation of the World” cycle, for the painting “Adoration of the Sun” (Čg 43, p. 1), 1904/5
Portrait Sketches (Čg 7, p. 18), 1905
Landscape with a Ferry on the River (Čg 7, p. 24), 1905
Čiurlionis House in Druskininkai (Čg 7, p. 6), 1905
Čiurlionis House in Druskininkai (Čg 7, p. 7), 1905
The Little Church in Druskininkai (Čg 7, p. 12), 1905
Musical Sketches (Čg 7, p. 1), 1905
Two Portraits of Men and a Mountain Landscape (Čg 7, p. 4), 1905
Graveyard (Čg 7, p. 9), 1905
Old Man (Čg 7, p. 13), 1905
Landscape (Čg 7, p. 20), 1905
Male portrait (Čg 7, p. 16), 1905
Male portrait (Čg 7, p. 17), 1905
Sketch: portraits (Čg 7, p. 22), 1905
Landscape with Ferry on the River (Čg 7, p. 24), 1905
Composition Sketch (Čg 63, p. 2), 1907/8
Composition Sketch (Čg 62, p. 1), 1907/8
Composition Sketch (Čg 25, p. 1), 1905/6
Composition sketch (Čg 11, p. 1), 1905/6
Composition sketch (Čg 33, p. 1), 1906
Composition sketch (Čg 19, p. 2), 1905
Sketches for the triptychs “The Prince’s Journey” and “Summer,” and for the “Zodiac” series (Čg 3, p. 1), 1906/7
Sketches of the signs of Scorpio and Sagittarius for the “Zodiac” series (Čg 40, p. 1), 1906/7
Sketches of the Capricorn and Pisces signs for the “Zodiac” series (Čg 41, p. 1), 1906/7
Sketch of the Scherzo from “Sonata I (Sonata of the Sun)” (Čg 58), 1907
Sketch of the Scherzo from “Sonata II (Sonata of the Spring)” (Čg 61, p. 1), 1907
Sketch of the Finale from “Sonata II (Sonata of the Spring)” (Čg 60), 1907
Sketch for a composition (Čg 59, p. 1), 1907
Sketch for the series of paintings “The City” (Čg 37, p. 1), 1907/8
Sketch for the painting “Fairy Tale (Castle Fairy Tale)” (Čg 16, p. 1), 1909
Nature Scene (Čg 12, p. 1), 1909
Sketch for the painting “Angel (Angel’s Prelude)” (Čg 21, p. 1), 1909
Wayside Cross (Čg 13, p. 2), 1909
Wayside Cross (Čg 18, p. 1), 1909
Wayside Cross (Čg 17, p. 1), 1909
Castle Sketch (Čg 9, p. 1), 1909
Sketch for the painting “The Fortress (Fortress Fairy Tale)” (Čg 10, p. 1), 1909
“Composition” (Čg 127), 1907/8
“Composition (Oriental Fairy Tale)” (Čg 128), 1907/8
“Composition (Woman with a Veil)” (Čg 129), 1907/8
Initial “A” (Čg 155), 1908
Initial “B” (Čg 156), 1908
Initial “D” (Čg 120), 1908
Initial “E” (Čg 121), 1908
Initial “I” (Čg 157), 1908
Initial “O” (Čg 122), 1908
Initial “S” (Čg 158), 1908
Initial “T” (Čg 159), 1908
Initial “U” (Čg 160), 1908
Initial “V” (Čg 123), 1908
Initial “V” (Čg 124), 1908
“Vignette (Tulips)” (Čg 135), 1908
“Vignette (Composition)” (Čg 164), 1908
"Prelude (Sunrise)" (Čg 132), 1908
“Fairy Tale (Fairy Tale of the Kings)” (Čg 166), 1908
“Offering” (Čg 118), 1908
“Rex” (Čg 134), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “How We Grew Up” (Čg 146), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “The Dark Night Will Fall” (Čg 140), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “The Dark Night Will Fall” (Čg 144), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “The Dark Night Will Fall” (Čg 145), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “O You Little Brothers” (Čg 147), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “Run, the Mowings” (Čg 142), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “On the Other Side of the Nemunas” (Čg 148), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “On the Other Side of the Nemunas” (Čg 149), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “Oh the Woods, the Woods” (Čg 143), 1909
Vignette for the Lithuanian folk song “On Saturday Eve" (Čg 141), 1909
“Vignette (Little Boats)” (Čg 138), 1909
Letter to brother Povilas (Čl 11), 1905
Letter to Adomas Varnas (Čl 43), 1908
Letter to brother Povilas (Čl 19), 1909
“Sanctus” (Čm 27), 1902
Draft of the symphonic poem “The Sea” with accolades (Čm 17, p. 00915-32), 1903–7
Piano Music Album (Čm 52), 1906–8
Album with Alto Parts (Čm 44), 1906–8
Music Album with the bass part of the Lithuanian folk song “Run, the Mowings” (Čm 50, pp. 1–2), 1906–8
Prelude in B minor (Čm 60), 1905
“The Offering” print (Čpf 127), 1908

The exhibition was supplemented with literature about M. K. Čiurlionis, biographical photographs, and reproductions of “The Creation of the World.” Recordings of M. K. Čiurlionis’s music were played during the exhibition (and were also distributed), and a quartet performed at the exhibition once a week.

The Emperor of Japan and his wife visited the exhibition.

A two-part catalog was published in three languages. The catalog can be browsed in the Information Centre of M. K. Čiurlionis Gallery in M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art.

M. K. Čiurlionis: Fantasist and Mystic of Fin-de-siecle Lithuania

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