Art, in the middle of a shopping trip in Umeda. From Wednesday, November 4 to Tuesday, November 10, 2026, the art gallery on the 8th floor of Hanshin Umeda Main Store (a department store in Osaka) hosts “Atsushi Harada Exhibition: Sei wo Yuu” (roughly, “Binding Lives”), a solo show by oil painter Atsushi Harada. About 20 works, mostly new pieces, depict wild animals in a realistic style.
The dignity and beauty of wild animals, painted realistically
Harada paints animals that live in harsh nature, focusing on the dignity and beauty of their spirit with a realistic touch. The show centers on new works made with the wish to “look at living creatures with a warm gaze and give shape to the bond between them and us.” In the gallery, visitors can see up close the sense of movement created by his powerful draftsmanship.
The title “Sei wo Yuu” sounds like the painter’s hope to bind living things and people together.
Works on show
Five works are introduced in advance. All are oil paintings, and prices include tax.
- “Hanasaku Koro” (F8 size, oil on wooden panel): ¥352,000 (tax included)
- “Kumo no Yukue” (F30, oil on wooden panel): ¥1,155,000 (tax included)
- “Hakuba-zu” (F8, oil on wooden panel): ¥352,000 (tax included)
- “I” (F6, oil on canvas): ¥176,000 (tax included)
- “Shunki” (SM, oil on wooden panel): ¥132,000 (tax included)
The subjects range from a cat to a snow leopard, a horse and a tiger. Animals close to home and creatures from faraway lands are painted with the same gaze, and that is a highlight.
About Atsushi Harada
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Harada graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University. He kept painting while working as a company employee, and from around 1994 began showing his work as a wildlife painter, mainly on the U.S. West Coast. In 2015 he won first prize in the Endangered Species category of the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition, and in 2017 he was selected for the Society of Animal Artists (SAA). Since 2018 he has held many solo shows, mainly at department stores in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka. He is now a full member of the SAA and president of the Japan Wildlife Art Association.
Information
- Dates: Wednesday, November 4 – Tuesday, November 10, 2026 (closes at 17:00 on the last day)
- Venue: Art Gallery, 8th floor, Hanshin Umeda Main Store
- Artist’s website (Japanese): https://www.atsushiharada.info/
- Displayed prices include consumption tax
