The picture book Inokuma-san, by poet TANIKAWA Shuntaro, begins with the line "Inokuma-san, who from childhood loved drawing pictures, has drawn many that are charming." "Inokuma-san" is artist INOKUMA Genichiro (1902-1993), and TANIKAWA's book introduces his work.

INOKUMA was born in Kagawa prefecture. After studying under FUJISHIMA Takeji at Imperial School of Art, he went on to work in Tokyo, Paris, New York, and Hawaii. The joy of painting and the joy of creativity are revealed in the artist's colour and form, and in his depictions of people's faces, animals, and of the objects that he collected in his everyday life. These characteristics are showcased in this exhibition in a format that follows TANIKAWA's text. The exhibition was first held in 2007 at the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA). The Tokyo exhibition features around 100 works by INOKUMA from that MIMOCA’s collection.