Art Brut, referred to in Japanese as “raw art,” is a term coined in the 1940s by the French artist Jean Dubuffet who was inspired by the art created by persons with psychological disabilities, self-taught creators, and others working outside of traditional academic fine art. This exhibition features 45 Japanese Art Brut creators whose works were gifted to the museum by the Nippon Foundation in 2023.

Included are works depicting an obsessive repetition of the Japanese character, a diary with the same content every day written in characters no one can read, and symbols drawn compulsively without even taking time to sleep-we hope you will enjoy these compelling works of inspiration and single-minded enthusiasm.