Kogan TOBARI (1882-1927) began his life as an illustrator. After the death of his close friend, Morie OGIWARA, who introduced the modernism of Rodin to sculptors in Japan at the beginning of the twentieth century. At that time Japanese sculptors were still pre-occupied with external appearances. TOBARI and Teijiro NAKAHARA had a major impact on sculpting in Japan from around 1910 through the 1920's their influence is still visible today. TOBARI, who was also active in both the creative printing and water-color painting genre, through his delicate sense and flexible modelling acquired his own unique, expressive style of sculpture. This exhibition introduces not only the works of TOBARI comprehensively, but also the sculptures of Rodin and of sixteen Japanese artists. Through this exhibition we hope to introduce to visitors Kogan TOBARI's personal style and brilliance.