Special exhibition held simultaneously
About “Kumamoto Life of Kenji Gokoryunan” and
 “Fifth High School Students Illustrated by Ikki Kajiwara – Ah, Fifth High School Students: Grass Sprouting in Bufugento”

The Kumamoto University Fifth High School Memorial Hall and the International Manga Studies Education and Research Center attached to the Faculty of Letters will be holding the following special exhibition simultaneously. Set in the main building of the Fifth High School (currently the Kumamoto University Fifth High School Memorial Hall), which was once a place for fifth high school students to study, the story depicts the fifth high school students depicted in the manga and the actual fifth high school students in the photographs. 
We hope that you will discover similarities and differences as you read through them, and enjoy the time and space spent by the fifth high school students. Please come by all means.

Record
[Exhibition period] July 28, 2020 (Friday) – September 25, 2020 (Monday)
[Venue] Kumamoto University Fifth High School Memorial Hall (2-40-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City)
[Admission fee and entrance fee] Free
[Opening hours] 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Admission until 3:30 p.m.)
[Closed days] Every Tuesday and special summer holidays August 12th (Sat) – 16th (Wed)
*Open on holidays during the exhibition period.

〇About the special exhibition “Goko Kenji Ryunan’s Kumamoto Life”
Fifth High School, one of the predecessor schools of Kumamoto University, opened in 1887 and was located on the current Kurokami Kita Campus of Kumamoto University from 1889 until it closed in 1945. Its 63-year history has been associated with the modern city of Kumamoto, and the 15,000 or so students who enrolled there enjoyed their youth in the city of Kumamoto. In this special exhibition, Kenji Ryunan and his students will show their lives in Kumamoto, which they affectionately call their “second home,” and the inside of Fifth High School, based on photos from graduation albums owned by the Fifth Memorial Hall. We will display such things.
*Please see the homepage for details.
・Kumamoto life of Kenji Ryunan
http://www.goko.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

〇About the special exhibition “Fifth High School Students Illustrated by Ikki Kajiwara – Ah, Fifth High School Students: Grass Sprouting in Bufugento”

Ikki Kajiwara, a manga author with roots in Kumamoto, published the group drama ”Ah, Fifth High School Students: Grass Sprouting in Bufugento” (illustration: Joya Kagemaru) in 1978, which was set in the old system of fifth high schools in the early Showa period, and published it in Weekly Manga. It was serialized in “Action”. This exhibition will focus on Ikki Kajiwara’s illustrations of 5th high school students, and compare them with actual 5th high school students to shed light on Kajiwara’s creativity. What does it mean for Ikki Kajiwara to draw the original work set in Kumamoto and 5th high school? We will dig into what happened and explain the panel. At this special exhibition, with the cooperation of the copyright holder, we will be showing the “Phantom Episode 1”, which is not included in the book, at the venue. In this “phantom first episode,” Ikki Kajiwara visits his roots in Kumamoto to cover the story.
It is a documentary, and is an extremely valuable work when considering his artistry.
*Please see the homepage for details.
The fifth high school student drawn by Ikki Kajiwara – Ah, Fifth High School Students: Grass Sprouting in Bufugento
https://www.let.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/manga/

[Contact information]
・About “Kumamoto Life of Goko Kenji Ryunan”
Kumamoto University Fifth High School Memorial Hall
TEL: 096-342-2050
E-mail: goko [at mark] kumamoto-u.ac.jp
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・“Fifth high school students drawn by Ikki Kajiwara―Ah, Fifth High School Students: Grass Sprouting in Bufugento”
International Manga Studies Education and Research Center, Faculty of Letters, Kumamoto University
TEL: 096-342-2306
E-mail: mangarc[at mark]kumamoto-u.ac.jp
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