"So this entire exhibition hall is filled with works by Mr. Kisaragi's disciples?"
Led by Yusuke Kitagawa through the museum, the group soon arrived at the eastern exhibition hall. Here hung paintings whose styles were clearly very different from the other works in the gallery.
Although this exhibition was closer to a personal showcase for Kisaragi Hōzui, his purpose was not merely personal achievement. There had to be some reason to give his disciples a chance to exhibit their work.
Thus, the theme of this exhibition was the two characters "Kisaragi." It referred to Kisaragi Hōzui himself, while also fittingly representing the disciples he had personally taught. There was even a faint air of founding a school around it.
The hall they were currently in was called "Little Grass Sprouts," a space set aside specifically for his disciples' works.
"Yes, this is it." Tangze nodded, looking around the wildly varied displays. "...Everyone was responsible for arranging their own pieces, so this is my first time seeing the whole thing too."
He was indeed the exhibition's main designer, but this particular hall had too strong a personal-exhibition feel. They were fellow disciples on equal footing, perhaps even a little competitive with one another, so it was only natural that they would not want others meddling with their displays.
Other than a few paintings Kisaragi Hōzui had specifically designated for the most prominent positions, the rest had been left for each artist to arrange.
After saying that, Tangze thought it over and suddenly felt that something was off. It sounded like the opening of a detective novel, as though a murder was about to take place here, followed by an investigation into strange mechanisms hidden within the artworks each disciple had arranged...
To dispel that ominous feeling, he deliberately added, "Of course,