“Tokyo Junkie” by Robert Whiting
The 60-year evolution of Tokyo: From gritty student activism to a glowing metropolis
The 60-year evolution of Tokyo: From gritty student activism to a glowing metropolis
“KING & QUEEN” brings 90 portraits of five dynasties of British royal families, from the House of Tudor to the current House of Windsor, from London’s National Portrait Gallery to Tokyo’s Ueno Royal Museum. Spanning four hundred tumultuous years of…
“Japanese Art: Deep and Deeper” at The Suntory Museum of Art explores the relationship between traditional Japanese aesthetics and art, everyday life and the modern household. It delves into the history of Japanese aesthetics with a collection that supersedes basic…
Art has always been used as means to display and maintain power. Portraits of powerful figures was sought to reinforce authority of the depicted, and was also commonly used as valuable gifts. Paintings by famous artists also played a significant role in…
A brief history of the royal family’s foreign language skills
Exhibition Concept In recent years, there has been a boom in hotel construction expecting many tourists from abroad to Japan in 2020. In contrast, there are hotels which emerged more than a 100 years ago with the development of modern…
To mark the 1300th anniversary of the early historical text called the Nihon Shoki, there will be a special exhibition at Tokyo National Museum. This exhibition explores the origins of ancient Japan by displaying the most famous artifacts of Izumo and Yamato. It’s a…
