Celebrating ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai’s 260 birthday, a complete out-of-this-world Hokusai art exhibition will be held this summer. The complete “Hokusai Manga” or Hokusai Sketches collection and “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” print series will be displayed. Another portion of…
Ota Memorial Museum of Art presents Kaburaki Kiyokata (1878-1972) and Hirezaki Eiho (1881-1968)’s masterpieces of kuchi-e (illustrations for magazines and novels) prints of beautiful women from the Meiji Era. Both are well-known Japanese art painters and specialized as kuchi-e artists…
※Due to the ongoing situation with the COVID-19, events and opening hours are subject to change. Visit the official website for the latest news and updates. During the Meiji period (1868 – 1912), Western technology and knowledge flooded into all…
TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater (Asian Gallery) presents a “gateway to Japanese culture” through the 10-15 minute long program “A GLIDE ON THE GREAT WAVE.” The carefully crafted video delves into Japanese aesthetics and culture, beginning with an exploration of…
The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is holding the fourth Ueno Artist Project “Experiencing the World of Japanese Contemporary SHO,” exploring the art of Japanese artists active in the art of calligraphy, such as Enokura Koson and Oka Michiko. The exhibition…
Catch Issei Otani’s vivid acrylic paintings at the “WHERE IS LOVE.” exhibit in the Megumi Ogita Gallery.
Artizon Museum presents an ambitious attempt to compare and explore traditional works of the Rimpa school with European Impressionism in “Rimpa and Impressionism: Arts Produced by Urban Cultures, East and West.” The Rimpa school of painting was founded by in…
MOT Annual 2020 is an exhibition celebrating young Japanese artists, exploring the invisible powers in the natural, social and built world, through the work of four artists and an artist duo. The exhibition highlights, discusses and exposes the invisible powers…
The Sompo Museum of Art is exhibiting 140 items from its extensive Seiji Togo collection in “Seiji Togo’s Souvenirs from the Collection of the Sompo Museum of Art.” Togo, 1897-1978, is famous for his Western-influenced Japanese art work, greatly inspired…
Tatsuo Miyajima, also at the Mori Art Museum’s Stars exhibition, is famous for his light-emitting diode (LED) artworks, which reflect the flow of life through the never-ending repetition and sequence of numbers 1 to 9. The new series of paintings…
