Welcome to the New Nezu Museum

October 29, 2009

Welcome to the New Nezu Museum

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009 After an extended period of construction, the Nezu Museum has finally taken the wraps off its new digs. Designed by architect Kuma Kengo, the building creates a contemporary setting for founder and railway magnate Keichiro Nezu’s collection of traditional Asian arts and crafts. The Aoyama institution celebrates its […]

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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on October 2009

<img src="https://metropolisjapan.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/2.jpg" alt="Cherry Blossoms at Yoshino and Maple Leaves at Tatsuta, Edo period, 17th century, pair of six-fold screens, color on gold-foiled paper” width=”650″ height=”273″ class=”size-full wp-image-1109″ />

Cherry Blossoms at Yoshino and Maple Leaves at Tatsuta, Edo period, 17th century, pair of six-fold screens, color on gold-foiled paper


After an extended period of construction, the Nezu Museum has finally taken the wraps off its new digs. Designed by architect Kuma Kengo, the building creates a contemporary setting for founder and railway magnate Keichiro Nezu’s collection of traditional Asian arts and crafts. The Aoyama institution celebrates its reopening by displaying the centerpiece of its collection, National Treasure Wachi Waterfall, a scroll from the 13th-14th century Kamakura period. Also on offer are artworks that reflect on sacred aspects of nature, and ink landscape paintings depicting the utopian visions of literati painters, scenes of famous spots throughout Japan heralded in waka poetry, and paradisiacal visions of birds and flowers.

Nezu Museum
Welcome to the New Nezu Museum. Hanga. Until Nov 8, ¥800 (student)/¥1,000 (adult). 6-5-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3400-2536. Open Tue-Sun 10am-5pm, closed Mon. Nearest stn: Omotesando. www.nezu-muse.or.jp