Nerima Art Museum - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Nerima Art Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Tatsuo Takayama Exhibition
First half: September 13th (Sat) - October 5th (Sun) Second half: October 11th (Sat) - November 3rd (Mon/holiday)
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"The Warmth of Wood, Amid Play" Exhibition
This exhibition puts on display selected pieces from the collection of Akio Kasuga, a noted collector of wooden toys from around the world and an educational researcher on the subject, as well as unique (...)
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Masato Moriwaki "To Live"
Masato Moriwaki was born in 1950. After graduating from Tama Art University he became an apprentice to Gensou Okuda. Currently, he lives in Nerima ward and is a nihonga painter affiliated with the Nitten (...)
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54th Nerima Ward Artist Association Exhibition
On display are works by the Nerima Ward Artist Association, including nihonga paintings, oil paintings, watercolors, prints, sculptures and crafts.
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"New Acquisitions from the Nerima Museum Collection" Exhibition
The Nerima Museum has built up a strong collection of works since its opening, many of which were generously donated by the artists' families or collectors. Although these works have previously been exhibited (...)
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"Art Has Long Life - Why Many Artists Live Long" Exhibition
Japanese society is often called an "aging society," and are a large number of 70-80 year olds. Artists and works: 60 Nihon-ga, western paintings and prints and 30 Shinagawa-ko prints by Yosai Kikuchi (...)
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"39th Nerima Ward Residents Art Exhibition"
This is the 39th Art Exhibition by Nerima Ward citizens. Approximately 300 paintings, sculptures and crafts selected from the submitted works from ward residents and commuters in November will be on display. (...)
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"Winter Collection: Artist Gaze and Expression Painting Seasons" Exhibition
Approximately 20 nihon-ga, western paintings and prints from the collection taking the theme of "seasons" will be on display. Related Events -Gallery guide by the museum curators January 20th, 27th, (...)
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"Birth of Masterpieces - Masters' Aterliers" Exhibition
Nerima is an area that is close to the city blessed with a productive creative environment. Many artists have congregated here and produced works of art. To celebrate this memorable year marking the 60th (...)
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Nerima Ward Independence 60th Year Anniversary Art of Nerima 2007 Exhibition
This is a 60th anniversary exhibition for the independence of Nerima Ward. Works by three sculptors who were enrolled in Nerima Ward's only art university, Nihon University College of Art, will be introduced. (...)
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Akira Yamaguchi "This Time it's Musha-e!"
This artist is a young artist known as a pioneer in Japanese contemporary art for his free and imaginative works that have surpassed the borders of traditional painting genres and cultural barriers. His (...)
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Summer Break Kids' Workshop "Seeing, Making and Having Fun at the Museum!"
This is a series of workshops for children to enjoy "seeing" "making" and "expressing" along with artists and art university students. Among the various workshops are "Summer Art Matsuri!" and those related (...)
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Summer Museum "Opening Your Eyes, Heart, and Wings of Imagination: Stories that Begin with Pictures"
The Summer Museum is a collection exhibition in which elementary and junior high school students participate. Unique stories and poems that Nerima Ward students created on hand-size art cards based on (...)
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53rd Nerima Ward Artist Association Exhibition
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"Takashi Asada's Youth" Exhibition
This Nihon-ga (Japanese painting) artist was a leader among modern Nihon-ga painters painting scenes from nature and famous sites with a modern creative sensibility. Sadly, he passed away suddenly in 1987. (...)
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"And Yet Men Cross Over the 'Boundary' " Exhibition
Works on display in this exhibition have been chosen from over 300 works in the Kuniaki and Katsuko Ueda Contemporary Art Collection. Approximately 70 Nihonga (Japanese style painting) and contemporary (...)
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"Paintings and Prints" Exhibition
Centering around works from its collection, this exhibition introduces the work of various painters and printmakers. 11 work in both fields, 3 of them are painters, and 6 of them printmakers; 180 works (...)
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Hiroshi Nakamura "Small Works"
Born in 1932 and a resident of Nerima Ward since his school years, Nakamura's early work depicted people and society. This exhibition presents works from his early years to the present, including drawings, (...)
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38th Nerima Ward People's Art Exhibition
This year sees the 38th Nerima Ward People's Art Exhibition (which has changed its name from last year, until when it was titled "Amateur Art Exhibition"). The exhibition brings together approximately (...)
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"Portable Forms - Scrolls" Exhibition
This exhibition presents both old and new hanging scrolls and hand-held scrolls from the museum's collection. [Image: Chofu Takehara "Peach Blossom" 1923] •Related Events (Free, no reservation required) Gallery (...)
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"All About Koichiro Kondo" Exhibition
Koichiro Kondo (1884-1962) studied western painting at Tokyo Art School, where Tsuguhara Fujita and Taro Okamoto's father Ippei were among his peers. After graduation, Ippei Okamoto started working for (...)
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Sadamasa Motonaga "Playing with Colour, Shape, Line and Words"
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Special Exhibition "Nostalgia and Illusions - The World of Mikio Ikeda"
Born in Hokkaido in 1928, Mikio Ikeda studied at Tama Art University, specializing in nihonga (Japanese style painting). After graduating in 1952, he studied postwar contemporary nihonga under Kenji Yoshioka (...)
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52nd Nerima Ward Artists Association Exhibition
This is an exhibition of works by groups of artists working in Nerima ward; a display of 80 works of oil painting, watercolours, pastel, charcoal drawing, Western-style prints, Japanese-style (nihonga) (...)
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"Unconventional Painters of the 1910s & 1920s"
Originally set up as Wakayama Prefectural Art Museum in 1963, in 1970s, it became the Museum of Modern Art Wakayama, and in 1994, it moved to its current premises near Wakayama castle, where it has continued (...)
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Chofu Takehara Retrospective
Chofu Takehara (1897-1947) was born in Asakusa, Tokyo. He studied Japanese-style painting (Nihonga) together with Ryuko Tsutaya, and was chosen for the Monten exhibition in 1918. He burst onto the art (...)
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Art in Nerima 2006
Nerima Art Museum celebrates its 20th anniversary. This exhibition will display a selection from their 1400 pieces of classic Japanese paintings, oil paintings, watercolors, and wood-block prints. The (...)
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Byobu, Foldable Arworks
Historically, Byobu or folding screens, were used for dividing rooms or as decorations for special occasions. As a particularly valuable piece of furniture to the Chinese and Japanese, it can be seen in (...)
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Homage to Kyujin Yamamoto Exhibition
This exhibition celebrates the life of Kyujin Yamamoto by exhibiting fifty of his works, along with another fifty paintings by his students: Kazuho Hieda, Takehiko Mori, Yasuo Ueno, Junsaku Koizumi, (...)
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20th Anniversary - Yuzo Saeki Exhibition
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Nerima Art Museum presents the work of Yuzo Saeki (1898-1928). His unique paintings play an integral part in the history of Japanese modern art, and still have (...)
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Stories Starting from Pictures
"Collection Exhibition by Junior Curators" started in 2003 as a special event during summer vacation in Narima Ward, with the purpose of providing an opportunity for junior high school students to get (...)
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Children Workshop Exhibition
An exhibition of the outcome from the Children's Workshop held every month for elementary and junior high school students. The junior high school's art club will present "Storage Plans by Junior Curators" (...)
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The 51th Nerima-ku Artists Association Exhibition
Exhibition by members of the Nerima Artist Association, which includes over 70 pieces of painting, crafts and sculptures.
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Prints from Nerima Art Museum's Collection
Over 70 wood and copperplate prints dating from the Showa period to nowadays will be introduced; not only ordinary works such as the simple and heart warming sceneries, but also a selection of large scale (...)
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Exhibition of Three Artists: Seizo Tajima, Koichi Tanigawa, Chizuru Miyasako
This exhibition presents the creative world of three artists who work closely with nature. On show are 270 works by Seizo Tajima, Koichi Tanigawa and Chizuru Miyasako. They work in different media such (...)
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Deep in Creation: "Work In Progress!"
Part seven of our "how to" series which introduces the various aspects of contemporary art. "Creative process" is the theme of this exhibition. 6 artists of various media share their work process.
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Chofu Takehara: The Artist Who Captured "Life"
Chofu Takehara was born in Asakusa, Tokyo in 1897. Although the artist did not produce work in large quantity, each work is filled with burst of liveliness and love for life and nature. 60 works by (...)
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Ikebukuro Montparnasse: Hideo Kuguma and His Colleagues
This show features about 170 paintings by Hideo Kuguma (1901-1940) who is also known for his poetry.





