Itabashi Art Museum - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Itabashi Art Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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"Citizens Culture Festival" Exhibition
Calligraphers' works: October 22nd-26th Artists' works: October 29th-November 3rd Citizens' calligraphy works: November 6th-9th Citizens' artworks: November 12th-16th
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"The Whereabouts of Hokusai's DNA" Exhibition
Hokusai Katsushika is known around the world as a great master of ukiyo-e. Who were the successors to his "DNA", though? Although Hokusai had two sons, they did not carry on the legacy of his art. Perhaps (...)
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2008 Bologna International Picture Book Original Prints Exhibition
Featuring around 500 original prints of picture book illustrations from beautiful Bologna, in northern Italy. This exhibition includes the work of 99 illustrators, 20 of whom are Japanese. Various other (...)
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"Allsorts from the Itabashi Museum Collection" Exhibition
This exhibition features 70 masterworks of 20th century Japanese art, divided into 3 sections: "Drawing", "Pasting", and "Taking". Most of these works are rarely displayed. In addition, all 34 works (...)
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"Edo Artistic Practice: Court and Folk" Exhibition
During the Edo period, the Tokugawa shogunate was patron to artists from the Kano and Sumiyoshi schools as well as folk etching and ukiyo-e artists, all of whom were frequently commissioned for work. Before (...)
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"Artists of Itabashi 2005-2007 Exhibition"
There are many artists who live and work in Itabashi Ward, but residents do not have the chance to see these artists' works assembled in once place. Works by 66 artists that have been exhibited in the (...)
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"Junior High School Art Exhibition Honoring Taisei Sato"
Itabashi Ward has established a youth artist fellowship in honor of Order of Culture winning artist Taisei Sato, and also holds a competitive art exhibition for Junior High School students in his name. (...)
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Itabashi Ward Elementary and Junior High School Student Works Exhibition
Schedule -Junior High School New Year Calligraphy Exhibition January 19th (Sat) - 24th (Thurs) -Junior High School Art Exhibition January 26th (Sat) - February 3rd (Sun) -Elementary School Student (...)
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"Bruno Munari Anote Konote 100th Anniversary" Exhibition
Bruno Munari (1907-1998) was active in various fields such as painting, design and art education. This exhibition centers around "books" with which Munari was involved throughout his entire life, and aims (...)
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Itabashi City Culture Festival
Artist Works by Itabashi resident artists October 24th (Wed) - 28th (Sun) Calligraphy works by Itabashi resident calligraphers October 31st (Wed) - November 4th (Sun) Itabashi Art Exhibition November (...)
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"Edo Culture Series 23: Buncho Tani and His Disciples " Exhibition
Buncho Tani, the master of Edo popular art in the 19th century, created his own artistic style through explorations of Japanese and Chinese painting styles such as Nan-ga (Southern school of Chinese painting), (...)
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2007 Bologne Italy International Picture Book Original Drawings Exhibition
The Bologne Exhibition is known as the largest picture book original drawing competition in the world. This year is its 41st year and 2,653 illustrators from 58 countries submitted their works. There were (...)
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Iwami Furusawa "Wild Dance of Color and Lines"
Artist Iwami Furusawa (1912-2000) was a member of the pre-war artists' community Ikebukuro Montparnasse and explored new forms of expression such as surrealism. After the war, he had an atelier in Itabashi (...)
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"The Artists of Ikebukuro Montparnasse" Exhibition
This is an exhibition of works by artists who are closely associated with the "Ikebukuro Montparnasse" studio area in Ikebukuro.
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Junior High School Student Painting Exhibition in Commemoration of Taisei Sato
This exhibition brings together works of painting by junior high school students from all over the country in commemoration of the painter Taisei Sato, who was decorated with the Order of Cultural Merit (...)
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Itabashi Ward Elementary and Junior High School Art Exhibition
Junior High School New Year's Resolution Exhibition January 20th - 25th Junior High School Art Exhibition January 27th - February 4th Elementary Art Exhibition Part 1 February 7th - February 14th Elementary (...)
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Exhibition of Famous Works from the Kohouan Collection
At the time of the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma's opening, Fusaichiro Inoue donated the classical art that he had collected, which was put together with the Kohouan collection. This exhibition presents (...)
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Itabashi Ward Culture Fair
Writing Exhibition Wednesday 25th - Sunday 29th October An exhibition of the strength of local writing talent in calligraphy. Art Exhibition Wednesday 1st - Sunday 5th November An exhibition of (...)
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"The artistic achievements of feudal lords " Exhibition
This exhibition brings together from all over the country unique works made by feudal lords in the Edo period.
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"Introducing our Modern Art Gifts Collection" Exhibition
In 1994, Itabashi Art Museum stopped introducing their newly acquired works after ending their "New Collections" exhibitions. However, they have continued to expand their collection, mostly through donations, (...)
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2006 Bologna International Children's Book Fair Exhibition
This is an exhibition of the highly acclaimed Bologna Children's Book Fair. Every year the Japanese artists become the focus of attention and this year the best 27 out of the 92 who took part have been (...)
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Exhibition from the Museum Collection: "This is the Itabashi Kano School!"
At the core of the collection of old art in the Itabashi Art Museum are works by the "Edo Kano School" which has 400 years of history. The museum has been collecting them for 25 years and conducting research (...)
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Retrospective of Taisei Sato
Itabashi Art Museum celebrates the life of Taisei Sato who passed away on November 6, 2004, just four days before his 91st birthday. Taisei Sato was born in Kyoto in 1913, and moved to Tokyo when he (...)
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"Little Red Riding-Hood" and Original Masterpiece Picture Books
This event showcases about 350 books and illustrations from the world renowned Little Red Riding Hood Collection of the Troisdorf's Picture Book Museum in Germany. Most of these works were collected by (...)
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Nanga in Kanto Exhibition
Sixty nanga works by thirteen artists featuring the beauty of nature. This exhibition attemps to show that Kanto nanga has a distinct style that distinguishes it from that of the Kansai region, where nanga (...)
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2005 Bologna Illustrators Exhibition
Selected illustrations from the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2005. The annual fair this year attracted around 1166 exhibitors not only from Italy but from all over the world. The Bologna Illustrators (...)
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What was the Edo Kano School?
This exhibition aims to reveal some of the history of the famous school of Japanese art. When the Tokugawa shogunate started in 1603, Edo Kano moved the school from Kyoto to the new capital Edo (Tokyo). (...)
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Artists of Itabashi '02-'04
There are many artists who reside and work in Itabashi-ku. Their work however, is usually unavailable for viewing at one location. This exhibition brings together the work of 78 Itabashi artists published (...)
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"Gochojyu"(Longevity) Exhibition
This show focuses on the new aspects of "aging". Art works that depict "longevity", the universal wish throughout history, will be on display.
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Kikuan Collection: History of Western-Style Japanese Paintings
The tradition of "Western-style" Japanese paintings began in Momoyama-era (late 16th century ) as a series of Christian paintings were introduced to Japan. This hybrid style of European religious paintings (...)





