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"Corot: Souvenirs et Variations" Exhibition
[29] 
[8]- at National Museum Of Western Art, Tokyo
- Media: Painting - Prints
- Closes tomorrow
The 19th century French painter Camille Corot (1796-1875) created numerous lyric landscape and figural paintings, and today his oeuvre continues to fascinate artists and art aficionados throughout the (...)
15th Tai Calligraphy Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Ueno Royal Museum
- Media: Calligraphy
- Closes tomorrow
Daisuke Tejima + Miho Dohi + Koji Nakano "Fancy Mirror"
[0] [0]- at Gallery Kingyo
- Media: Sculpture
- Closes tomorrow
Three person exhibition presenting works inspired by "people, objects, and incidents" which they encountered in everyday life. [Image: Daisuke Tejima]
Kin Taii "Sky, Earth and Mankind"
[5] [1]- at Gallery ef
- Media: Video installation
- Closes tomorrow
Kin Taii is a Chinese-born artist whose work expresses the inner world of humans and a sense of sympathy with nature through the artistic media of music, video art, drawing, and spatial installation. In (...)
Manami Furukawa "10 Pieces Exhibition -Fairy Girls"
[0] [0]- at Kume Press Room
- Media: Product - Fashion
- Closes tomorrow
Showcasing Manami Furukawa's 10 T-shirts. Depicted in Furukawa's unique monochrome line drawings are fairly tail protagonists who hide poisonous quality behind their adorableness. Hiding their wily (...)
Nichidai Art Department Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery Ku
- Media: Painting
- Closes tomorrow
Tony Cole "Paper Samurai"
[0] [0]- at Tea & Gallery Hanakagesho
- Media: Crafts
- Closes tomorrow
Comment by the artist "Paper models existed in Japan even during the Edo and Meiji Periods. Some were 3D models, just like the paper models of today, while others were diorama-like displays featuring (...)
"The Ichikawa Beian Collection" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Painting - Calligraphy - Other
- Closes in 8 days
As well as being famous as one of the Three Distinguished Calligraphers of the Late Edo Period and being a calligraphy teacher with many students, Ichikawa Beian (1779-1858) was also an avid collector (...)
"Shitsurai 2008"Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Gallery Jin
- Media: Painting - Ceramics - Other
- Closes in 14 days
Exhibition centered on the idea of hospitality, where the gallery owner becomes the host and the gallery visitors his guests. The artists chosen for this show collaborated with the host in order to create (...)
Special Exhibition "Disasters - Tokyo National Museum and Earthquakes"
[1] [0]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Painting - Photography - Other
- Closes in 16 days
On September 1, 1923 (Taisho 12), at 11:58 in the morning, a huge earthquake hit the Kanto region. With its epicenter at Sagami Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture, this was the Great Kanto Earthquake. It was around (...)
"Imaginary Museum of the O Collection - Magical Museum Tour Room 5 Chiezo Taro: Post Human Artist" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Tokyo Wonder Site, Hongo
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 22 days
Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo is pleased to be hosting "Imaginary Museum of the O Collection - Magical Museum Tour Room 5 Chiezo Taro: Post Human Artist". This exhibition, the continuation of a series launched (...)
"Temple Tresures of Buddhist Sculpture from Rokuharamitsuji, Kyoto" Exhibition
[8] [0]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Sculpture
- Closes in 22 days
Rokuharamitsuji, originally named Saikoji, was founded by the priest Kuya Shonin outside the capital of Kyoto (present Higashiyamaku of Kyoto city) in the mid-10th century during the Heian period (794-1192). (...)
"Two Statues of Dainichi Nyorai and Unkei Style Sculpture" Exhibition
[3] [0]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Sculpture
- Closes in 22 days
Unkei, active from the late Heian (794-1192) to the early Kamakura (1192-1333) periods, is one of the most important Buddhist sculptors in the history of Japanese sculpture. He belonged to the group of (...)
Special Exhibition "Masks and Costume for the Noh Play 'Miidera'"
[1] [0]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Fashion - Crafts
- Closes in 22 days
Miidera temple, also known as Onjoji, is located in Omi province (Shiga prefecture) by Lake Biwa, and was famous for the sound of its bell. In the Edo period (1603-1868) the "Evening Bell from the Temple (...)
"Kano Hogai - The Track to Avalokitesvara as a Merciful Mother" Exhibition
[4] [0]- at The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 24 days
Kano Hogai (1828-1888), born as the legitimate child to a painter in Chofu (now Shimonoseki City) under the Tokugawa shogunate, is recognized as a renowned artist who laid the foundations of modern nihonga (...)
"The Taito Ward Collection: The Source of Japanese Paintings - Reproductions of Wall Paintings at the Dunhuang Mogao Caves" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts
- Media: Painting
- Closes in 24 days
Taito Ward has purchased reproductions of a portion of the graduation works "Golden Pavilion Wall Paintings from Horyuji" and "Wall Paintings from the Dunhuang Mogao Caves" from the graduate school at (...)
Tomoko Shioyasu "Cutting Insights"
[8] [1]- at SCAI The Bathhouse
- Media: Installation
- Closes in 28 days
Born in 1981, Tomoko Shioyasu majored in sculpture at the Kyoto City University of Arts. In 2005, the year after graduating, she won the Grand Prix at the 6th Spiral Independent Creators Festival (SICF). (...)
"Maidens' Icons" Exhibition
[5] [0]- at Yayoi Museum
- Media: Illustration - Painting - Art Talk
- Closes in 29 days
The Yayoi Museum houses a lot of shojo-ga (illustrations depicting girls), also known as lyric illustration, by various artists including Kasho Takabatake, Koji Fukiya, Masao Kato and Junichi Nakahara. (...)
"Yumeji Takehisa -the World of Children-" Exhibition
[3] [2]- at Takehisa Yumeji Museum
- Media: Illustration - Art Talk
- Closes in 29 days
While Yumeji Takehisa is now best known for his bijin-ga (depiction of beautiful women) which represents his career during the Taisho period, it's also worth mentioning that he created countless works (...)
"How Pop-Up Books are Created" Exhibition
[6] [0]- at P&P Gallery
- Media: Illustration - Other
- Closes in 44 days
Have you ever heard of Pop-Up Books? Pop-up books have pictures that move as you turn the pages or pull on tabs. Full of surprises and fun, these books feature movements that delight and charm readers (...)
Special Exhibition "Designs Seen in Treasured Imported Fabrics - Birds and Beasts"
[1] [0]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Fashion - Crafts
- Closes in 50 days
Meibutsugire (celebrated fabrics) were a type of dyed and woven fabric brought to Japan from places like China, mainly from the Kamakura period to the early Edo period. They include fabrics such as kinran (...)
Special Exhibition "Wayang - Indonesian Shadow Play Puppets"
[3] [0]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Other
- Closes in 50 days
These puppets, representing characters from the epic Indian poem the Mahabharata, are used in Wayang Kulit, a form of shadow puppetry from Indonesia. Wayang Kulit has evolved naturally over the years, (...)
Special Exhibition "Buddhist Relics Excavated at Nachisan"
[0] [0]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Crafts - Other
- Closes in 78 days
Nachisan (Mt.Nachi), located in Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama, is one of the Three Sacred Mountains of Kumano, with the Nachi Waterfall (also known as Ichinotaki) as its primary object of worship. At the area (...)
Vermeer Exhibition
[12] [3]- at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- Closes in 106 days
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was born in a small city called Delft located near Haag in Holland. He only produced about 30 works in his entire life. He is considered a "master of light" for his sophisticated (...)
Permanent events
Asakura Choso Permanent Exhibits
[29] [31]- at Asakura Choso Museum
- Media: Architecture - Furniture - Sculpture
Fumio Asakura is known as the father of Japanese Modern Sculpture. Originally built as Asakura's home atelier, Asakura Choso Museum has a permanent exhibit of his major works. Closed from Dec. 29 to Jan. (...)
Gallery of Horyuji Treasures
[13] [18]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Drawing - Calligraphy - Crafts
Over 300 treasures derived from Horyuji Temple are stored and displayed here.
Heiseikan Japanese Archaeology
[1] [0]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Sculpture - Crafts - Other
The First floor of the Heiseikan is dedicated to the display of archaeological finds from Japan.
Honkan Japanese Gallery
[9] [6]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Painting - Calligraphy - Sculpture
Masterpieces of Japanese Art, spanning the Jomon era to the Edo period.
Kuroda Memorial Hall Permanent Exhibit
[16] [11]- at Kuroda Memorial Hall
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Other
Seiki Kuroda (1866-1924) left huge footprints in modern japanese art as a painter, pedagogue and art administrator. He helped revolutionize mid-Meiji period painting, and his influence reached far and (...)
NMWA Museum Collection
[10] [13]- at National Museum Of Western Art, Tokyo
- Media: Painting - Other - Sculpture
The NMWA was established in 1959 around the core Matsukata Collection as Japan's museum specializing in Western art. The Main Building displays pre-18th century paintings, including those by Ritzos, Van (...)
Toyokan Asian Gallery
[1] [4]- at Tokyo National Museum
- Media: Painting - Calligraphy - Sculpture
Artworks and crafts from China, the Korean peninsula, Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and Egypt, organized by area and genre.
Yokoyama Taikan Memorial Hall Permanent Exhibit
[9] [5]- at Yokoyama Taikan Memorial Hall
- Media: Painting - Drawing - Ceramics
Works, studies, sketches, ceramics, kimonos, artworks by friends, letters, bamboo crafts, and other belongings of Yokoyama Taikan are on display. Exhibits will change every three months. Closed during (...)
Upcoming events
Yoko Hisada "Sou"
[0] [0]- at Gallery Kingyo
- Media: Painting
- Starts in 4 days
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