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Current events
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"View from the Sky - Whole Enormous Extent of Edo" Exhibition
Tokyo’s new landmark, the Tokyo Sky Tree, has recently become a hot topic. It seems that now and long ago people like to enjoy views from high places. In the Edo period, scenic places such as Mt. Asuka,...More »
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Fumihiko Nakatoh "Traces of Memory"
On display are 15 new woodblock prints and lithographs. [Image: Fumihiko Nakatoh "Fish Shadow" (2012) woodblock lithograph 70×90cm]More »
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Hiroyoshi Koyama Exhibition
Papercraft sculptures made from 2D prints.More »
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Shu Ueno Exhibition
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Yoichiro Nishikawa "The Jazz"
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Alexander Gelman "Ephemera"
Features flyers by the famed designer, made using genuine gold leaf and investigating the theme of ephemeral from the point of view of posters and other printed materials.More »
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"Scenery from the Cat Bus" Exhibition
Includes landscape prints and recreated spaces from Ghibli anime films.More »
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Georges Barbier + Jean-Emile Laboureur Exhibition
This exhibition showcases Art Deco works from Shigeru Kashima's collection by two French painters from Nantes, Georges Barbier and Jean-Emile Laboureur. Barbier is known for his lush fashion and magazine...More »
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Shiko Munakata Exhibition
This exhibition showcases works from the Munakata Shiko Memorial Museum of Art and the Aomori Museum of Art that look back on the career of this leading artist, who was a close associate of Shoji Hamada,...More »
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Keiichi Tanaami "Tanaami Tee x 100"
Keiichi Tanaami is a leading Japanese Pop artist from the 60s and 70s who has recently been rediscovered as a crucial "missing link" in Japanese pop culture, anime and manga, as well as a string of well-known...More »
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"Tohoku Crafts and Shiko Munakata" Exhibition
Print artist Shiko Munakata was born in Aomori and is known for his work that overflows in vitality. His prints possess a surprising creativity displaying an innocent spirit, born out of the rich natural...More »
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Misa Wematsu "Drops"
On display are some 10 sculptural works made of cloth and prints measuring 3.11cm across that are a memorial to the March 11, 2011 earthquake. [Image: Misa Wematsu, "Drops" (2012)]More »
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"Peintre-graveur: Adventures in Graphic Arts in the 19th Century" Exhibition
Held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, this exhibition introduces a selection of works that illustrate how the printmaking medium underwent a sea change in...More »
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Tama Art University & Academy of Fine Arts Katowice Exchange Exhibition
Features some 100 print works by graduates and staff from the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice and Tama Art University, looking at their respective poster design vision and engendering cultural exchange...More »
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Teppei Kaneuji "Something on the Planet"
Kaneuji has previously presented work whereby he gathers manufactured materials (plastics, wood) and re-constructs them into new forms that possess a meaning different to the original. In this exhibition,...More »
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"Images Shout - The Power of Creative Woodcut Prints" Exhibition
On display is a selection of woodblock prints on washi paper without glass frames, which allows visitors to better appreciate the works. [Image: Susumu Yamaguchi, "Young Woman Carrying Flowers"]More »
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"Tetsuro Komai 1920–1976 From the Fukuhara Collection" Exhibition
Tetsuro Komai (1920-1976) is a well-known pioneer of intaglio printmaking in postwar Japan. This exhibition features the collection of over 500 prints formed by Yoshiharu Fukuhara, honorary chairman of...More »
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Yozo Hamaguchi + Hideo Hagiwara Exhibition
Showcases works that tackle the power of the gaze, drawn mainly from the collection of the museum. [Image: "Ladybirds" (1978)]More »
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Yumeji Takehisa Exhibition
This second part of a series of exhibitions that focus on Yumeji Takehisa and the Taisho era showcases illustrations created for the covers of a popular musical score series, inspired by Art Nouveau and...More »
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"Ei-Q Prints" Exhibition
Exhibition featuring etchings by the artist Ei-Q.More »
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"MOMAS Collection" Exhibition
Includes drawings, oil paintings and sculptures by Yayoi Kusama, as well as paintings and prints by other artists.More »
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"400 Years of Nihonbashi: The Foremost Landmark of Edo-Tokyo Seen in Art" Exhibition
Beloved as an emblem of the capital and lovingly depicted in Edo period ukiyo-e woodblock prints, Nihonbashi is a bridge originally built out of wood and refashioned in stone in 1911. This exhibition showcases...More »
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"Flowerscapes" Exhibition
Artists of every era have looked to the natural world to find subjects for thought and their art, and they have often chosen flowers as subjects to inspire their imagination in painting. The unique perspectives...More »
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Keiko Minami Exhibition
- at Musee Hamaguchi Yozo / Yamasa Collection
- in the Kyobashi, Nihonbashi & Kudanshita area
- Closes in 66 days
Keiko Minami is known for both her nostalgic, poetic copper etchings as well as her literary endeavors. This exhibition showcases a series of sketches from her poetry collection "Voyage by Sea", as well...More »
Permanent events
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Modern Japanese Art from the Museum Collection
Using three floors of the main building, this permanent exhibition presents about 200 to 250 pieces selected from our museum's collection of about 9,200 works, including Japanese- and Western-style paintings,...More »
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Mr. Brainwash Exhibition
Mr. Brainwash is a French contemporary artist resident in Los Angeles and this exhibition showcases many of his drawings, following on from his recent "Life is Beautiful" show. [Image: Mr. Brainwash...More »
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Permanent Collection Exhibition
Yozo Hamaguchi was born as the third son to the Yamasa soy sauce magnate Gihei Hamaguchi, a collector of Southern School paintings who also studied painting himself. Yozo developed the unique mezzotint...More »
Upcoming events
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Maya Nakamura "Concrete Poem 3"
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Sumaco Yasui Exhibition
The artist's eighth solo show at the gallery and her first there in two years. Born in 1959 she specializes in copperplates with detailed etchings, and then each layer hand-tinted to create a fairytale-like...More »
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"Ukiyo-e Artist Eisen Keisai" Exhibition
Eisen Keisai (1791-1848) was a ukiyo-e printmaker active during the end of the Tokugawa shogunate era, when Edo culture was at its zenith. He specialized in works depicting beautiful women and landscapes,...More »
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"Cosmetics of Edo Period Beauties in Ukiyo-e Prints" Exhibition
Cosmetics and makeup techniques used during the Edo period consisted mostly of white powder, rouge, tooth blackening substances, and eyebrow shaping. Makeup styles were determined by social rules and conventions,...More »
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mocchi mocchi "Silk Screen Printing Works 2012"
[Image: floral pattern dress 940mmX750mm]More »
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"Redoute's Les Roses" Exhibition
Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) was a court painter during the turbulent period of the French Revolution and after, counting Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine among his patrons. He was preoccupied...More »
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"The Kitani Collection: Namazu-e and Baudelaire" Exhibition
This exhibition introduces the collection of Makoto Kitani, known as a researcher of copperplate print artist Charles Meryon and his contemporary, the poet Baudelaire. There will be some 40 Meiji period...More »




