Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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1894 Visions: Odilon Redon and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The tenth anniversary of the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo (MIMT), culminates in this exhibition focusing on the era of two artists at the core of the MIMT’s collection, Odilon Redon and Henri de...More »
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10th Anniversary Exhibition Dreamed Childhoods - Bonnard, the Nabis, and Childhood
*Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo will be open from June 9. (By appointment only) The theme of this exhibition marking the 10th anniversary of the museum is “childhood” and will feature works by the...More »
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Impressionism and Beyond – Master Paintings from the Yoshino Gypsum Collection
Noted for its high quality, the Yoshino Gypsum collection is not only prominent in Japan, it is also among the best in the world with holdings of graceful and familiar works by Renoir, Monet, Picasso,...More »
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All About Mariano Fortuny
Mariano Fortuny (1871-1949) became the darling of the early 20th-century fashion world with his light and supple ‘Delphos’ (a silk gown decorated with delicate pleats). With the full cooperation of the...More »
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Parabola of Pre-Raphaelitism
Seeking the wholesale reform of British art, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood—formed in 1848 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his colleagues—had a tremendous impact. The works by these avant-garde artists appealed...More »
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The Phillips Collection
The Phillips Collection, located in Washington DC, was founded by 20th-century art collector Duncan Phillips. Opening in 1921, It is the first modern art museum in the US, holding an extensive collection...More »
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The World of Chaumet: The Art of Jewelry Since 1780
The longest established jeweler on the exclusive Place Vendôme in Paris, Chaumet has shaped the face of elegance since its creation in 1780. From its origin as the official jeweler to Emperor Napoleon...More »
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Flore d’Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was a French painter active in France in the second half of the nineteenth century, when artists such as Monet and Renior were championing the Impressionist movement. Though Redon was of the...More »
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Prints in Paris 1900: From Elite to the Street
In Paris at the end of the 19th century, prints that up until that time were just for transmitting information or a means of reproduction became the latest medium for artists to widen the potential of...More »
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Leonardo da Vinci e Michelangelo
For artists in 15th century Italy, drawing(disegno in Italian) was one of the most basic and important art forms to show their techniques. This is the first exhibition in Japan to compare the beautiful...More »
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Murmur and Tumult: Masterpieces of Les Nabis from the Musée d’Orsay
In the late 19th century, a group of young avant-garde artists formed in Paris, inspired by Paul Gauguin and by Japanese ukiyo-e. They were known as Les Nabis, meaning “prophets.” The Les Nabis artists...More »
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Bonjour Monsieur Renoir; Renoir et Umehara – Joie de peindre
Defining Japanese Western art, Ryuzaburo Umehara (1888-1986) was known as the “Lion of the Art World” due to his dynamic personality. As Japan began to modernize, Umehara, at the age of 20, made the journey...More »
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Julia Margaret Cameron: A Woman Who Breathed Life Into Photographs
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) first picked up a camera towards the end of 1863. She claims an important place in the history of photography, for taking what was simply a medium for recording, and...More »
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Sho Tanaka “Tree Matters”
Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi, launched in 2007, aims to uncover and cultivate the talent of young artists. Its ninth session in September, 2015 introduced the selected graduation works of some 420 artists...More »
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Paris Haute Couture ーThe Only Gown in the World
Haute Couture emerged in Paris in the late 19th century, a French term literally meaning “high sewing” or “high dressmaking”, or more usually “high fashion”. It became known for its high end fashion by...More »
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Captive Beauty ― Treasures from the Prado Museum
The Museo del Prado, which opened to the public in 1819 as the Royal Museum of Painting and Sculpture, houses a collection of painting whose depth and quality are unparalleled worldwide. It reflects the...More »
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Kyosai - Master Painter and his Student Josiah Conder
Known as the “demon of painting” Kyosai Kawanabe built his career through the end of the Edo era and the course of the Meiji period to great popular acclaim, attracting many disciples, including the architect...More »
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Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, Washington
The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC, is the only national art museum in the United States that specializes in Western art, both European and American. The entire collection has been donated...More »
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Millet, Barbizon and Fontainebleau
In celebration of 200 years since the birth of Jean-François Millet(1814-1875) the French master who so warmly rendered the dedicated toil of peasants and the surrounding rural landscapes, a special exhibition...More »
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Vallotton — Fire Beneath the Ice
Sixty oil paintings and sixty print works make up this exhibition celebrating the museum’s comprehensive collection of Felix Vallotton’s work which continues a contemporary sensibility even 100 years on,...More »
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The Last Studies; Balthus in Tokyo
Placed on par with Picasso as one of the masters of 20th century art, Balthus has left an unquestionable imprint on modern painting but in his later years as his hands became restricted he started to take...More »
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The Beautiful— Art for Art’s Sake: The Aesthetic Movement 1860–1900
As the materialism of the mid-19th century post-industrial age ran rampant in London, a progressive art movement transformed people’s lifestyles. Led by avant-gardists, this movement asserted that art...More »
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“Masterpieces from the Collection of Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, 2013”
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Paris, France was the center for a group of painters who stimulated and influenced one another, including impressionists Renoir and Monet, as well as Redon, Toulouse-Lautrec,...More »
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Ukiyo-e: Floating World from the Saito Collection
Having largely focused on 19th century Western art since its opening, the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum in this exhibition takes a new departure in highlighting the Japanese art of ukiyo-e, reflecting the...More »
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"Great French Paintings from the Clark - Renoir and Masterpieces of French Paintings" Exhibition
Located three hours from both New York and Boston, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA) is both an art museum and a center for academic research in the visual...More »
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“Chardin(1699-1779)” Exhibition
In this historic exhibition, the first devoted exclusively to Jean Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) ever to be held in Japan, the museum presents a special selection of the renowned French still-life and genre...More »
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Edward Burne-Jones Exhibition
Edward Burne-Jones was a nineteenth century British painter known for his intricate realism and unparalleled imagination, who created large-scale paintings, church stained glass windows and book illustrations....More »
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"Katagami Style - Paper Stencils and Japonisme" Exhibition
In the late 19th century, a huge number of Japanese katagami, a traditional type of stencil used for dyeing cloth, were exported to the West along with ukiyo-e prints, leading to the rise of Japonisme....More »
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“Redon and his Contemporaries: Dreams of the Fin-de-Siecle” Exhibition
At a time when the Impressionists were concerned with how to portray landscapes and physical states of the outside world, the symbolist painter Odilon Redon (1840-1916) instead turned inwards to explore...More »
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"Toulouse-Lautrec: The Maurice Joyant Collection" Exhibition
The posters and lithographs by Toulouse-Lautrec in the collection of the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum make up a valuable set of artworks that belonged to Maurice Joyant, an art dealer and close friend of...More »
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"The Joy of Hospitality: Tea Party à la Japonaise" Exhibition
Late nineteenth century London, Paris, New York: in the fast-rising nouveau riche of the cities of Europe and America rapid curiosity towards Japan developed on the occasion of the World Exposition. On...More »
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"Female Creators: Women Artists from the Era of Vigeé Le Brun" Exhibition
Marie Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun was a female painter who enjoyed a close, mutually sympathetic relationship with Marie Antoinette, who appointed her as her royal portraitist. Vigeé Le Brun's sumptuous...More »
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"Kandinsky and the Blue Rider from the Lenbachhaus, Munich" Exhibition
The Blue Rider (Der Blaue Reiter) group led by Vassily Kandinsky was a revolutionary early 20th century movement that exerted a profound influence on subsequent artistic developments. Drawing on the collection...More »
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"From Dream To Reality: The Iwasaki/Mitsubishi Collection" Exhibition
This second part in a series of exhibitions commemorating the opening of Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum features architectural plans and blueprints by Josiah Conder created for Mitsubishi and the Iwasaki...More »
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"Manet and Modern Paris" Exhibition
Édouard Manet (1832-83) was not only an Impressionist painter, but also one of the most important modern artists who exerted a definitive influence on subsequent generations of artists. Although he is...More »