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Current events
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TUAD ART-LINKS 2021
This exhibition features the work of 6 Tohoku University of Art & Design graduates.More »
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Chiemi Ogura “Shorelines of the Heart”
HULS Gallery Tokyo will hold an exhibition featuring the works of Chiemi Ogura, a bamboo craft artist from Kyoto, titled “Shorelines of the Heart”. The word “shoreline” is translated from the Japanese...More »
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Form and Expression
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Japanese Culture Unlocked: Armor, Kimonos, Lacquerware, and Woodblock Printing
*All tickets will be timed-entry tickets (timed tickets) and must be purchased in advance online. Museum members and other visitors eligible for free admission must also make advance reservations online. *Due...More »
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Mariko Mikuni Exhibition
This exhibition traces the 20-year career of knitting designer Mariko Mikuni.More »
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Oriobi “En – Gratitude”
Oriobi showcases single obi belts for kimonos. This show expresses gratitude for the owners and makers of obi in a traditional Kyoto machiya house. *Reservations are required. Please see the official...More »
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Reopening Celebration III: Art Revisited, Beauty Revealed – Six Storied Exchanges
*Temporarily closed at 18:00 on all opening days. This exhibition of works from the museum collection considers six stories of art from a 300-year period (from the Edo era through the Paris Expo of...More »
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Risa Motogi Exhibirion
Glass and metal sculptures by Risa MotogiMore »
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Shinjuku Prince Hotel +G “Art Moments”
The Shinjuku Prince hotel presents works by four artists for a period of sixth months in its lobby to celebrate its 42nd anniversary.More »
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TAU Department of Ceramic, Glass, and Metal Works Graduation Project Exhibition “℃”
This exhibition showcases the work of Tama Art University Department of Ceramic, Glass, and Metal Works graduates. Venue: Spiral Garden (Spiral 1st floor)More »
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Usual / Unusual
*By appointment only.More »
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Vessels and Brushes: Rosanjin, Rousseau, Bauchant, and Others
This exhibition presents food receptacles designed by Kitaoji Rosanjin and paintings by naïve artists such as Henri Rousseau and Andre Bauchant, which are among the most popular works in the museum collection....More »
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Kentaro Izumi + Kazuhiro Ishii “Egg Shells and Dishes”
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Tomomi Hanzawa + Shoji Morinaga “Texture and Perception”
- at Nihombashi Takashimaya 6F / X Art Gallery
- in the Kyobashi, Nihonbashi area
- Ends in 4 days
Exhibiting the works of two Japanese sculptors who bring awareness to the textures of their materials, which include fibers and wood. More »
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22nd Kyoko Shimada Ceramics Exhibition
- at Nihombashi Takashimaya 6F / X Art Gallery
- in the Kyobashi, Nihonbashi area
- Ends in 5 days
The Mashiko-based ceramicist Kyoko Shimada’s works feature seasonal motifs and delicate designs with contemporary forms. This exhibition includes new pieces with plants and flowers appearing in the classical...More »
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Yuji Mizuta “Sport”
Working as a textile artist for over 20 years, Mizuta has developed his artistic practice through various techniques including pencil drawings, photography, and collage. In his third exhibition at Clear...More »
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441 Yon Yon Ichi “Music Hole”
This exhibition will showcase the distinctive textile designs of artist 441 Yon Yon Ichi known for their unique patterns and vivid color schemes. Two new original handprinted textiles titled ‘Music Hole’...More »
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Manami Okayasu “Plant Movements”
These ceramics by Manami Okayasu (b. 1984) evoke the budding new life of spring.More »
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Akihiro Maeta Exhibition
Featuring the work of Living National Treasure Akihiro Maeta, who creates white porcelain on a kiln with traditional techniques and with a strong sense of the contemporary. More »
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The National Treasure “Red and White Plum Blossoms”
Featuring the National Treasure folding screens “Red and White Plum Blossoms” by Korin Ogata, along with a National Treasure Kyoto-style ceramic vases by Ninsei Nonomura, the National Treasure handbook...More »
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15th Geidai Art Plaza Awards Exhibition
This year marks the 15th for the Geidai Art Plaza competition. The exhibition will showcase all the prize-wining works.More »
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Engimono
Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, a museum hotel with a collection of 2,500 works of art and the famed “Hundred Steps Staircase,” presents works of Japanese art, craft, and design to bring health and happiness in the...More »
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From Here, From Now
Works for the coronavirus era by calligrapher and poet Mitsuo Aida, famous for maxims such as “learn to live with rain on rainy days, live with wind on windy days.” More »
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Running through East Asia: Sports in the Modern Age
Since 2014, the National Museum of Japanese History has engaged in mutual exchange activities and research cooperation with the National Museum of Taiwan History in Tainan City, Taiwan. In 2016 we cosponsored...More »
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Beauty of Japanese Culture: Oh! Sumo Exhibition
*Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art is temporarily closed from January 13. *This event has been postponed. Sumo, its costumes, banners, and unique fonts are considered representative of Japanese culture...More »
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Dramatic Lalique
The name Rene Lalique (1860-1945) may evoke perfume bottles. However, Lalique established himself as skilled and creative jewelry maker when he won the Grand Prix at the 1900 Paris Expo. His pioneering...More »
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Fascinating Shapes in Ko-Imari II – Highlights
*Toguri Museum of Art is temporarily closed from January 20. Round and square. Shaped like flowers, leaves, gourds, birds, rabbits, hats and fans. Long, thin necks. Broadly rounded bodies. There are...More »
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Forms for Fragrance –Treasures from the Takasago Collection
This exhibition will offer a comprehensive look at the world of aromas: from ancient vases used for storing aromatic oils, to the European aristocracy’s ceramic and glass perfume bottles fabricated by...More »
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Osamu Suzuki “Shino Ware”
Presenting Shino ceramics by Osama Suzuki (b. 1934), a Living National Treasure. More »
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The Tragedy of Loosdorf Castle: The Destruction and Rebirth of Exported Old-Imari
*Okura Museum of Art re-opened its facility and exhibitions from February 20 with sufficient preventive measures based on safeguarding guidelines to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). *The...More »
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Aramaki from Hokkaido
Limited-edition merchandise and crafts made from the wooden salmon boxes given as year-end gifts in Hokkaido. More »
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Buddhist Sculptures and Relief Panels from Gandhara
Presenting 17 works of Gandhara art including Buddhist sculpture and relief panels. Three new additions to the collection are also featured. More »
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Chinese Ceramics
Exhibiting sixty works of Chinese ceramics from the Han through Ming and Qing Dynasties, a period of some 2000 years. The museums collection of swords is also on special display.More »
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Hina Dolls of the Iwasaki Family
Presenting Hina dolls that Koyata Iwasaki (1879 - 1945), fourth president of Mitsubishi, ordered for his wife, Takako, from the Maruhei, Oki Doll Company. Come and meet these child-like festival dolls...More »
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Kew Gardens: Botanical Art
Displaying 100 examples of botanical illustrations, prints, paintings, and ceramics from the Kew Gardens collection in London.More »
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Yutaka Furuta Exhibition
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Ancient Egypt – The Creation of the World
The Edo-Tokyo Museum is pleased to announce the exhibition “Ancient Egypt—The Creation of the World,” which introduces masterpieces from the Egyptian collection of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, situated...More »
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Chiyogami Design
Exhibiting items from a collection of chiyogami decorative Japanese paper from the Nihombashi store Haibara, established in 1806.More »
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Quai Branly Tokyo— “Voices of the Holy Spirits – Madagascar, Island of Curiosities”
The seventh installation of Quai Branly Tokyo consists of ritual tools from Madagascar. In “Sindbad the Sailor,” a huge bird appears, holding off an elephant high in the sky. This type of story involving...More »
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Satoru Aoyama “Everyday Art Market: Pop-up Store”
Selling works with COVID-19 themes by contemporary embroidery artist Satoru Aoyama.More »
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Shiko Munakata and Fellow Folkcraft Artists
This exhibition features 10 woodblock prints by Shiko Munakata and others who influenced his art such as Shoji Hamada, Kanjiro Kawai, and Bernard Leach.More »
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Settai Style ― From Edo Chic to Tokyo Modern
Introducing the multifaceted work of Settai Komura (1887–1940), which ranged from illustrations to book design, stage scenography, paintings, and prints. Works by other artists such as Harunobu Suzuki...More »
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Classical Revival and Modern Japanese Ceramics
The re-creation in modern times of historically venerated ceramic traditions is known as classical revival. Song Dynasty celadon and Ming Dynasty red overglaze ceramics that had been highly admired by...More »
Permanent events
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Digitally Natural – Naturally Digital
*Miraikan - The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation will be open from June 3. (By appointment only.) This new permanent exhibition presents a world where the natural and the artificial...More »
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Metal Art Museum Hikarinotani Permanent Exhibition
Our permanent exhibition, held on the first floor, features the work of metal-cast artists Hotsuma Katori and Shinobu Tsuda. Both being born in the same period, in the Hokuso area of Chiba Prefecture,...More »
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“Time-Travel! The World of the Ancient Orient”
A variety of cultures and civilizations have emerged since humans first walked the lands of the ancient Orient 1.8 million years ago. When thinking about the history of the world and its ties to contemporary...More »
Upcoming events
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D Design Travel Ibaraki Exhibition
Special products, crafts, foods, and events capturing the essence of Ibaraki PrefectureMore »
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Yoshiharu Fukunaga “Ceramics”
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Motoko Oki “Sekisou”
The Chiba-based artist Motoko Oki creates hand-dyed textiles. These new works explore themes at the root of her practice. More »