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Karatsu - Dohei Fujinoki + Tomo Shimizu
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- at Kakiden Gallery
- in the Shinjuku area
- Ends Today
Kiyokata’s Encounter with Kyoka: Invitation to Subtle and Profound Beauty
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- at Kaburaki Kiyokata Memorial Art Museum Kamakura City
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends tomorrow
One of the defining characteristics of Kiyokata Kaburaki’s art is the influence of Kyoka Izumi, with whom he had a close friendship for over 40 years. As a young man, Kiyokata was an avid reader of...More »
Ai Nishimura Exhibition
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- at Galerie Tokyo Humanité
- in the Kyobashi, Nihonbashi area
- Starts Today, Ends in 5 days
Iguchi Kokindo & Modern Osaka: Semba’s Hyogushi & Their Network of Fine Arts
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- at Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 6 days
Iguchi Kokindo was founded in Sonezaki in Tenpo 1 (1830), and from its base in Semba during the Keio era, became a long-established store for mounting pictures that was active for five generations. It...More »
Illustrated Histories of Temples & Shrines: Sacred Fantasy
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- at Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 6 days
A variety of pieces from the museum collection and entrusted items related to shrines and temples, which tell the stories of their origins as well as legends of enshrined gods and Buddha, will be open...More »
Konoshima Okoku – Golden Folding Screens of the Four Seasons
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- at Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 6 days
Okoku Konoshima　(1877–1938) was a major figure in the world of Kyoto-style Nihonga painting in the Meiji through Showa eras. His golden folding screens depicting flowers of the four seasons created for...More »
Meguru Vol. 08
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- at Kashima Arts
- in the Kyobashi, Nihonbashi area
- Ends in 6 days
This is an event that can be enjoyed just by looking at the 570 or so pieces of artwork lined up at Kashima Arts, the preview venue.More »
Prince Shotoku: In Commemoration of His 1400th Grand Memorial
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- at Osaka Municipal Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 6 days
2022 marks the 1400th anniversary of the passing of Prince Shotoku (574–622). This exhibition commemorates the life and achievements of this figure who laid the foundations of Buddhism in Japan. Part...More »
The Gift: Donations and New Acquisitions
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- at Hiratsuka Museum of Art
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Ends in 6 days
This exhibition marking the museum’s 30th anniversary spotlights its collection of more than 7500 works, some 90 percent of which have been donated. In addition to pieces shining a light on the museum’s...More »
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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- at Ota Memorial Museum of Art
- in the Omotesando, Aoyama area
- Ends in 6 days
Looking back on the work of Ukiyoe master Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797–1861) 160 years after his death Part 1: 9/4–9/26 Part 2: 10/1–10/24More »
#Rimpa
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- at MOA Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 8 days
Hash tag (#) has become a universally recognized popular tool on a wide range of social media today. It is placed immediately before a keyword, and the tagged keyword allows social media users to easily...More »
Nagano Prefectural Art Museum Masterpieces Part I
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- at Nagano Prefectural Art Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 8 days
This three-part exhibition displays around 140 masterpieces of painting, crafts, and other genres from the Nagano Prefectural Art Museum’s collection. Part I features 43 works by artists such as the Nihonga...More »
Chiba City Collection Selections
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- at Chiba City Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 13 days
The Chiba City Museum of Art’s collection is organized according to three criteria: “Works associated with Boso, mainly Chiba City,” “Japanese Paintings and Prints from the Modern Period to the Present,”...More »
Collection Acquisitions 2021
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- at Arts Maebashi
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 13 days
Exhibiting paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, and other works added to the museum’s collection in 2019 and 2020. Part 1: 7/22–9/5 Part 2: 9/11–10/31More »
Suntory Museum of Art 60th Anniversary Exhibition - The Sword: The Soul of the Warrior
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- at Suntory Museum of Art
- in the Roppongi, Nogizaka area
- Ends in 13 days
Since its opening in 1961, the Suntory Museum of Art has been working under the basic principle of “beauty in daily life” and will celebrate its 60th anniversary this autumn. Looking at Japanese arts and...More »
Beautiful Men
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- at Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 16 days
This exhibition is an attempt to explore what people have been looking for in an ideal male image by following the images of beautiful boys and young men in Japanese visual culture, including paintings. In...More »
Nagano Prefectural Art Museum Grand Opening Commemoration Exhibition
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- at Nagano Prefectural Art Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 16 days
To commemorate the grand opening of the Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art, this exhibition will focus on the theme “nature and humanity” and will show the multifaceted nature expressed in all kinds of...More »
3rd Collection Gallery Exhibition 2021–2022
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- at The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 20 days
・Selected Works of Western Modern Art This section introduces some of the finest examples of Western modern art in the museum’s collection. This time a waterfront scene with various ships docked is presented. ・Nihonga...More »
Alternative Kyoto
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- at Motoise Kono Shrine
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 20 days
This year, a new art festival will be held throughout the areas of “Kyoto of the Sea” (northern part of the prefecture), “Kyoto of the Forest” (central), and “Kyoto of Tea” (south). This event will use...More »
Hayami Gyoshū and Yoshida Yoshihiko - The Superlative Artistry of Master and Disciple
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- at Yamatane Museum of Art
- in the Ebisu, Daikanyama area
- Ends in 20 days
The Yamatane Museum of Art, which opened in 1966 as Japan’s first museum specializing in Japanese paintings, will celebrate its 55th anniversary in 2021. To commemorate this occasion, the museum will hold...More »
Higashiyama Kaii: The Mural Paintings in the Miei-Do at Toshodaiji
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- at Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 20 days
Kaii Higashiyama (1908-1999) a Japanese painter known for landscape pieces which present tranquil and emotive scenes. He was praised in the Japanese painting world following WWII, and his works still boast...More »
Inaugural Exhibition – Akira Yamaguchi
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- at ZENBI (Kagizen Art Museum)
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 20 days
Akira Yamaguchi deftly portrays contemporary Japanese society using both traditional Japanese painting methods and oil painting techniques incorporating his own original perspectives. Sometimes serious...More »
Kanto Nanga Painting: The Artists of Edo and Kamitsuke
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- at Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 20 days
Featuring the work of Japanese painters who worked in the Chinese Nanga style during the Edo period, particularly those from Gunma’s Kamitsuke regionMore »
Museum Recommendations - 4 Tips for Enjoying Art
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- at Yokosuka Museum of Art
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Ends in 20 days
*The start of this exhibition has been delayed due to the museum’s temporary closing. (Original exhibition period: September 18–November 7). This exhibition is organized according to four keywords that...More »
Nature in Art – An Ode to Life
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- at Akita Senshu Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 20 days
Exhibiting 55 nature-themed artworks, including Akita ranga paintings from the museum collection. Part 1: 9/25–10/14 Part 2: 10/16–11/7More »
Ryushi Kawabata vs Ryutaro Takahashi Collection - Makoto Aida / Hisashi Tenmyouya / Akira Yamaguchi /
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- at Ryushi Memorial Museum
- in the Tokyo: Others area
- Ends in 20 days
The collection of Ryutaro Takahashi, one of Japan’s leading collectors of contemporary art, will be exhibited at the Ryuko Memorial Museum along with work by the Japanese painter Ryushi Kawabata. Takahashi’s...More »
Tatebi Report - Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Our Opening
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- at Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 20 days
Commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the opening of Tatebi, as Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi is fondly referred to, “Nature and Human Beings,” the theme of the museum is considered mainly through...More »
The Eye of Collector Taro Fukutomi
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- at The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 20 days
Taro Fukutomi (1931-2018), known as the “King of Cabaret” in the Showa era (1926-1989), was a successful businessman who expanded his business nationwide with the rapid economic growth after World War...More »
Ten no Biroku: The Art of Drink
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- at The Museum Yamatobunkakan
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 27 days
Alcohol, called “Ten no Biroku” (the Boon of Heaven), has long been considered a gift from above connecting people with the gods and with each other. This exhibition looks at the role of drink in East...More »
This Is Japan: Tokyo Fuji Museum of Art Eternal Japanese Art
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- at Oita Art Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 27 days
The Tokyo Fuji Museum of Art, located in Hachioji, Tokyo, is one of Japan’s leading museums that houses about 30,000 excellent works of art in various genres, such as paintings, prints, photographs, and...More »
Voice Over
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- at Shiga Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 27 days
This exhibition, set in a circular museum setting, presents more than 100 works selected from the approximately 1,800 items in the collection of the Shiga Museum of Art, regardless of genre or age. Looking...More »
All About Saicho and Tendai Buddhism
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- at Tokyo National Museum
- in the Ueno, Yanaka area
- Ends in 34 days
The year 2021 marks the 1,200th anniversary of the death of Saicho (767-822), a great teacher who brought a new style of Buddhism to the world at the beginning of the Heian period (794-1185). Saicho was...More »
Ike Taiga Exhibition
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- at The Museum of Kyoto
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 34 days
Ike Taiga (1723-1776) is one of the greatest masters of literati painting in early modern Japan. Ike was born in Kyoto in the middle of the Edo period when the Edo shogunate had been established for 100...More »
Modernity in the Saddle – The Meiji Emperor and Equestrian Culture
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- at Equine Museum of Japan
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Ends in 34 days
The Meiji Emperor enjoyed horse-riding and kept many horses. In fact, the present-day Emperor’s Award originated at the Yokohama Negishi Racetrack in 1905. This exhibition looks at equestrian history in...More »
Soga Shohaku: The Ultimate Eccentric
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- at Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 34 days
The son of a Kyoto merchant, the mid-Edo Period artist Shohaku Soga (1730-1781) began pursuing a career in painting after the death of his family. He created a large body of work while traveling around...More »
Yomeibunko’s 11 Treasures
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- at The Museum of Kyoto
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 34 days
Ohanami
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- at Hotel Gajoen Tokyo
- in the Ebisu, Daikanyama area
- Ends in 36 days
Shiko Munakata and Mingei in Tohoku
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- at Japan Folk-Craft Museum
- in the Shibuya area
- Ends in 36 days
10 years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster, which has totally changed people’s ordinary lives in unexpected ways. This exhibition will present a folding screen “In Praise of the...More »
A Century of World Expositions 1851–1970
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- at Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 41 days
Ahead of Osaka Expo 2025, this exhibition looks back on world expositions in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores how these events introduced new cultures and technologies from around the globe, winning...More »
Animals in Art: Japan and Europe – Mysterious, Cute and Perverse
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- at Fuchu Art Museum
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Ends in 41 days
People have depicted animals in art since ancient times, portraying their beauty, mystery, and cuteness. Japan itself is a treasure trove of animal paintings. This exhibition marking the museum’s 20th...More »
Kobayakawa Shusei: A Life of Journey and Requiem
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- at Tokyo Station Gallery
- in the Ginza, Marunouchi area
- Ends in 41 days
Shusei Kobayakawa (1885-1974) was a Kyoto-based Nihonga artist who was active in the Taisho and Showa periods. Shusei, the eldest son of the head priest of Kotokuji Temple in Tottori, at the age of nine,...More »
Adachi Museum Collection - Japanese Paintings Recommended by the Museum
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- at Adachi Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 43 days
Adachi Museum houses numerous masterpieces by great painters of the modern Japanese art world, including Taikan Yokoyama, Seiho Takeuchi, Gyokudo Kawai, Shoen Uemura, Kansetsu Hashimoto, Ryushi Kawabata,...More »
2021 Fall Collection Room
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- at Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 48 days
The Museum has been acquiring Kyoto modern art since its inauguration in 1933, and currently has holdings of over 3,800 artworks comprised of a core of Japanese paintings along with Western style paintings,...More »
Dialogues with the Collection: 6 Rooms
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- at Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 48 days
A fresh approach to the museum collection, with selections made by contemporary artists, researchers, and architects who have a deep connection to Kyoto and the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art. Venue:...More »
In the Embrace of the Mountains and Seas
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- at Kyushu National Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 48 days
Japan is an island nation surrounded by the sea, with seventy percent of its landmass covered by mountains and forests. This exhibition explores how living among such bountiful natural environments has...More »
Masterpieces from the Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art: Noh, Chanoyu, and Rinpa
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- at Kyoto National Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 48 days
The Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art houses the collections of Ebara Corporation founder Hatakeyama Issei (1881–1971), better known in the tea world as Sokuō. This special exhibition introduces masterworks...More »
Memories of the City - A Thirty Thousand Year History of Tokyo
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- at Edo-Tokyo Museum
- in the Kiyosumi, Ryogoku area
- Ends in 48 days
Today’s Tokyo is the result of thousands and thousands of years of history. The Paleolithic period, when traces of human life have been found here, dates back to more than 30,000 years ago. It is too long...More »
Scholars’ Delight: The Peter Morse Collection and the Narazaki Muneshige Collection
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- at The Sumida Hokusai Museum
- in the Kiyosumi, Ryogoku area
- Ends in 48 days
Exhibiting some 140 works from the collections of the world-renowned Hokusai researcher Peter Morse and the Ukiyo-e scholar Muneshige Narazaki Part 1: Oct. 12–Nov. 7 Part 2: Nov. 9–Dec. 5More »
The Imperial Household and Miyazaki
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- at Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 48 days
Exhibiting works from the Museum of the Imperial Collections with a focus on artists and artworks with ties to Miyazaki Prefecture. Part 1: October 9–November 3 Part 2: November 5–December 5More »
Collection Exhibition IV
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- at Nagano Prefectural Art Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 50 days
Hanyu Hikaru Exhibition: View of the Eternal Cape ― Japanese-style Paintings
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- at Kushiro Art Museum, Hokkaido
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 51 days
Exhibiting around 60 works from throughout the career of Nihonga painter Hikaru Hanyu, who poetically depicts capes, seasides, and other landscapes of northern Japan. Part 1: October 9–November 7 Part...More »
Historical Aspects of Learning: Navigating through Challenges and Developments in Modernization
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- at National Museum of Japanese History
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 55 days
This exhibition aims to understand “what people have learned, and why people learn,” by focusing on the process of establishing a modern nation-state in Japan from the perspective of learning since the...More »
Masterpieces from the Japanese Painting Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art
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- at Miho Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 55 days
The Minneapolis Institute of Art is located in Minneapolis, the largest city in the state of Minnesota, in the midwestern United States. Its origins lie in the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, which twenty-five...More »
Shunso Hishida and the Challengers of Nihonga Painting – Taikan Yokoyama and Others
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- at Mizuno Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 55 days
Marking the 110th anniversary of the death of the seminal Nihonga painter Shunso Hishida (1874–1911), this exhibition features 46 of his works from art museums throughout Nagano Prefecture, along with...More »
Brilliant Treasures: Okazaki Cultural Assets
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- at Okazaki Mindscape Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 62 days
For the museum’s 25th anniversary, this exhibition draws on the latest research to introduce Okazaki’s history and and cultural assets going back to prehistoric and ancient periods through the Middle Ages....More »
Miran Fukuda Exhibition
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- at Chiba City Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 62 days
Miran Fukuda (b. 1963) is an internationally acclaimed artist forging new paths in the field of painting. Her work has broadened the image of Japanese art. This exhibition of works from the Chiba City...More »
Saburo Kurata + Tamotsu Sato + Gentei Seki Exhibition
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- at Tamashin Art Museum
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Ends in 62 days
The Tama Shinkin Bank (Tamashin) began to focus on activities aimed at improving art and culture in the Tama region around 1973 when it celebrated its 40th anniversary. In commemoration of this milestone,...More »
The Buddhist Pantheon
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- at Hanzomon Museum
- in the Chiyoda area
- Ends in 62 days
Buddhist sculptures, paintings, and sutras focusing on Tathagata, Bodhisattva, Vidyaraja, Dharmapala, and Arhat.More »
A Nexus of Rainbows: Works from the Hara Museum and the Hara Rokuro Collections Part II
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- at Hara Museum ARC
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 84 days
A Nexus of Rainbows is the first collection exhibition to be held at the newly consolidated Hara Museum ARC. The word “rainbow” is the English translation of “Arc-en Ciel,” the name of the foundation which...More »
Special Exhibition “Aves Japonicae (7) – Every Day is Bird Day”
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- at Intermediatheque
- in the Ginza, Marunouchi area
- Ends in 84 days
This exhibition reconstructs how Japanese artists gazed at birds, by showing drawings and the corresponding bird specimens side by side. Kawabe Kakyo’s Sketches of Birds series is a handbook for Japanese...More »
The World of Ebisu, the God of Fortune
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- at National Museum of Japanese History
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 84 days
This exhibition traces the origin story and clarifies elements related to beliefs in the smiling god Ebisu, a deity of fortune tied to success in fishing, farming, and business. Colored woodblock prints,...More »
The Samurai - Samurai Paintings and Work by Warrior Class Painters
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- at Okada Museum Of Art
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Ends in 132 days
‘Samurai’, a term now known throughout the world, brings to mind a range of images from the warring lords who lived through the Sengoku period, to the samurai characters in period dramas, as well as present-day...More »
Feminisms
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- at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Ends in 146 days
Revisiting Japanese feminist expression from the perspective of its intersection with media culture. Enlisting the cooperation of photographer Yurie Nagashima in its planning, this overview of the brand...More »

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A Place to Be Together
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- at Koganei Art Spot Chateau 2F
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Starts in 2 days
This program aims to share time and space with publicly invited artists. Multiple artists will share the space on the second floor of Koganei Art Spot Chateau and will collaborate with each other in the...More »
Chiyoda Scenes: Time Trip from Edo to Tokyo
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- at The Hibiya Library Museum
- in the Ginza, Marunouchi area
- Starts in 4 days
Chiyoda Ward has a history going back some 400 years to the days when Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa was constructing Edo Castle. It has been the heart of the nation’s capital since the Meiji Restoration, and...More »
From Modern to Contemporary: The Quintessence of Art in Wakayama
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- at The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Starts in 5 days
A survey of important modern and contemporary artworks from Wakayama in honor of the prefecture’s 150th anniversary. More »
Okoku Konoshima – Captivating Dedication
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- at Fukuda Art Museum
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Starts in 5 days
Okoku Konoshima (1877–1938) was a leading master of modern Japanese painting. In recent years, his popularity has grown beyond the borders of Japanese-style painting fans, particularly for his animal paintings....More »
Refined Sentiment in Autumn and Winter with Kiyokata’s Works and Words
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- at Kaburaki Kiyokata Memorial Art Museum Kamakura City
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Starts in 5 days
Inspired by the beauties of nature changing seasonally, Kiyokata Kaburaki created not only paintings, but also essays and haiku poems. This special exhibition introduces his paintings expressing a sense...More »
Art Collaboration Kyoto
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- at Kyoto International Conference Center
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Starts in 18 days
Newly launched under the theme of “contemporary art and collaboration,” Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK) is one of the largest art fairs in Japan dedicated to contemporary art. Representing over 50 galleries...More »

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