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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

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Art  |  Jul 02 2012

Designed by Maekawa Kunio, this brick-faced art museum was largely constructed underground to ...

National Museum of Western Art

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Art  |  Sep 17 2009

The core collection housed in this 1959 Le Corbusier-designed building, Japan’s only national ...

Japan Art Association 125th Anniversary Show

Art
Tue May 21 - Sun Jul 14, 2013 Ueno Royal Museum

Swoon over a selection of exquisite paintings, ornaments and kimono from the Meiji era onwards, ...

Hatsumode at the Museum 2015

Art
Fri Jan 2 - Mon Jan 12, 2015 Tokyo National Museum

Celebrate the start of 2015 with hatsumode (first prayer of the year) at the National Museum. ...

Ancient Egyptian Queens and Goddesses

Art
Sat Jul 19 - Tue Sep 23, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Exhibition Room

Around 200 pieces of pharaoh statues, images of deities and luxurious jewellery that reveal the ...

Balthus: A Retrospective

Art
Sat Apr 19 - Sun Jun 22, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

One of the most acclaimed yet controversial artists of the 20th century, Balthus and his work ...

VOCA 2014

Art
Sat Mar 15 - Sun Mar 30, 2014 Ueno Royal Museum

Running since 1994 and short for 'Vision Of Contemporary Art', the annual VOCA exhibition ...

Roots of Zen: Yosai and the Treasures of Kenninji

Art
Tue Mar 25 - Sun May 18, 2014 Tokyo National Museum

2015 marks 800 years since the death of the influential Zen priest Yosai (1141-1215) who was a ...

Horyuji: Prayers and their Images

Art
Sat Apr 26 - Sun Jun 22, 2014 University Art Museum

Horyuji Temple in Nara is one of Japan's most important Buddhist temples, founded by the ...

The Masterpieces of Nihonga

Art
Sat Jan 25 - Tue Apr 1, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Founded in 1898 by the influential and enigmatic Tenshin Okakura, the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan ...

Hanami at the Museum

Art
Tue Mar 18 - Sun Apr 13, 2014 Tokyo National Museum

The National Museum in Ueno opens its beautiful garden for cherry blossom viewing in March and ...

The 88th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition

Art , Around Town
Tue Feb 4 - Wed Feb 12, 2014 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Hobbyists battle it out for years just to get their trees accepted for judging at Japan's (and ...

Hatsumode at the Museum

Art
Thu Jan 2 - Sun Jan 26, 2014 Tokyo National Museum

Celebrate the start of 2014 with hatsumode (first prayer of the year) at the National Museum. ...

Monet, An Eye for Landscapes

Art
Sat Dec 7, 2013 - Sun Mar 9, 2014 National Museum of Western Art

After an extremely successful run at Hakone's Pola Museum, this exhibition, devoted to the work ...

Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art

Art
Wed Jan 15 - Sun Feb 23, 2014 Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan Special Exhibition Rooms 1 & 2

The Cleveland Museum of Art houses one of the most impressive collections of Japanese art in ...

Akiko Endo exhibition: 'Opening the Abyss of the Soul'

Art
Wed Jan 15 - Tue Jan 28, 2014 Ueno Royal Museum

Renowned contemporary Tokyo artist Akiko Endo's work has been compared to Escher's for its ...

J.M.W. Turner Exhibition

Art
Tue Oct 8 - Wed Dec 18, 2013 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Exhibition Room

110 pieces by landscape master Joseph Mallord William Turner are on display at this special ...

Kyoto from Inside and Outside

Art
Tue Oct 8 - Sun Dec 1, 2013 Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan Special Exhibition Room

This rare special exhibition allows visitors to see what life in Kyoto was like roughly 400 ...

Yohei Taneda Presents: The Cinematic World of Koki Mitani

Art , Around Town
Sat Oct 12 - Sun Nov 17, 2013 Ueno Royal Museum

Renowned production designer and art director Yohei Tanada has worked with directors like Zhang ...

Miran Fukuda

Art
Tue Jul 23 - Sun Sep 29, 2013 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

A portrait of the Mona Lisa reclining on a sofa and a mirror image version of Hokusai's 'Great ...

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