东京当季艺术展览

Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum

2024.7.19 - 2024.11.4

Introducing beads from approximately 40 countries, such glass beads valued highly as trading goods, European dresses with beaded embroidery, clothing and accessories from various communities across Asia and Africa, and more.

Adults ￥500

Note: Discounts available for students

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2024.7.30 - 2024.11.3

This exhibition primarily uses video material works from Toshio Iwai— one of Japan’s most famous media artists whose works are also part of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum’s collection—to introduce the history and mechanisms of image creation.

Adults ￥700

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Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

2024.8.3 - 2024.11.10

Introducing a large-scale solo exhibition by artist Yoshiaki Kaihatsu. Taking his interest in everyday life and social phenomena as a starting point, he invites the viewer into the world of "One Person Democracy" through approximately 50 works and projects that both encapsulate and provoke communication.

Adults ￥1,500

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Toyo Bunko Museum

2024.8.31 - 2024.12.26

An exhibition commemorating 100 years since the founding of Toyo Bunko. These pieces from the museum’s collections, including national treasures and important cultural properties, transport visitors through time and space to experience the diverse peoples, languages, lifestyles, histories, religions and natural wonders of Asia.

Adults ￥900

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The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

2024.9.3 - 2024.12.22

Exhibition of one of the largest collections in Japan of contemporary Japanese art from the late 19th century to the present. This exhibition features some 200 artworks, including newly acquired work by Max Ernst on display for the first time.

Adults ￥500

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Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts

2024.9.4 - 2024.12.1

With a central focus on the works of ukiyo-e print artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–92), who was active during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Period, this exhibition explores the history of Meiji ukiyo-e.

Free

The Japan Folk Crafts Museum

2024.9.5 - 2024.11.20

This exhibition showcases a rich array of works by Keisuke Serizawa, a naturally gifted dyer who made full and uninhibited use of color expression and patterns, and explores said works' collection and archiving by the museum. With the 130th anniversary of his birth approaching next year, this is the perfect opportunity to explore Serizawa's handiwork and keen eye.

Adults ￥1,200

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Seikado Bunko Art Museum

2024.9.10 - 2024.11.4

This exhibition provides an opportunity to view carefully selected, formal teaware from the families of feudal lords (daimyō), including the Tsukumo-Nasu and Matsumoto-Nasu tea containers. These and others once belonged to the Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu, families of the three great unifiers of Japan.

Adults ￥1,500

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Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

2024.9.14 - 2024.11.10

The Looking at Architecture 2024 exhibition introduces the charms of the former Residence of Prince Asaka, an Art Deco–style residence completed in 1933 that now serves as the Main Building of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. The exhibition's focus this year is on lighting fixtures in the residence, and it also features furniture and furnishings found throughout.

Adults ￥1,000

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Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

The Shoto Museum of Art

2024.9.14 - 2024.11.10

By exploring changing depictions of the sky in Japanese art, from traditional pictures on folding screens through to modern and contemporary Western-style paintings, this exhibition highlights changes in Japanese perception as seen through art.

Adults ￥1,000

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Note: Shibuya residents are eligible for a discount.

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Mitsui Memorial Museum

2024.9.14 - 2024.11.12

This exhibition traces the history of Maitreya Beliefs, the “Buddha of the future” from its origins in the two great Buddhas of the East and West, built in the caves of the Bamiyan site.

Adults ￥1,500

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Musée Hamaguchi Yozo: Yamasa Collection

2024.9.14 - 2024.12.15

This exhibition employs videos and printing experiences to introduce the art of color mezzotint—a technique that results in soft colors never seen before—by the copperplate artist, Yozo Hamaguchi.

Adults ￥600

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The Sumida Hokusai Museum

2024.9.18 - 2024.11.24

Displaying artworks of Katsushika Hokusai and his students related to the Heian period and court literature. Introducing Hokusai and his students’ impressions of people and daily life of Kyoto in the Heian-period as well as their perspective about court literature.

Adults ￥1,000

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Suntory Museum of Art

2024.9.18 - 2024.11.10

An exhibition commemorating 300 years since the death of acclaimed Edo-period painter Hanabusa Itchō. Introducing his signature works, including unique genre paintings vividly depicting ordinary people's lives as well as the first public showing of “Shaka with Sixteen Benevolent Deities .”

Adults ￥1,700

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TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM

2024.9.19 - 2024.12.1

A major retrospective covering the entire career of Tanaka Isson, from his childhood paintings to the works of his final years on Amami Oshima Island. Through over 250 works, including sketches, craftworks and documents, this exhibition examines Isson’s “indomitable passion” throughout his life.

Adults ￥2,000

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Fuchu Art Museum

2024.9.21 - 2024.12.1

Introducing the incredible Alphonse Mucha, a versatile artist renowned for both painting and design. This exhibition highlights Mucha’s prints, oil paintings and valuable sketches to explore his astounding ability to shape any material into his own distinctive style.

Adults ￥1,000

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Mori Art Museum

2024.9.25 - 2025.1.19

One of the largest solo exhibitions ever held in Japan for Louise Bourgeois, the artist who created the famous “Maman” sculpture in Roppongi Hills. Displaying approximately 100 works of sculpture, painting, drawing, and more.

Adults ￥2,000

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21_21 DESIGN SIGHT

2024.9.27 - 2025.2.16

Focusing on all manners of waste and excrement which we habitually avoid, this exhibition takes the new concept of “pooploop” as an opportunity to consider the circulation of the world.

Adults ￥1,400

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Takehisa Yumeji Museum

2024.9.28 - 2025.1.26

This exhibition introduces articles related to the journalism career of Takehisa Yumeji, the famed Taisho Romantic painter who joined the staff of the Yomiuri Shimbun in 1907, as well as personal interviews with him. Learn more about both the Yomiuri Shimbun and Takehisa Yumeji at this exhibition.

Adults ￥1,000

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Yamatane Museum of Art

2024.9.29 - 2024.12.8

An exhibition marking 50 years since the death of Japanese painter Fukuda Heihachirō. An extraordinary collection of artworks ranging from Heihachirō’s Taisho-period masterpiece “Peonies” to his final work “Autumn Colors, Playful Finches” Also showcasing famous pieces from the Rimpa School.

Adults ￥1,400

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The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

2024.10.1 - 2024.12.22

Why did unearthed objects attract attention only during a certain period of time? How did the evaluation of them spread? Why were artists so passionate about unearthed artifacts? With a focus on art, this exhibition traces from the Meiji period (1868–1912) to the present day the genealogy of “motifs of unearthed objects” that have leaped onto the stage of cultural history to examine the changing gaze directed toward Haniwa, Jomon potteries, and Dogu.

Adults ￥1,800

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WHAT MUSEUM

2024.10.4 - 2025.3.16

The exhibition will display entrepreneur Takafumi Takahashi's contemporary art collection, featuring around 35 works, including conceptual art pieces by Bernard Frize, Tatsuo Miyajima, Kohei Nawa, and others.

Adults ￥1,500

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*Admission tickets for this exhibition also allow entry to the Akihito Okunaka "Synesthesia - Crossing the senses with art -".

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

WHAT MUSEUM

2024.10.4 - 2025.3.16

Introducing balloon-like soft sculptures by artist Akihito Okunaka, themed around 'air, water, and light'. Visitors can touch and enter these shimmering works of art to experience them with all five senses. This allows them to feel a 'connection' with nature, society, and others.

Adults ￥1,500

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*Admission tickets for this exhibition also allow entry to the T2 Collection "Collecting? Connecting?"Exhibition.

Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art

2024.10.5 - 2024.12.15

Introducing art culture from La Belle Époque, a glamorous golden age for Paris. This exhibition features works from every field, from Toulouse-Lautrec’s posters to Emile Gallé’s craft pieces and Marcel Proust’s proofs.

Adults ￥1,200

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Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Mori Arts Center Gallery

2024.10.5 - 2025.1.5

An exhibition of works by the versatile and talented Momoko Sakura, who worked as a manga artist, essayist, composer and screenwriter. Showcasing approximately 300 pieces, such as original color pictures and writings including many from the famous Chibi Maruko-chan series.

Adults ￥1,800

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The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

2024.10.5 - 2025.2.11

An impressive collection of masterpieces by impressionist painter Claude Monet. Along with the approximately 50 works brought to Japan from overseas—including works from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris now being shown in Japan for the first time—this exhibition also features pieces from collections all around Japan. This is one of the largest ever displays of Monet’s “Water Lilies” series, with over 20 pieces.

Adults ￥2,300

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Eisei Bunko Museum

2024.10.5 - 2024.12.1

Displaying 59 letters sent from Oda Nobunaga (all Important Cultural Properties). These letters trace ten years of Nobunaga’s actions and inner thoughts, from the downfall of the Ashikaga shogunate to the Battle of Nagashino and the Honnoji Incident caused by Akechi Mitsuhide.

Adults ￥1,000

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Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

2024.10.5 - 2024.12.8

Ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Hiroshige was famed for his use of beautiful blue colors. This exhibition introduces many famous works vibrantly depicting scenery, flowers and birds with Hiroshige’s preferred shade of blue, known as “Berlin blue.”

Adults ￥1,000

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Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum

2024.10.5 - 2024.12.15

The history of the former Musashino Folklore Museum—predecessor to the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum—is introduced by means of historic pamphlets and other paraphernalia. Also on display are archaeological, industrial, and folk exhibits related to Musashino.

Adults ￥400

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Nerima Art Museum

2024.10.6 - 2024.12.25

Painter Gyoji Nomiyama had his home and studio in Nerima. This exhibition features works spanning from his early period in the 1930s to his final works in the 2020s. Displaying oil paintings and prints, including his final works, along with his favorite items.

Adults ￥500

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Toguri Museum of Art

2024.10.10 - 2024.12.29

Displaying approximately 70 works of ceramics, such as Edo period Imari-ware and Chinese Ming Dynasty Jingdezhen porcelain. Focusing on human-shaped motifs, this exhibition considers the human figures in ancient ceramics and the personal relationships of their times.

Adults ￥1,200

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Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2024.10.10 - 2025.1.19

A solo exhibition by Alec Soth, a photographer renowned around the world for his works focused on the American Midwest and other areas. This room-themed exhibition showcases a wide range of Soth’s photographs, from the artist’s first published series, which typifies his early works, to his most recent collection published this autumn.

Adults ￥800

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Tokyo Station Gallery

2024.10.12 - 2025.1.5

This is the first exhibition in Japan to explore the figure of Sir Terence Conran, the famous British designer who founded the Conran Shop and sparked a design boom

Adults ￥1,500

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Sompo Museum of Art

2024.10.12 - 2024.12.28

The first exhibition in Japan to introduce the detailed story of vedute (view) painter Maestro Canaletto. It traces the development of the genre of 18th-century view painting through Canaletto’s detailed and magnificent portrayals of Venice.

Adults ￥1,800

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CHIHIRO ART MUSEUM TOKYO

2024.10.12 - 2025.1.31

50 years after the death of Chihiro Iwasaki, this exhibition interprets her works through three themes of “play,” “nature” and “peace.” This new style of exhibition encourages audience participation through sight, touch and movement.

Adults ￥1,200

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Tokyo Photographic Art Museum

2024.10.17 - 2025.1.19

This exhibition seeks to discover and introduce upcoming photographers and videographers. This 21st edition focuses on five artists in particular: Emi Otaguro, Sayuri Kanno, Kenji Chiga, Shingo Kanagawa, and Yuki Harada.

Adults ￥700

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SEN-OKU HAKUKOKAN MUSEUM TOKYO

2024.10.19 - 2024.12.15

This is the first exhibition in Tokyo to focus on the three Otake brothers—Etsudo, Chikuha, and Kokkan—who were active through the Meiji and Showa periods. Their personalities and works are introduced based on both notable and newly discovered works, along with hitherto undisclosed materials.

Adults ￥1,200

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The Gotoh Museum

2024.10.22 - 2024.12.1

An introduction to the culture of appreciating old Japanese textiles, and the influence of foreign textiles, such as the Daimyo (feudal lord) family’s scrapbook of exemplary textiles, tea caddies & silk pouches, Chinese paintings framed with old textiles, and the textile drawers, etc. of wealthy merchants.

Adults ￥1,400

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Matsuoka Museum of Art

2024.10.29 - 2025.2.9

This exhibition focuses on the development of glazes, which contributed so much to Chinese ceramics. On display are about 50 examples of exquisite glazing—ranging from green glaze, three-color glaze, celadon and opaque bluish glaze —spanning some 1,500 years from the Eastern Han through Ming dynasties.

Adults ￥1,400

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Matsuoka Museum of Art

2024.10.29 - 2025.2.9

This exhibition focuses on paintings specifically of the Bunraku, Nohgaku, and Kabuki performing arts. Each has been selected from the collection of Seijiro Matsuoka, founder of The Matsuoka Museum of Art, who held a deep and abiding appreciation for traditional performing arts.

Adults ￥1,400

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The National Art Center, Tokyo

2024.10.30 - 2024.12.16

First solo exhibition at an art museum in Asia by Ei Arakawa-Nash, a performance artist living in the U.S. The NACT regularly features live performances by Arakawa-Nash and others.

Free

Nezu Museum

2024.11.2 - 2024.12.8

This special exhibition uses herbalism to interpret how the “Medicine Chest with Herb Design”—which has been passed down through the Hachisuka clan (of the Tokushima domain)—was produced, while also focusing on its creator, Iizuka Tōyō I.

Online timed-entry ticket Adults ￥1,500

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Artizon Museum

2024.11.2 - 2025.2.9

An exhibition presenting the abundant ways the human form has been portrayed in European art. The 85 works on display range from ancient Greek pottery to modern European paintings by the likes of Cézanne, Renoir, and Matisse.

Adults ￥1,500

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Miraikan - The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

2024.11.6 - 2025.2.24

This interactive exhibition allows visitors to immersively travel back in time using special terminals to when the Notre Dame—now a world heritage site—was first built in Paris. This exhibition has travelled the globe, but this is its first time in Japan.

Adults ￥1,800

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Itabashi Art Museum

2024.11.9 - 2025.1.13

An exhibition presenting the works of Leo Lionni, renowned for his picture books, such as “Swimmy” and “Frederick.” This retrospective looks at his paintings, sculptures, designs, illustrations and original picture-book drawings.

Adults ￥650

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TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM

2024.11.16 - 2025.1.8

Presenting eight artists whose works have been consistently showcased in public entry exhibitions. Features a variety of nostalgic paintings, such as scenes featuring children.

Adults ￥500

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TOKYO METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM

2024.11.16 - 2025.1.8

A presentation of nostalgia—which differs between individuals, eras, age groups, and regions. Featuring nostalgic paintings of home towns and scenes of bygone days, along with photos of contemporary suburbs.

Free

Seikado Bunko Art Museum

2024.11.16 - 2025.1.13

Introducing artworks inspired by Heian literature, such as the “Tale of Genji,” and the “Tale of Heiji,” and other ancient poetic texts. On display are exquisite craftworks, such as the “Wakan Rōeishō Otagire” poetry anthology, and the “Channel Markers”(Miotsukushi) and “The Barrier Gate”(Sekiya) of the "Tale of Genji” by Tawaraya Sotatsu—both national treasures.

Adults ￥1,500

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Hachioji Yume Art Museum

2024.11.16 - 2025.1.26

This exhibition is held to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the sisterhood of Hachioji and Nikko cities. Introducing a number of oil paintings, Japanese-style paintings, and watercolors based on the works of Kosugi Hoan, a renowned Nikko-born painter.

Adults ￥1,000

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Free entry with Tokyo Museum-Grutto Pass