EXHIBITIONS

2026.4 - 2027.3

  • Thematic Exhibition

    Kiyokata’s Love for Literature

    For Kiyokata, literature was always the fountain of images never drained. Throughout his life, he had loved to read and been a fan of two writers, Higuchi Ichiyō and Izumi Kyōka. As an illustrator and a Japanese style painter, he had been produced so many works inspired by their writings.
    This exhibition shows Kiyokata’s works and illustrations depicting Ichiyō and Kyōka’s narrative with his love for them.
    2 September – 18 October, 2026
    【Admission】
    Adults: ¥300
    Elementary and Junior High School Students: ¥150
    【Closed】
    Mondays (except 21 Sptember and 12 October)

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  • Thematic Exhibition

    Exploring Kiyokata’s Sketchbook

    Exploring Kiyokata's Sketchbook
    Seasonal plants and flowers, Kabuki dance on stages, or scenes of everyday life, Kiyokata sketched almost daily.
    Please enjoy his various sketches showing motifs of his works or summer flowers and sceneries from our vast sketch collection.
    11 July – 23 August, 2026
    【Admission】
    Adults: ¥330
    Elementary Junior High School Students: FREE
    【Closed】
    Mondays

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  • Special Exhibition

    The Dawn of the Shin-hanga

    Ukiyoe, woodblock printings in the Edo era, were produced by collaboration of a painter, an engraver, a printer, and a publisher. In the Meiji era, Kiyokata and other illustrators created woodblock frontispieces in a similar way. And then, in the Taisho era, Ito Shinsui, Kawase Hasui, and Kasamatsu Shiro, the disciples of Kiyokata had started to produce Shin-hanga, new and artistic woodblock printings, with the publisher Watanabe Shozaburo.
    This special exhibition introduces woodblock printings including Shin-hanga by Kiyokata’s disciples, and Kiyokata’s works in the Taisho era and his woodblock frontispieces.
    30 May – 5 July, 2026

    【Admission】
    Adults ¥450 Elementary
    Junior High School Students ¥220

    【Closed】
    Mondays

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  • Special Exhibition

    Yamakawa Shuho: The Successor of Kiyokata’s Aesthetic

    Although one of central figures in Kiyokata’s disciples, Yamakawa Shuho, born in Kyoto and grew up in Tokyo, has less opportunity coming into the spotlight. Inheriting a sense of beauty from his master, he produced many attractive Bijin-ga, the picture of beautiful women, with sophisticated brush lines and clear color.
    This special exhibition shows Shuho’s masterpieces with his master’s works to make you discover this unknown and talented painter.
    18 April – 24 May, 2026

    【Admission】
    Adults ¥450 Elementary and Junior High School Students are ¥220

    【Closed】
    Mondays (except 27 April) and 7 May

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