MENUCLOSE
EXHIBITIONS
2026.4 - 2027.3
-
Thematic Exhibition
Exploring Kiyokata’s Sketchbook
-
- 11 July – 23 August, 2026
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.-
【Admission】
Adults: ¥330
Elementary Junior High School Students: FREE-
【Closed】
MondaysSpecial Exhibition
The Dawn of the Shin-hanga
-
- 30 May – 5 July, 2026
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.【Admission】
Adults ¥450 Elementary
Junior High School Students ¥220【Closed】
MondaysSpecial Exhibition
Yamakawa Shuho: The Successor of Kiyokata’s Aesthetic
-
- 18 April – 24 May, 2026
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.【Admission】
Adults ¥450 Elementary and Junior High School Students are ¥220【Closed】
Mondays (except 27 April) and 7 May
