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Special Exhibition
Transition of Women’s Beauty from the Edo Period: Meikyo Collection
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- 17 April – 21 May, 2025
Bijin-ga, pictures of women, had been appearing in various medium such as original drawings, woodblock print, and commercial posters from the Edo period to the Showa period in Japan.
This special exhibition shows common and timeless beauty of woman in various Bijin-ga from Meikyo collection.【Admission】
Adults ¥450 Elementary and Junior High School Students are ¥220【Closed】
Mondays (Open on 5 May)Thematic Exhibition
Feeling a Touch of Spring in Kiyokata`s Works and Words
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- 13 January – 2 February
Kiyokata is also well known as an excellent writer. He expressed natural features and events of each season, vanishing or changing with the times, by means of painting and writing.
This exhibition introduces Kiyokata’s words and paintings depict scenes of early spring.【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students are ¥150【Closed】Mondays(except for 12 Feb.) ,13 Feb.
Thematic Exhibition
Colors of Seasons : Illustration of Beautiful Women by Kiyokata
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- 1 July,2023 – 10 September,2023
After WWII, Kiyokata painted cover illustrations of magazine Kuraku started and presided over by Osaragi Jiro with joy.
In commemorating the 50th anniversary of Osaragi’s death, this exhibition introduces works and materials related to Kuraku with works and frontispieces expressing summer feeling.【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students are free of charge【Closed】Mondays(except for 17 july) ,18 july
Special Exhibition
Kiyokata, Bijinga Painter of East and Uemura Shōen of West
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- 20 May – 25 June, 2023
Kiyokata was born in 1878 and blossomed out as a Japanese style painter in the end of Meiji period. In his career, he was pursuing ideal beauty and produced many masterpieces of bijinga, paintings of beautiful women.
In commemorating the 145th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition provides a chance for enjoying bijinga by Kiyokata’s works characterized by Edo-Tokyo style, with the works of Uemura Shōen who representative of bijinga painter in the west of Japan.【Admission】
Adults ¥450
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥220【Closed】
Mondays, 13 JuneThematic Exhibition
Blooming Flowers in Kiyokata`s Works, Sketch and Design
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- 3 March,2023 – 9 April,2023
Kiyokata found out the beauty of winter in scenes of daily life, natural scenery, or events in Year-end and New Year holidays.
This exhibition shows Kiyokata’s works of winter scenery and decorative Oshie Hagoita (battledore) based on Kiyokata’s work.【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students are 150【Closed】Mondays
Thematic Exhibition
The Transition of the Time from Edo to Tokyo in Kiyokata`s Works
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- 2 December,2022 – 9 January,2023
Born and grown up in Tokyo, Kiyokata had seen changes of the city under rapid modernization with mixed feelings or emotions.
This exhibition shows Kiyokata’s works of sceneries in Tokyo and customs of the Edo period he was attracted.【Admission】
Adults ¥300
Elementary and Junior High School Students are 150【Closed】
Mondays, (except for 9 Jan.),29.Dec.-3.Jan.
