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Current Exhibition
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Special Exhibition
The Dawn of the Shin-hanga
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- 30 May,2026 – 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
ElementaryJunior High School Students ¥220【Closed】
MondaysSpecial 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 JuneSpecial Exhibition
Kiyokata’ｓ Last Year’s in Kamakura
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- 13 April – 17 May, 2023
In 1945, Kaburaki Kiyokata moved Kamakura from Gotemba where he had evacuated from the air raids on Tokyo. He had continued creation in Kamakura calmly until he died in 1972.
In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the museum, this exhibition introduces his life and works in his last years.【Admission】
Adults ¥450
Elementary and Junior High School Students ¥220【Closed】
Mondays,(except for 1 May)
