【Tokyo】Ukiyo-e Contemporary Exhibition

【Ukiyo-e IN PLAY / Contemporary Ukiyo-e Exhibition】
🎭 Period: April 22, 2025 (Tue) – June 15, 2025 (Sun)
🏛 Venue: Tokyo National Museum, Hyokeikan (Ueno Park)

🌟 Exhibition Highlights
Artists living in the present challenge tradition
About 80 artists from Japan and abroad, with a total of about 160 pieces. Collaborations with craftsmen from Adachi Print Workshop to create woodblock ukiyo-e prints by artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Beat Takeshi, Keiichi Tanaami, and Shigeru Mizuki

A five-chapter structure from tradition to the future
Chapters 1 to 3 cover ukiyo-e, Hokusai’s techniques, materials, and history. Chapter 4 showcases the results of the "International Creative Project." A compelling structure where contemporary art and technology intersect

📌 Access & Overview Summary

📍 Venue: Tokyo National Museum, Hyokeikan (Ueno Park)
🗓️ Period: 4/22–6/15 (Closed: Mondays and 5/7 / Open on 4/28 & 5/5)
🕒 Hours: 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM (Last admission 30 minutes before closing) / Fridays, Saturdays & 5/4, 5 until 8:00 PM
🎟️ Admission: Adults 1,400 yen (Advance 1,300 yen) / University students 700 yen (600 yen) / 70+ years 400 yen (300 yen) / High school and younger free
🚉 Access: 10-minute walk from JR Ueno Station Park Exit or Uguisudani Station South Exit / 1–15 minutes by subway

Post by NAOMI アート建築めぐり | Jul 22, 2025