Article provided by: Taito Cultural Marche "Berabou: Tsutaju Eika no Yumebanashi" is a historical drama that depicts the turbulent life of Tsutaya Juzaburo, also known as Tsutaju, a media mogul active in the mid-Edo period. The "Berabou Edo Taito Taiga Drama Museum" that we visited this time is a facility that opened in Taito Ward, Tokyo, an area associated with Tsutaya Juzaburo, the main character of "Berabou – Tsutajueika no Yumebanashi." The Taiga Drama Museum is packed with content that will allow you to enjoy the drama even more, such as the costumes and props of the characters. In this report, we will introduce its charms and highlights. Experience the…
[Ueno Royal Museum] Report on “Shosoin THE SHOW.” Experience the beauty of the treasures with your whole body, including a recreation of the scent of the legendary fragrant wood “Ranjatai.”
Article provided by: Taito Cultural Marche Located within the former grounds of Todaiji Temple in Nara, Shosoin is a miraculous treasure house that has protected and passed down for nearly 1,300 years 9,000 treasures that convey the essence of Tenpyo culture. Every autumn, the Shosoin Exhibition is held, where the treasures are open to the public, but recently, the Ueno Royal Museum is holding "Shosoin THE SHOW – Feel. The miracle that exists here, now," which proposes a new way to enjoy the treasures that takes a different approach from viewing the actual items. The event will run from Saturday, September 20th to Sunday, November 9th, 2025. Empress Komyo (701-760)…
“Van Gogh Exhibition: A Painter’s Dream Continued by a Family” (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) Coverage Report. Why did Van Gogh become such a beloved painter around the world?
The exhibition "Van Gogh: A Painter's Dream Passed on by a Family" is currently being held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum , tracing the activities of the Van Gogh family, including the devoted support of the globally beloved painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), his brother Theo, his wife Jo, and his nephew Vincent Willem, and showing how Vincent's dreams and works have been passed down to the present day. The event will run from Friday, September 12th to Sunday, December 21st, 2025. Vincent van Gogh started his career as a painter somewhat late, in 1880, at the age of 27, but he produced around 2,000 works in the short…
[Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum] Report on “The Joy of Making: DIY for Living.” A chance to develop your own DIY spirit.
Article provided by: Taito Cultural Marche Main visual: Exhibition view, Dunhill & O'Brien "Means and Devices for Appreciating the ABCs – Mata Iroha" 2025 The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is currently hosting an exhibition titled "The Joy of Making: DIY for Living," which focuses on the creativity that everyone possesses and encourages people to think about how to "live better" in their own way. The exhibition is themed around DIY (Do It Yourself) and will run from Thursday, July 24, 2025 to Wednesday, October 8, 2025. Here is a report on the press preview where the exhibiting artists gave lectures. ■ Exhibiting artists (in order of exhibition/titles omitted): Wakaki Kurumi,…
[National Museum of Western Art] Report on the “Nationalmuseum of Sweden Drawing Collection Exhibition – From Renaissance to Baroque.” Enjoy the vivid brushwork of the masters
Article provided by: Taito Cultural Marche The National Museum of Western Art (Ueno Park, Tokyo) is hosting an exhibition titled "Nationalmuseum Drawing Collection: From Renaissance to Baroque ," showcasing approximately 80 masterpieces from the Nationalmuseum, which boasts one of the world's finest collections of drawings, including works by Dürer and Rubens. The exhibition will run from July 1 to September 28, 2025. The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden, is one of the oldest art museums in Europe, and was founded on the art collection of the Swedish royal family. It houses a wide range of art, crafts, and design from the Middle Ages to the present day, but its collection of…
[Interview Report] “Ice Age Exhibition: The World as Seen by Humanity 40,000 Years Ago” is currently being held at the National Museum of Nature and Science. Take a journey to explore the mysteries of the Ice Age that determined the fate of extinction or survival.
When you hear the word "ice age," some people may imagine a harsh world covered in ice and snow, completely different from the present. However, academically, an ice age refers to a period when ice sheets, thick masses of ice covering the land, existed widely on a continental scale. Ice ages, when the climate is cold and ice sheets grow large, are alternated with interglacial periods, when the climate is relatively warm and the ice sheets retreat, in cycles of about 100,000 years, so ice ages are not always cold. Even though we live in a year 2025, when ice sheets exist in Greenland and Antarctica, the year may look…
Report on the “Five Great Ukiyo-e Artists Exhibition – Utamaro, Sharaku, Hokusai, Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi” (The Ueno Royal Museum). A lineup of masterpieces by the stars who reached the pinnacle of ukiyo-e.
The "Five Great Ukiyo-e Artists – Utamaro, Sharaku, Hokusai, Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi" exhibition , which brings together masterpieces by the five biggest stars of the golden age of ukiyo-e, has opened at the Ueno Royal Museum (Ueno, Tokyo). The exhibition will run until Sunday, July 6, 2025. At the gallery talk held prior to the press preview, Noriko Yamamoto, curator at the Kawasaki Ukiyo-e Gallery and author of the exhibition catalogue, took to the stage. She explained the highlights of the exhibition, which we will introduce below along with a look at the exhibition. Five artists who made their name with ukiyo-e, Japan's most popular art form that reached its golden…
[Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan] Special exhibition “Tsutaya Juzaburo, a turbulent figure in the content business” report
Article provided by: Taito Cultural Marche Tsutaya Juzaburo (1750-97), also known as "Tsutajyu," was a prominent publisher in the Edo period. A special exhibition titled "Tsutaya Juzaburo: A Turbulent Figure in the Content Business" is currently being held at the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno, Tokyo, in collaboration with the 2025 taiga drama "Berabou – Tsutajyu Eika no Yumebanashi" (NHK), which will feature Tsutajyu as the main character. The exhibition will run until Sunday, June 15, 2025. *Some of the works on display will be changed during the exhibition. First half of the exhibition: April 22 (Tue) – May 18 (Sun) Late exhibition: May 20th (Tuesday) – June 15th (Sunday)…
[Report] “From where do we view Western paintings?” Exhibition opens at the National Museum of Western Art. Proposals for ways to enjoy artworks from various angles
The exhibition "From Renaissance to Impressionism: San Diego Museum of Art vs. National Museum of Western Art" (commonly known as the "Where to See?" exhibition) has opened at the National Museum of Western Art in Ueno, Tokyo. The exhibition will run from March 11 to June 8, 2025. I attended the press preview that was held earlier, so I'd like to share some photos of the venue. By bringing together the collections of the two museums, we will explore their appeal from various angles. The exhibition combines a total of 88 pieces from the collections of the San Diego Museum of Art and the National Museum of Western Art in…
[Report] “Miró Exhibition” opens at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Approximately 100 masterpieces by the 20th century master, including the “Constellations” series, are on display.
A large-scale exhibition looking back on the 70-year creative career of Juan Miro, one of Spain's three great masters alongside Picasso and Dali, has opened at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno, Tokyo. The exhibition will run from March 1 to July 6, 2025. *The images in this article were taken with permission at a press preview. Juan Miro (1893-1983), a painter from Catalonia, Spain, gained fame in the 1920s as a representative Surrealist painter. He is known for his colorful and unique poetic style, which depicts motifs found in nature such as the sun, stars, and moon as symbolic symbols, but he continued to challenge himself with new…