Closed for maintenance.
We will be open from October 19th.
We have started introducing select works of each exhibition in English.
Opening hours｜9:00-16:00
(last admission 15:30)
Closed: Mondays
(If Monday is a holiday,
the next weekday will be closed)
closing day：6/24、7/1,8,16,22,29
[Notice of change in opening hours
only on June 26th]
Opening time: 13:00
Closing time: 15:30
(Admission until 15:00)
Exhibition
The 160th Anniversary of KONDO Setchiku’s Birth – Exhibition of Related Works from the Collection
KONDO Setchiku was born in Edo (current Tokyo) and raised in a culture-rich environment provided by his father. He came to be known as a master calligrapher and a leader during the Taisho period, the beginning of the 20th century. He also contributed to the education of those who in turn became leading figures in the postwar period.
At the age of 16, he became of a disciple of KUSAKABE Meikaku, and studied a variety of sho, from kinseki calligraphy (Chinese characters engraved on metal and stone from long ago) to Ming and Qing calligraphy (Chinese characters from the mid-14th-20th centuries).
Japanese sho (calligraphy) experienced remarkable changes during the modern era when calligraphers were able to obtain highly accurate original calligraphy texts from China, the motherland of calligraphy.
On the historical context of Japanese calligraphy at this time:
The the first half of the 20th century marked the opening of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and the start of large-scale exhibitions. In order for calligraphy to stand out in such a large venue, a new style of display utilizing installations of large, eye-catching characters in various places to create a showcase for the calligraphy was born.
