Nov. 23-Dec. 29 The island of Itsukushima, also known as Miyajima of Aki, is located northwest of Hiroshima Bay. Historically known as a sacred place, it was often visited by nobles, including Tairano Kiyomori, a military leader of the late Heian Period (794-1185) who helped ...

Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Miyuki Tsugami specializes in colorful abstract landscapes, drawing from various cities that she has resided in, including New York in 1996, Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture in 2005, London in 2013, Berlin and Prenzlau in 2015 and Fukushima the following year. All titles of ...

Nov. 19-Jan. 19, 2020 In 2014, the Edo Tokyo Museum celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special exhibition of seminal ukiyo-e masterpieces. This second iteration of the show brings together works by five leading 18th- and 19th-century artists — Kitagawa Utamaro, Toshusai Sharaku, Katsushika Hokusai, ...

Nov. 16-Feb. 16, 2020 Akira Minagawa is a Japanese designer best-known as the founder of the clothing brand Mina Perhonen. Minagawa later expanded his business to the hospitality field through collections of tableware and interior design. Today, his brand — which celebrates its 25th anniversary in ...

Nov. 16-Dec. 14 Tokyo-based contemporary artist Shintaro Miyake's seventh solo exhibition at Tomio Koyama Gallery is based on the motif of a traveling carnival. Through the context of a carnival, Miyake's works explore fundamental themes such as life and death, and self-awareness. Highlights include works that ...

Nov. 15-Dec. 14 Daisuke Ida is a Japanese contemporary artist whose artworks highlight various social issues such as income inequality and excessive productivity. Ida's recent focus has been on researching and photographing mannequins, which made him realize that the invention of photography has caused the image ...

Nov. 6-Feb. 9, 2020 From a collection of more than 6,000 works amassed by His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani of Qatar, this exhibition highlights 117 artworks produced by ancient civilizations around the globe. It's split into three "chapters," focusing on the themes ...

Nov. 7-Dec.1 Born in Kyoto, Masumi Nakaoka is a Japanese contemporary painter whose art has been inspired by the relationship between humans and nature, often depicting uncommon urban motifs. Her works, depicted with soft yet vivid brushstrokes, have won her multiple awards, including the 2004 ...

Nov. 2-Jan. 13, 2020 Tetsuya Umeda is an internationally acclaimed Japanese contemporary artist, largely known for his live interactive installation and performance works that incorporate daily objects, waste and human-generated "phenomena" such as sound and movement. He also produces site-specific works in rural and urban spaces, ...

Nov. 2-Dec. 22 Colors have always played an important role in nihonga (Japanese-style painting), sometimes featuring as significant aspects of artists' signature styles. For Kaii Higashiyama (1908-1999), for example, blue is often used, while the work of Genso Okuda (1912-2003) predominantly features red. Nihonga pigments were ...