Hasegawa Machiko Museum
Closes Feb. 13
If you were to ask a Japanese person to name a very popular anime titles, he or she would likely mention "Sazae-san," the amusing adventures of a ordinary Japanese family. While the TV program and the original comic-book series has become a household name, loved nationwide since its beginnings in the postwar era, not all "Sazae-san" fans may know that the series' author, Machiko Hasegawa (1920-1992), was also an avid art collector. She owned more than 100 art pieces, a collection that is now housed at the Hasegawa Machiko Museum in Setagaya Ward and has since been added to by her sister Mariko.
Today, the museum houses about 700 artworks and "Aka to Shiro no Sekai" ("The World of Red and White"), which brings together around 30 artworks using those colors) is just one of five exhibitions held this year.