Tokyo Art ± Culture Meetup

"A retrospective exhibition of the work of Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), an important 20th-century American figurative painter. Until his death at the age of 91, Wyeth continued to depict landscapes and people close to him, often using motifs such as windows and doorways as symbols of the threshold between this side and beyond. This exhibition examines the world depicted by Wyeth with a focus on these motifs." [from the museum site]

Location
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
(https://www.tobikan.jp/en/guide/index.html)

Exhibition to see
ANDREW WYETH: Boundaries or Windows

Meeting Time
03:00 PM (15:00)

Meeting Spot
Around the Park Exit of JR Ueno Station

Admission Fee
¥2,300

Description of the exhibition
https://wyeth2026.jp/

Chat session after the show
As usual, let's have a chat session at the end of the event. When we meet up before the exhibition, let's decide where we go after the show.

As the face of a store, kanban are designed in a manner suiting the characteristics of different industries and their locations. In addition to the museum’s collection of kanban related to tobacco and smoking accessories, signs from a variety of industries from the collection of the Museum of Japanese Business History (housed at the National Institute of Japanese Literature) gathered by Shibusawa Keizo and others, as well as from the collection of the Showa Neon Takamura Kanban Museum, will be on display, and alongside original paintings of storefronts, the exhibition will also reveal storefront scenes from the Meiji period.
Meanwhile, hikifuda are single-sheet advertisements that are distributed to customers. In addition to hikifuda advertising shop openings and sales, as well as New Year’s hikifuda with multicolored prints of auspicious motifs in the museum’s collection, hikifuda made by fiction writers from the collection of advertising company manager Nishigaki Takeichi (housed at the Waseda University Library) will also be on display." [from the museum site]

Location
The Tobacco and Salt Museum
(https://www.tabashio.jp/en/visit/access/index.html)

Exhibition to see
Kanban and Hikifuda: Meiji Period Marketing as Seen in Signs and Flyers

Meeting Time
03:00 PM (15:00)

Meeting Spot
At the entrance hall of the museum

Admission Fee
¥300

Description of the exhibition
https://www.tabashio.jp/en/exhibition/2026/2604apr/index.html

Chat session after the show
As usual, let's have a chat session at the end of the event. When we meet up before the exhibition, let's decide where we go after the show.

Information about the Exhibition
"Dublin, the capital of Ireland located in north-western Europe, is home to a museum called the Chester Beatty. This museum houses the collection of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty (1875–1968), who achieved success in mining business, and amassed artworks, from across the globe. Beatty visited Japan in 1917, and his collection of Japanese narrative paintings is among the finest in Europe. This exhibition presents 25 exceptional Japanese narrative paintings from the Chester Beatty Collection, rarely seen outside Ireland. "[from the Museum Website]

Official Website (Japanese)
https://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=2737&lang=en

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Second Exhibition
The Maeda: Legacy of a Prosperous Samurai Family

Venue
Tokyo National Museum
(https://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=113)

Admission Fee
¥2,300

Information about the exhibition
"Maeda Toshiie, the first head of the Kaga Maeda family, was granted lands in the Hokuriku region of central Japan. Thereafter, his family ruled its domains from the city of Kanazawa throughout the Edo period (1603–1868). As hereditary daimyo, or powerful feudal lords, they governed a vast territory comprising the regions of Kaga, Etchū, and Noto until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Their lands were considered among the most prosperous in Japan.
Even after moving to Tokyo in the modern era and receiving the title of marquis, the Maeda family continued to preserve their inherited cultural heritage. The sixteenth head, Maeda Toshinari, founded the Ikutokukai Foundation (now the Maeda Ikutokukai Foundation) in 1926.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the foundation’s establishment. In commemoration of this milestone, the exhibition celebrates the achievements of the successive heads of the Maeda family and presents a wide range of cultural treasures handed down through the generations. Moreover, it explores the enduring essence of Kaga culture and its refined aesthetics through the artistry, craftsmanship, knowledge, and beliefs that flourished in the Maeda family’s prosperous castle town." [from The Museum Website]

Official Website (Japanese)
https://tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp/kagamaedake2026/

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Chat session
As usual, let's have a chat session at the end of the event. When we meet up before the exhibition, let's decide where we go after the show.