Japonism Museum
浅世 JAPONISM MUSEUM
WELCOME
An open house for the woodblock print — its color, its line, and the quiet way it reshaped painting across the sea.
Everyone is welcome to simply look. A small museum shop waits near the exit, for anyone who’d like to take a piece of the collection home — never required, never pushed.
THE GALLERY
Nine Artists
1760–1849
Katsushika Hokusai
The Great Wave off Kanagawa turned a wood block into the most recognized image in Japanese art.
1797–1858
Utagawa Hiroshige
Rain, snow, and bridges — his Edo landscapes taught the West how to paint atmosphere.
1753–1806
Kitagawa Utamaro
A master of the bijin-ga — quiet, intimate portraits of women at rest.
active 1794–95
Tōshūsai Sharaku
Ten months, one hundred and forty prints, then he vanished — kabuki portraits unlike anything before.
1798–1861
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Warriors, ghosts, and cats — his prints could be tender or terrifying in the same breath.
1790–1848
Keisai Eisen
Elegant courtesans rendered with a line so fine it seems to float.
1839–1892
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The last great master of ukiyo-e, closing the form with One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.
1853–1890
Vincent van Gogh
He collected hundreds of Japanese prints and copied Hiroshige stroke for stroke, chasing their flat color and bold line.
1814–1875
Jean-François Millet
Decades before Japonisme, his peasant scenes taught Van Gogh to find dignity in ordinary labor — a bridge the prints would later cross.
MUSEUM SHOP · NEAR THE EXIT
A few things to take with you
Reproductions from the rooms you just walked through. Browse if you’d like — there’s no obligation to buy anything before you go.
T-SHIRT · HOKUSAI
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
$39.99
CANVAS PRINT · EDO PERIOD
Kishi Ganku Tiger
From $89.00
CANVAS PRINT · OGATA KORIN
Fūjin, the Wind God
From $89.00
CANVAS PRINT · OGATA KORIN
Raijin, the Thunder God
From $89.00
MUG · TEISAI HOKUBA
Swallows and Peonies
$24.99
MUG · TAWARAYA SOTATSU
Wind God and Thunder God
$24.99
— YOU HAVE REACHED THE EXIT —
浅世 Japonism Museum
A quiet room for ukiyo-e and the western painters who fell for it. Open to all, always free to look.
VISIT
Tue–Sun, 10:00–18:00
123 Nihonbashi Lane
Free admission
123 Nihonbashi Lane
Free admission
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