26 Recommended Exhibitions Starting in March: Monet, Nagasawa Rosetsu's Puppy, Čiurlionis, Takehisa Yumeji, Hokusai, and More [2026 Edition]
This guide highlights 26 recommended art exhibitions opening across Japan in March 2026, featuring artists like Monet, Rosetsu, and Hokusai.Summary
This article compiles a guide to 26 recommended art exhibitions launching across Japan in March 2026. In Tokyo, highlights include retrospectives for graphic designer Tadashi Nakajo and picture book artist Mitsumasa Anno, an exhibition on the rare technique of 'Yaki-e' (burnt painting), a major retrospective for Nagasawa Rosetsu, the largest-ever retrospective for Hajime Sorayama, the VOCA 2026 exhibition showcasing emerging flat-surface artists, a look at Kanzan Shimomura's work, a focus on W. Eugene Smith's 'Loft Era,' an immersive exhibition on Japanese Yokai, the first Japanese retrospective in 34 years for Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, a celebration of 50 years of NHK's 'Sunday Art Museum,' and the first public display of the entire Hokusai series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' from the Iuchi Collection. Nationwide, featured shows include exhibitions on artists like Yasuri and Toshiko Uchima in Kanagawa, Kunio Makino in Kanagawa, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko in Niigata, René Lalique in Ishikawa, Claude Monet (commemorating the 100th anniversary of his death) and Takehisa Yumeji in Kyoto, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Natsuyuki Nakanishi, and Juro Takashima in Osaka, an exploration of post-war female avant-garde artists in Hyogo, an exhibition on Finnish sauna culture in Hiroshima, an overview of manga artists from Kitakyushu, and an interactive exhibition by miniature artist Tatsuya Tanaka in Nagasaki. Readers are encouraged to bookmark exhibitions of interest.
(Source：Tokyo Art Beat)