Opening Report: Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum 100th Anniversary Exhibition of the British Museum Japanese Art Collection – Blooming Flowers: Edo Paintings Across the Sea
Opening report of the British Museum Japanese Art Collection exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, showcasing ~200 Edo-period works for its 100th anniversary.Summary
The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Ueno Park) opened its 100th‑anniversary exhibition, “British Museum Japanese Art Collection: Blooming Flowers – Edo Paintings Across the Sea,” on July 25, running until October 18. Drawing from the British Museum’s roughly 40,000‑piece Japanese collection, about 200 works—primarily from the Edo period—were brought back to Japan for the first time. Highlights include Enomoto Enju’s “Tiger‑and‑Cub Crossing the River” (Tennō‑gengō 1781‑82), Sakurai Kaon’s “Hōryū‑ji Golden Hall Wall Painting” (1880), and Katsushika Hokusai’s “Thirty‑Six Views of Mount Fuji: The Great Wave off Kanagawa” (c. 1831). The show featured ukiyo‑e, landscape scrolls, and wall‑painting reunions, offering visitors a sweeping view of Japanese art history. The exhibition runs until October 18, after which it will travel to Osaka’s Nakanoshima Museum on October 31.
(Source：美術展ナビ)