TFAM’s “Masterpieces of European Oil Painting” opens in Okayama

On July 9, the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (OPMA) held the opening ceremony of “Masterpieces of European Oil Painting: The Paintings in 20th Century from the Renaissance to Impressionism,” a Tokyo Fuji Art Museum exhibition featuring 83 works by European masters over a four-century period. The exhibition was organized by OPMA, Sanyo Shimbun and RSK Sanyo Broadcasting, with Okayama Prefectural Governor Ryuta Ibaragi and Kenichi Hara, chair and president of RSK Sanyo Broadcasting, serving as the two keynote speakers.

TFAM Director Akira Gokita attended the ceremony; he also delivered a lecture at OPMA on July 10. The exhibition is slated to run from July 9 to August 29.

Notice of changes to museum operating hours

Due to the Japanese government extending its declaration of national emergency in response to the ongoing pandemic, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum has temporarily altered its opening hours as follows:

Open: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. (Reception closes at 3:30 p.m.)
Closed: Mondays

Please note that the museum will be closed an hour earlier than the operating hours indicated on posters and flyers. The change of opening hours will be announced on our website, official Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts as well as on our LINE account. Also, visitors may be asked to wait outside the venue in order to ensure social distancing and related pandemic safety protocols.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

School kids tour TFAM as part of community outreach initiative

On June 26, some 50 people led by students, guardians and faculty members from Toyo Elementary School in Hachioji City, along with residents from the local community, took part in “Asobi-jutsu-kan,” an extracurricular program launched in 2019 held at the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum primarily on Saturdays for local students and the Hachioji community at large.

Due to the lockdown, the event was the first in three years in which the children could tour TFAM in person (the previous two sessions were held online). Participants were divided into four groups, with students from nearby Soka University, who completed a museum education course, serving as docents. The main activity was the special viewing of the exhibition, “Mitsuaki Iwago’s World ‘Cats’ Travelogue,” which opened to the public on June 1. Mitsuaki Iwago is a renowned wildlife photographer whose favorite motifs are cats; the TFAM exhibition features 209 works taken on his trips across the world.

Notice of changes to museum operating hours

Due to the Japanese government lifting its declaration of national emergency, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum is now back to normal operating hours as follows:

Open: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. (Reception closes at 4:30 p.m.)
Closed: Mondays

Further change of opening hours will be announced on our website, official Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts as well as on our LINE account. Also, visitors may be asked to wait outside the venue in order to ensure social distancing and related pandemic safety protocols. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

“World ‘Cats’ Travelogue” exhibition opens; Mitsuaki Iwago visits museum

The exhibition, “Mitsuaki Iwago’s World ‘Cats’ Travelogue,” opened at the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum on June 1. An internationally renowned wildlife photographer, Mitsuaki Iwago is the first in Japan to have his work appear twice on the cover of the National Geographic magazine, and one of his favorite motifs has been cats. This exhibition features 209 of his works of felines captured on film from every corner of the globe.

On May 31, the photographer visited the museum on the eve of the exhibition’s premiere. “Mitsuaki Iwago’s World ‘Cats’ Travelogue” runs until August 29, Sunday.

Notice of changes to museum operating hours

Due to the Japanese government extending its declaration of national emergency in response to the ongoing pandemic, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum has temporarily altered its opening hours as follows:

Open: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. (Reception closes at 3:30 p.m.)
Closed: Mondays

Please note that the museum will be closed an hour earlier than the operating hours indicated on posters and flyers.
The change of opening hours will be announced on our website, official Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts as well as on our LINE account. Also, visitors may be asked to wait outside the venue in order to ensure social distancing and related pandemic safety protocols.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Temporary museum closing extended

Due to the Japanese government extending its declaration of national emergency in response to the ongoing pandemic, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum will be temporarily closed until Monday, May 31. The reopening of our Museum will be announced on our website, official Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts as well as on LINE. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to hosting you soon.

Notice of temporary closing of the museum

Due to the declaration of a State of Emergency, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum will be temporarily closed from Sunday April 25th until Tuesday May 11th, as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19. Further information after Wednesday May 12th will be announced later on its website, official Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LINE.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Museum releases new research work on Tavola Doria

The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum announced the publishing of Ushinawareta daihekiga no kioku (tentative English translation: “Remembering the Lost Great Mural”), an academic study in Japanese focusing on the “Tavola Doria,” an oil painting believed by some to portray central portion of “The Battle of Anghiari,” the largest mural project that Leonardo da Vinci ever undertook. Both works are steeped in mystery and fascination and the source of some controversy.

TFAM donated the “Tavola Doria” to the Italian government in 2012 and the work is currently owned by the renowned Uffizi Gallery. Following its donation, the painting has been shown to large public audiences in Japan and Italy. Scientific research on the “Tavola Doria” has been ongoing, with findings by some of the foremost authorities in the field being published.

Ushinawareta daihekiga no kioku features reports from global experts on art restoration and conservation, as well as the most recent thought essays, dissertations and other relevant studies from Italy and Japan. The book is slated for release in Japanese on April 12 and available on Amazon Japan.

Senior Japan-China Friendship Center official visits museum

On March 31, Vice Director Huang Xingyuan of the Japan-China Friendship Center and his wife visited the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. They were welcomed by TFAM Director Akira Gokita and Executive Director Akira Kaneko, who guided them on a tour of “A Dress In A Picture, A Picture Of A Dress” and “From the Renaissance to the 20th Century—500 Years of Western Paintings” exhibitions currently being held.