Notice to Visitors on the Opening of Our Museum

For those planning to visit the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum after its formal opening on July 3, the theater, library, lounge and children’s room will remain closed to the public until further notice. We will also be required to ask visitors to provide their contact information at the admission gate upon arrival. We thank you in advance for your cooperation and look forward to welcoming you to our museum after a long hiatus.

Museum to Open to the Public on July 3

Since its self-imposed closing on March 2 due to the pandemic, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum will formally open to the public on July 3. The opening exhibition will be “Flowers, Flowers and More Flowers: Exhibition of Flowers in Art from Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Collection,” which was originally slated to premiere on May 2, and it features the finest representations of Nature’s floral majesty, including paintings, crafted objects and photographs, in our collection.

The official social distancing protocols will remain in effect for the protection of visitors.

“Splendor of French Paintings” exhibition opens to public in Osaka

The Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts will be hosting “Through the Eyes of René Huyghe: The Splendor of French Paintings—Formation and Transformation of the ‘Grande Manière,’” an exhibition organized by the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum. The Osaka venue runs from May 26 and is scheduled to close on August 16. Among its backers are the nationally circulated Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper and its affiliated national Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation network.

Divided into three segments, “The Splendor of French Paintings” exhibition consists of some 80 oil paintings and drawings, works capturing three of the most iconic periods in Western art, beginning with the rise of classicism in the 17th century to the Rococo in the 18th and neo-classicism in the 19th up until the eve of the Impressionism.

Video on Uemura Shoen and her artistic heirs produced

The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum has uploaded a new video on its “tfamfilm” YouTube channel, produced as a tribute to “The Exhibition of Three Generations—Uemura Shoen, Shoko and Atsushi,” which regrettably had to be cancelled after only two days of showing from February 29 in the wake of the pandemic and subsequent self-enforced closure. We hope you will enjoy the video, which runs for some 14 minutes, over the lockdown, by clicking on this link: https://youtube.be/sKqlCr4-vQM.

Uemura Shoen (1875-1949) gained popularity for her Japanese-style paintings of so-called “beautiful women,” or bijin-ga, going on to become the first female recipient of the Order of Culture award and official artist of the Imperial Household. Shoko was her son and Atsushi, her grandson, both of whom were to emerge as prominent artists in their own right. While portraying the artistic legacy inherited by her progeny, the Japanese-language video follows the talent and success of Shoen and imparts the incisive lessons of life that she won:

Notice of re-extension of temporary closing of the museum

The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum has been closed from March 2 until March 31 to prevent the further spread of the new coronavirus. However, we have decided to re-extend the period of its temporary closing until further notice.

Further information on reopening will be announced later on its website, official Twitter and Facebook. 

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. 

Notice of re-extension of temporary closing (until March 31, 2020)

The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum was to be closed from March 2 to March 23 to prevent the further spreading of the new coronavirus. However, in compliance with the Japanese government’s policy by the task force on the new coronavirus which is announced on March 19, we have decided to extend further the period of the museum’s temporary closing until Tuesday, March 31.

Reopening plans on and after Wednesday, April 1 will be announced later on its website, official Twitter and Facebook.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Notice of extended temporary closing (until March 23, 2020)

The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum was initially to be closed from Monday, March 2 to Monday, March 16 to prevent the further spreading of the new coronavirus. However, considering the domestic and international circumstances, we have decided to extend the period of the museum’s temporary closing until Monday, March 23.

Reopening plans on and after Tuesday, March 24 will be announced later on its website, official Twitter and Facebook.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Notice of temporary closing of the museum

In compliance with the request of Japan's government agencies, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum will be temporarily closed from Monday, March 2 to Monday, March 16 to prevent the further spreading of the novel coronavirus.

The Museum is currently scheduled to reopen on Tuesday, March 17, but further information will be announced later on its website, official Twitter and Facebook.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Art appreciation for children: A year in review

As part of its outreach initiative, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum has conducted programs to promote the appreciation of art among people of all ages, with a special focus on children. One such program caters to elementary and junior high school students enrolled in the city of Hachioji, a major suburb community of Tokyo which TFAM serves.

Under the program, TFAM hosted 2,144 students from 28 local schools over the calendar year of 2019, up from 1,684 kids from 20 schools in 2018. The curators are volunteers, either lecturers of or students taking university-level museum education courses.

TFAM also aims to provide its collected works and the museum itself as a center of learning to kindle the imagination and excitement of creativity by holding workshops, concerts, seminars and special summer vacation events. And it remains committed to this outreach initiative in service of the Hachioji and other communities in the Tokyo area.

Kyushu museum to host TFAM exhibition

On October 30, the Kyushu National Museum announced that it will be hosting the “Through the Eyes of René Huyghe: The Splendor of French Paintings—Formation and Transformation of the ‘Grande Manière’” exhibition organized by the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum from February 4 to March 29 in 2020. The exhibition will be held with the sponsorship of such organizations as the Nishinippon Shimbun newspaper, Mainichi Shimbun newspaper and Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting TV network.

PHOTO CAPTION: Kyushu National Museum officials announce the holding of TFAM’s “The Splendor of Frenching Paintings” exhibition in 2020