Exhibition
Donated Works
Sep. 14（Sat）～Oct 12（Sun）
This exhibition will focus on works donated in recent years, including pieces related to the museum's founder, Okura Kihachiro, and his heir, Kishichiro. The exhibition will feature a selection of excellent craftworks by woodcarver Kiuchi Hanko, who was supported by the Okura family and worked on repairing the treasures of the Shosoin Repository as the treasure organizer for the Shosoin Repository, works by his son, Shoko, modern paintings related to Okura Kishichiro that have been entrusted to us for many years, and rBizen ware by potter Mori Togaku, who aims to renovate the classic Bizen style.
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Hours
10:00ー17:00（last admission at 16:30）
closing at 19:00 on Fridays
Closed
Mondays(though open on Mondays that fall on a national holiday and closed the following day), year-end holidays, and when new exhibitions are being prepared.
・Exhibition contents, exhibits, times and exhibit rotation days, etc. may be subject to sudden change.
Admissions
| Adults |
1,000 yen (1,500 yen for special exhibitions) |
| University and high school students |
800 yen (1,000 yen for special exhibitions)
*Please present your student identification card
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| Junior high school students and younger |
Free |
・There is a 500 yen discount for repeat visitors to same exhibition (please bring the ticket of your previous visit).
・There is a 500 yen discount for group visitors of 20 people or more.
・Admission is free for persons with disability certificates and one accompanying person.
・There is a 300 yen discount for visitors in Japanese kimono. ※It cannot be combined with any other discounts.
Various tickets
Museum passports
Valid for one year. Benefits include free entry to the museum for two persons.
Price: 5,500 yen
Please enquire at the museum reception for details.
Grutto Pass
ACCESS
- (Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line) 5 minutes’ walk from Roppongi-itchome Station (in the direction of Izumi Garden)
- (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line) 7 minutes’ walk from Kamiyacho Station Exit 4B
- (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Nanboku Line) 10 minutes’ walk from Tameike-sanno Station Exit 13
- (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line) 10 minutes’ walk from Toranomon Station Exit 2
- (Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line) 7 minutes’ walk from Toranomon Hills station Exit A2a
*There is no parking at the museum so please use public transport when visiting
Okura Museum of Art
2-10-3 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001 Japan
Tel. +81-3-5575-5711
Fax. +81-3-5575-5712
HP：https://www.shukokan.org/
Outline
Okura Museum of Art is the oldest existing Japan's private art museum and first foundational museum. It was established by Okura Kihachiro (1837-1928), an industrialist active from the 19th century to the early 20th century. Kihachiro devoted himself to the development of industry and foreign trade. He also participated in several distinguished educational and charitable endeavors.
Kihachiro lamented how so many Japanese artworks were leaving the country, so he established the Okura Museum of Art Foundation in 1917 to help preserve these artworks and further Japanese culture. He had previously amassed a collection of cultural assets over a 50-year period and he now donated these to the museum alongside land, buildings and funds for the museum’s upkeep.
Unfortunately, the museum’s original building and all the exhibits on display at the time were destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. A new quake-and-fire-proof gallery was then built in classical Chinese style based on a design by the renowned architect Ito Chuta. The museum reopened in 1928 with a collection centered on items that had survived the disaster. This became the basis for the modern-day Okura Museum of Art.
Kihachiro’s son Kishichiro (1882-1963) also supported the maintenance of the gallery, in accordance with his father’s will, and he donated a number of masterpieces collected over his lifetime, including several modern paintings.
The museum’s collection features a wide range of paintings, sculpture, calligraphy and decorative objects from Japan and various regions across Asia. The collection consists of around 2,500 items in total. We hope our museum can provide guests from the hotel and visitors from all over with an opportunity to appreciate some of the finest examples of Japanese and Eastern art.