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Coming Soon - Tokyo: Art & Photography
Our next major exhibition will explore Tokyo through the vibrant and varied arts it has generated over 400 years, from its beginnings as the headquarters of the Tokugawa shoguns in the early 1600s to the sprawling modern metropolis and dynamic centre of art, photography and design it is today.
Members will have access to a priority booking period, and will also be able to book into a private view on the day before the exhibition opens to the public. Become a Member today for access to these perks.
Opening 29th July. Find out more: ashmolean.org/tokyo
Tokyo from Utsurundesu series by Ninagawa Mika, 2018–2019
Good Evening Sumida River by Sugiyama Motosugu, 1993
Uguisudani-zu by Aida Makoto, 1990. Mineral pigments, acrylic on sex phone cards on panel
Tokyo Station, Scenes of Last Tokyo by Onchi Kōshirō, 1945.
World Oceans Day
Today is World Oceans day, honouring the salt waters of our world. It would take over 883 quadrillion copies of this party scene from our collection to cover the same area as the global ocean. Plenty of fish in that sea, and all of them in the party mood
This print is one of the many prints created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi in the 19th century which are now held in our collections.