Masterpieces from the Japanese painting collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art

April 14 to June 27, 2021

*There will be an exhibition change during the course of exhibition.
*Download the list of changes in works on display
*Photography is permitted at this exhibition.
*This exhibition will travel to Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art (July 8 to September 5, 2021: TBD) and MIHO MUSEUM (September 18 to December 12, 2021: TBD).
*Temporarily closed from Apr. 25 to May 31 as precaution against COVID-19.

The Minneapolis Institute of Art is located in Minneapolis, the largest city in the state of Minnesota, in the midwestern United States. Its origins lie in the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, which twenty-five citizens of Minneapolis founded in 1883 “to bring the arts into the life of their community.” The museum itself opened in 1915. Its collection of about 90,000 works of art spans prehistory to the present and represents the world’s diverse cultures on every continent. Among them, its collection of Japanese art, which includes nearly 9,500 works, highly esteemed internationally for both its quality and quantity.
This exhibition showcases masterpieces from this collection of Japanese art, with a focus on Edo-period paintings, including works by artists from the Kano school and Rinpa tradition, as well as ukiyo-e artists. Through this selection of masterly works by widely admired artists, including Sesson Shūkei, Kano Sansetsu, Itō Jakuchū, Soga Shōhaku, Katsushika Hokusai, and Tōshūsai Sharaku, the exhibition traces the evolution of Japanese painting while also giving a sense of the intentions of the American collectors fascinated by Japanese art who acquired these works and later bequeathed or donated them to the museum.

Movies about the exhibition

Works from the exhibition

Period

April 14 to June 27, 2021

Hours

10:00-18:00　*Friday and Saturday 10:00-20:00

*Open until 20:00 on April 28 and May 2 to May 4
*Last admission: 30 minutes before closing

Closed

Tuesdays

*Open until 20:00 on May 4
*Open until 18:00 on June 22

Admission

Adult	General ¥1,500	Advance ¥1,300
University and High School Student	General ¥1,000	Advance ¥800

Elementary, junior high school students and under are free.
*With a certificate of disability, the admission fee of a disabled person and a care-giver will be waived.
*Advance tickets will be available at the museum reception desk during opening hours from December 16, 2020 to February 28, 2021.

Discount

◇100 Yen Discount
•For presenting a ticket to a thematic exhibition at the National Art Center, Tokyo, or Mori Art Museum

*Only one discount per person

Audio Guide

¥600

English audio guide available

Organized by

Suntory Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Yomiuri Shimbun Company

Masterpieces from the Japanese painting collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art

SUNTORY MUSEUM of ART