葛飾北斎の美術館が
東京都墨田区に
2016年11月22日オープンします。
■すみだ北斎美術館
■東京都墨田区亀沢２丁目７
■The Sumida Hokusai Museum
Katsushika Hokusai, one of the most famous of all Japanese artists, was born in 1760 in Honjo Warigesui, now known as Hokusai Dōri Street in the Kamezawa area of Tokyo’s Sumida City. He lived to the ripe old age of 90. In his long life he produced numerous masterpieces, and he spent much of it in Sumida.
To celebrate and honor this local artist, and to promote the distinctive culture of his hometown to Japan and the world, Sumida City has decided to open a museum dedicated to Hokusai.
The museum will be built within Midori-chō Park (2-7 Kamezawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo), which sits 400 meters east of the Toei Oedo Subway Line’s Ryogoku Station. The park is of special significance to Hokusai’s art: it was once the site of a mansion belonging to a feudal lord who commissioned a painting of a horse on a folding screen from Hokusai.
In addition to introducing visitors to the works of Hokusai and his disciples, the museum will also hold various exhibitions and events that highlight Hokusai’s ties to Sumida.
To celebrate and honor this local artist, and to promote the distinctive culture of his hometown to Japan and the world, Sumida City has decided to open a museum dedicated to Hokusai.
The museum will be built within Midori-chō Park (2-7 Kamezawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo), which sits 400 meters east of the Toei Oedo Subway Line’s Ryogoku Station. The park is of special significance to Hokusai’s art: it was once the site of a mansion belonging to a feudal lord who commissioned a painting of a horse on a folding screen from Hokusai.
In addition to introducing visitors to the works of Hokusai and his disciples, the museum will also hold various exhibitions and events that highlight Hokusai’s ties to Sumida.
