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Rich Veins of Japanese Art -Mining for Hidden Treasures

2025-06-21 – 2025-08-31

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Japanese art still includes artists and works that have remained hidden to the rest of the world. Presenting art works from the Jomon Period to works from the modern era, this exhibition taps into aim that new, beautiful gems will become established in the annals of Japanese history. See if you can find the art that will become tomorrow's national treasures.

Information about the Exhibition

DatesJune 21 – August 31, 2025
Closed on Mondays, July 22. (except July 21, August 11)
Opening hours10:00 - 17:00 (Last entry: 16:30)

Extended Hours
July 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, August 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30: 10:00 - 19:00 (Last entry: 18:30)
VenueNakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 4F Galleries
OrganizerNakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, Nikkei Inc., NHK Osaka Station, NHK Enterprises, Inc. Osaka Branch Office
SponsorshipIwatani Corporation
Osaka Shoko Shinkin Bank
OBAYASHI CORPORATION
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.
MOMOTANI JUNTENKAN LTD.
SupervisedYamashita Yuji (Professor, Meiji Gakuin University)
Planned in Cooperation withAsano Laboratories Inc.
Admission feeAdults 1800 yen (advance sales/groups 1600 yen)
University / High school students 1500 yen (advance sales/groups 1300 yen)
Junior high school / Elementary students: 500 yen (advance sales/groups 300 yen)
Member privileges (free admission, discounts) are available for this exhibition

* Advance ticket sales: until June 20 (23:59)
* Prices include tax. Group prices are for groups of at least 20 visitors.
* Persons holding an official Disability Certificate are admitted for half the price of a same-day ticket (including one attendant). Apply at the ticket counter (2F) on the day. (No advance reservation required.)
* Certification of eligibility for special rates must be presented before admission for all except regular adult rates.
* For this exhibition, regular adult rates apply to Osaka residents aged 65 or older.
* The museum may close without notice in the event of disasters or other circumstances beyond our control.
InquiriesOsaka City General Call Center
06-4301-7285
Hours: 8:00 – 21:00 (365 days)

Works

  • Ito Jakuchu
    Roosters, Hens, and Chicks with Bamboo
    Before 1790

  • Maruyama Okyo
    Carp with Plum Tree
    1787

  • Attributed to Iwasa Matabei
    Defeating Demons
    Edo period (17th century)

  • Sesson Shukei
    Eight Views of Xiaoxiang
    Fukushima Prefecture Designated Cultural Property
    Muromachi period (16th century)
    Fukushima Museum

  • Shikibu Terutada
    Monkeys Playing Among Trees and Rocks
    Important Cultural Property
    Muromachi period (16th century)
    Kyoto National Museum

  • Tsukishima Monogatari Emaki (Picture Scrolls of Tale of Tsukishima)
    Muromachi period (16th century)

  • Kano Kazunobu
    Five Hundred Arhats, Scroll #22, The Six Realms: Hell
    Minato City Cultural Property
    1854 – 1863
    Daihonzan ZOJOJI

  • Makishima Nyokyu
    Kannon Bearing a Fish Basket

    1952
    Ashikaga Civic Cultural Foundation

  • Vessel with Flange and Small Perforations Decorated with Human Figure (excavated from the Imojiya Site)
    Important Cultural Property / Japan Heritage
    c. 3500 – 3000 BCE
    Minami-Alps City Board of Education / Furusato Bunka Denshokan Museum

Special Exhibit

Ito Jakuchu
Buddha and the Sixteen Arhats

Hypothetical Digital Reconstruction
2024
TOPPAN Inc.

This screen by Jakuchu thought to have been destroyed in the war, with only a small black and white photo version remaining, has been faithfully recreated right down to the three-dimensional quality of the original impasto, via a fusion of the latest digital technology, and academic scholarship.