Why You Should Visit
A selection of Edo-period painting drawn from the British Museum's Japanese collection of some 40,000 objects. Highlights include Kitagawa Utamaro's hand-painted Courtesan Reading a Letter, Maruyama Okyo's Tiger Crossing screens and Katsushika Hokusai's preparatory drawings for the Great Picture Book of Everything — several shown in Japan for the first time — plus prints by eight leading ukiyo-e artists including Sharaku, Hokusai and Hiroshige. Kano-school sliding-door paintings split between Aomori, London and Seattle are reunited for the first time in about 150 years. No timed entry; same-day tickets are available.
Essentials
- location
- Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka — 4F Gallery
- period
- October 31, 2026 (Sat) - January 31, 2027 (Sun)
- Time
- 10:00–17:00, Fridays until 20:00 (last entry 30 min before closing). Closed Mondays, Nov 24 (Tue), Dec 31 (Thu), Jan 1 (Fri) and Jan 12 (Tue); open on the Mon holidays Nov 23 and Jan 11
- cost
- Adults 2,300 yen (advance/group 2,100) / high school & university students 1,400 yen (advance/group 1,200) / elementary & junior high 500 yen (advance/group 300). Tax included. Half the day price with a disability certificate (incl. one carer). Osaka residents aged 65+ pay the adult rate
- Links
- Kobe · Gluten-free
- access
- About 5 min on foot from Watanabebashi Station (Keihan Nakanoshima Line). By car, just off the Nakanoshima-nishi exit of the Hanshin Expressway; use nearby paid parking.
- TICKETS / REGISTRATION
- No timed entry and no advance reservation needed. Same-day tickets are sold at the museum's 2F ticket machines and counter (entry may be limited, or switched to timed entry, when crowded). Advance tickets go on sale at 10:00 on 24 Aug 2026 via ART PASS, the official online ticket site (etix), Lawson Ticket, Ticket Pia and others (not sold at the museum). A combo ticket with the NHK Sunday Museum 50th Anniversary Exhibition is 4,000 yen (31 Oct–20 Dec, via ART PASS and the 2F machines).
Basque cheesecakeBaked with rice flour, no wheat. Whole 12cm, serves 2-3¥4,700 incl. shipping (Japan only)There are 12 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka — 4F Gallery. The map shows each with its walking time.
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出典: 大阪中之島美術館 公式サイト
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