'Landscapes of This Place: Ueno, Omuta, Buenos Aires' Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Opening July 23, 2026!

April 23, 2026

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'Landscapes of This Place: Ueno, Omuta, Buenos Aires' Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Opening July 23, 2026!
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum will hold its 100th-anniversary exhibition 'Landscapes of This Place: Ueno, Omuta, Buenos Aires' from July 23 to October 7, 2026, exploring the history and creativity across three different locations.
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Date: April 23, 2026

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Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum will hold its 100th-anniversary exhibition 'Landscapes of This Place: Ueno, Omuta, Buenos Aires' from July 23 to October 7, 2026, exploring the history and creativity across three different locations.

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Source: PR Times
Date: April 23, 2026

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum will hold its 100th-anniversary exhibition 'Landscapes of This Place: Ueno, Omuta, Buenos Aires' from July 23 to October 7, 2026, exploring the history and creativity across three different locations.

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum opened 100 years ago in 1926 in Ueno Park, Tokyo, as Japan's first public art museum (*The name at the time of opening was 'Tokyo Prefectural Art Museum'). This exhibition surveys this 100-year history through creative activities continuously carried out in three distinct locations. Part 1, 'Ueno: 100 Years of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum', reflects on the history of the museum born in Ueno, from its inception to the present, through various exhibitions held there and the expanding landscapes surrounding it. Part 2, 'Omuta: 100 Years of Shigeo Egami', focuses on the artistic career of Shigeo Egami (1912-2014), who spent his entire life in the coal mining towns of Omuta and Arao in Kyushu, continuously painting the landscapes of those places. Part 3, 'Buenos Aires: 100 Years Surrounding the Zinnia Garden', traces the story of the 'paintings' and 'flowers' of a Japanese immigrant and his family who moved to Argentina before the war. This narrative is centered around the painting 'Zinnia Garden', which was painted in 1926—the year the museum opened—and became its first collection piece. Since the modern era, Ueno, which has been the site of numerous expositions and exhibitions and where various cultural facilities have been built, has been considered the center of modern and contemporary Japanese art history. By traversing the 100 years of Ueno and the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum—where diverse groups of people gathered—in parallel with the creative endeavors unfolded through massive personal passion in far-off lands, this exhibition transcends frameworks such as 'center vs. periphery' to bring the fundamental meaning of expression to light. What can a museum do as a place to support people's 'better lives'? Facing the landscapes of these three locations, we will think about the next 100 years. Highlights ◆ Part 1 Ueno: 100 Years of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum 〇 Highlight: Looking back at 100 years of 'Ueno' through various materials Through various records including paintings, prints, photographs, and the Tokyo Metropolitan (Prefectural) Art Museum's archive materials, this section provides an overview of the birth of the museum, the situations during and after the war, and its activities since the opening of the new building in 1975, alongside the contemporary landscapes of Ueno. Tetsutaro Fujioka, 'Zinnia Garden', 1926, Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Fusako Kodama, 'Ueno Park (from "Tokyo 1970-1977")', 1977, Collection of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum Ikko Narahara, 'Shinobazu Pond (from "Pocket Tokyo")', 1993-1996, Collection of Tokyo Photographic Art Museum ◆ Part 2 Omuta: 100 Years of Shigeo Egami 〇 Highlight: The complete picture of self-taught painter Shigeo Egami introduced in Tokyo for the first time Living in Omuta, Fukuoka, Shigeo Egami (1912-2014) persisted in painting independently and self-taught. Using familiar materials such as pencils, watercolors, and crayons/pastels, he continuously faced the landscapes near him. Through approximately 400 pieces, including woodblock prints, experimental abstract paintings, and dyed paper—which will be exhibited for the first time in Tokyo—this section traces the trajectory of his creations. *Shigeo Egami Born in Setaka Town, Yamato County, Fukuoka Prefecture (currently Miyama City) in 1912, and moved to Omuta City shortly after. After graduating from higher elementary school, he joined the architecture department of the Mitsui Miike Coal Mining Company. After retiring at age 60, he held his first solo exhibition at Izutsuya in Omuta. Since then, he held a total of 10 solo exhibitions in Omuta City and elsewhere. In 2013, Shigeo Egami exhibitions were held at the Tagawa Museum of Art, Omuta City Miike Karuta and History Museum, and Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art. Passed away in 2014. In 2018, the exhibition 'Shigeo Egami: Landscape Diary' was held at the Musashino City Kichijoji Art Museum. Shigeo Egami, 'Cloudy Day at the Sea II', c. 1960, Crayon, Private Collection Shigeo Egami, Year Unknown, Watercolor, Private Collection Shigeo Egami, 'Coal Storage at Sunset' from "Fifty Views of Omuta", published 1972, Woodblock Print, Private Collection Shigeo Egami, December 1987, Watercolor, Private Collection Shigeo Egami, July 1988, Watercolor, Private Collection Shigeo Egami, from 'My Requiem Flower Album', Year Unknown, Pencil and Watercolor, Private Collection ◆ Part 3 Buenos Aires: 100 Years Surrounding the Zinnia Garden 〇 Highlight: A research project shedding light on a painting from 100 years ago *AHA!, which has been uncovering individual endeavors buried in history, initiated an investigation into the creator of 'Zinnia Garden' (painted in 1926), considered the first collection piece of the Tokyo Metropolitan (Prefectural) Art Museum, whose details were unknown. Focusing on a person with the same name (different Kanji characters but same pronunciation), Tetsutaro Fujioka (1901-1982), they follow the tracks of this individual who moved from Japan to Buenos Aires, Argentina—located almost on the opposite side of the globe—in 1927 and engaged in landscaping and the floriculture industry. In parallel, a 2027 daily tear-off calendar will be produced using publicly submitted photographs of flowers. *AHA! [Archive for Human Activities] Launched in 2005 under the parent organization NPO remo.

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