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Ukiyo-e Ōta Kinen Bijutsukan

Tokyo · Shibuya · Japan

Ukiyo-e Ōta Kinen Bijutsukan

Ukiyo-e Ota Memorial Museum of Art

Museumgoogle verified
~60 min
easy
7/10
best: afternoon
contemplative
A local would say...

The private collection of an insurance mogul who amassed over 12,000 ukiyo-e woodblock prints.

Slip off your shoes, step into slippers, and enter one of the most peaceful museums in frenetic Harajuku. The excellent ukiyo-e woodblock print collection of former insurance magnate Ota Seizo rotates through thematic exhibitions that regularly feature works by Hokusai and Hiroshige. You'll move through hushed rooms where wave-crashing seascapes and snow-dusted bridges feel almost three-dimensional. The whole experience takes barely an hour, making it an ideal detour between shopping sprees on Takeshita-dori.

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