Japan Ukiyo-e Museum

Information

In both quality and quantity, the Japan Ukiyo-e Museum is one of the most prominent wood-block print museums in Japan. The 10,000 piece collection includes calligraphy and wood-block printed books. The museum also contains many historically valuable wood-block prints, ranging from the early examples of the Ukiyo-e art to contemporary woodblock prints. These art works were collected by Sakai family spending 200 years. The family was also a patron of the great Ukiyo-e master Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige).

Opening Hours

10:00 - 17:00 *admission until 30 minutes before closing

Closed

Mondays
December 28 - January 3

Price / Entrance Fee

1,200 yen (General, Adult)
600 yen

Access / Public Transport

7 minutes taxi ride from Matsumoto Station on the JR lines or Alpico Kotsu Kamikochi Line
15 minutes walk from Oniwa Station on the Alpico Kotsu Kamikochi Line

Address / Location

2206-1, Shimadachi Koshiba, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano, 390-0852

Tweets

KA WAI @genghis_ka_wai - 2019-12-07: Went to Ukiyo-e museum today and really loved all the art, but halfway thru realized half the paintings were of imp… https://t.co/EJyrbxr8EW
MYRIAM MORALES @MYRIAMMORALES81 - 2019-12-01: 'Last Ukiyo-e' Exhibition at Ota Memorial Museum of Art Sheds Light on Meiji-Era Treasures | JAPAN Forward https://t.co/LBpnKuZFdg
内藤泰朗 @naityas - 2019-11-20: ‘Last Ukiyo-e’ Exhibition at Ota Memorial Museum of Art Sheds Light on Meiji-Era Treasures
https://t.co/wwzBwOswne #JAPANForward
Brian Imagawa @rocketdog632 - 2019-11-13: An Ukiyo-e shop inside the Edo Museum. Ukiyo-e were like the comics and advertising posters of the era, sumo wrestl… https://t.co/Nkt06e2jkA
thewanderingwelsh @wanderinwelsh - 2019-11-06: Ukiyoe Small Museum in Kyoto features Japanese woodblock prints. Shown on the sign outside, the museum doesn't have… https://t.co/N1gd6h5B6k
Hammer Museum @hammer_museum - 2019-10-31: Hiroshige is best known for his landscape prints, a subject matter atypical of ukiyo-e works, which tended to focus… https://t.co/xQCvJhvzZp
Naomi Daw @Naomi_Daw - 2019-09-26: I’ve had a sneak peek of the ‘Floating Worlds: Japanese Woodcuts’ exhibition at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery today… https://t.co/5EAvoe4ouv
Taigataro @geisha_official - 2019-09-17: @miwa_kazune @tensame It is very beautiful! I have always wanted to visit Japan and go to an Art Museum! I like Uki… https://t.co/2ugtfYaLgd
kabujiro Kutsumoto @KabujiroK - 2019-09-11: Busy sketching things while travelling Japan.

This is based off of a print I saw at the Ukiyo-e Museum in Matsumot… https://t.co/9ZpEUUyvqN
Yukiko Wilson @LoccaOliver - 2019-09-09: New blog post on Japanese Ukiyo-e Wood-block prints exhibition at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery & more!!… https://t.co/Y1pROkE0Bv
Broomhall House @BroomhallHouse - 2019-08-29: This is one of our exclusive woodblock prints from one of Japan’s most globally famous artists; Katsushika Hokusai,… https://t.co/zyiSRrVFZn
Sydney Solís @RisingSolis - 2019-08-27: Made me so happy viewing at the #Osaka Museum of HistoryThe Wonderful World of Cats in Ukiyo-e: #Cats Depicted by R… https://t.co/ii4ZZwajSa
Alan Summers @haikutec - 2019-08-21: @bristolmuseum Bristol Museum & Art Gallery has a collection of some 500 ‘floating world pictures’ (ukiyo-e) which… https://t.co/3Is1mZJvW1
Being Kansai @BeingKansai - 2019-06-28: The Wonderful world of Cats in Ukiyo-e at Osaka Museum of History from 7/27-9/8/2019 #art #cats #Osaka #Japan… https://t.co/D4nJ5pvwJV
curious ordinary @curiousordinary - 2019-06-05: @WhosKateStrange @AshmoleanMuseum @bristolmuseum Enjoy Japan, it's wonderful. If you are in Tokyo you might like to… https://t.co/tNneTdkYTu
Jenevieve Van-Veda @VanVeda - 2019-05-01: The Life of #Japanese #Women in Ukiyo-e (Shoto Museum of Art) | #Japan Living Arts by Steve Beimel… https://t.co/fyhQAc05RX
Gabriella Vitos @Gavit - 2019-04-26: From the playful Ukiyo-e collection #museum #art #japan #traveler #globetrotter #culture #photography https://t.co/SNiLqEMLcU
Being Kansai @BeingKansai - 2019-04-03: “Compete in Beauty”: Ukiyo-e paintings exhibition at the Museum of Kyoto from April 27-June 9 2019 #kyoto #art… https://t.co/Fktj4YiNwR
Alma ⚰️ @mttbrandhime - 2019-03-30: 6: My dream holiday is to go to Japan and look at the Ukiyo-e museum and walk around Kyoto and eat great food!!!
HeadOvMetal @headovmetal - 2019-02-25: Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin is 1st museum retrospective of renowned tattoo artist and surveys Hardy’s life in art th… https://t.co/XzLSAdUXej
Utrip @Utrippers - 2019-02-14: Dedicated to the life works of the most famous Ukiyo-e artist, Katsushika Hokusai, visitors can take in his brillia… https://t.co/8xOb3GI19D
山崎 chu @misteaky - 2019-02-14: planning japan trip with bae

rapha: look, we can go to this ukiyo-e museum after visiting the castle
me: omg look… https://t.co/QJZU0iGTz7
michellehartney @michellehartney - 2019-01-23: Recently I was alerted to an exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago that presents Roger Weston’s collection of… https://t.co/uYRy3RmoA9
OmBus @OmBusFactory - 2018-12-26: Ichimura Mamoru, the last of Japan's ukiyo-e artists alive, has the smallest museum in the nation but when he's 'ha… https://t.co/f1UiGVc30i
KCP International @KCPJapanese - 2018-11-30: Katsushika Hokusai Museum in #Japan, is dedicated to the works of ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai. His popular wo… https://t.co/NSYbaIru9p
InsideJapan Tours @InsideJapan - 2018-11-05: Kyoto's Ukiyo-e Small Museum has some unpredictable opening hours! Snapped by #InsideJapan's Julia

Today, we're ta… https://t.co/4E5rvXAyuh
Erif@SRX4 @Erif_SRX4 - 2018-09-18: 1.The National Art Center: Hirohiko Araki JOJO Exhibition, Ripples of adventure
2.Mori Art Museum: Japan in Archite… https://t.co/dd75LpxVnJ
Ken_Works @ken_works - 2018-08-26: Had a good time at the Ukiyo-e museum. They have 12,000 pieces of ukiyo-e collection and the display are changed ev… https://t.co/GHzrlUNJh9
Hirokane_Jp @hirokane_jp - 2018-07-05: Wrote about interesting ukiyo-e museum in Shizuoka City, Japan. #travelshizuoka #shizuoka #localtravelpartners… https://t.co/xVepHYhbsp
isi litke @isilitke - 2018-06-26: Ukiyo-e highlights from the Van Gogh Museum's 'Van Gogh and Japan' exhibit:
1. U. Hiroshige, 'Horikiri Iris Garden'… https://t.co/2iTRaRZc8o
Ruth Marie Jarman @RuthMJarman - 2018-06-25: Our first stop is the JAPAN Ukiyo-e Museum. They are planning presentations and an opportunity to try your hand at… https://t.co/Dvk8GxyRZ4