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

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
InsideJapan Tours @InsideJapan - 2018-06-23: Japan's Ukiyo-e small museum has a strict opening hours policy... https://t.co/q93W5NVC5i

via @atlasobscura… https://t.co/WWu1rcZxI4
aumat2011 @aumat2011 - 2018-06-23: Ghosts,Demons and Yokai in Ukiyo-e. Exhibition.Ehime Museum of History and Culture in Seiyo City. #Japan #ukiyoe… https://t.co/Y7WpSlb9UV
HUMA3 @HUMA3 - 2018-05-17: Ukiyo-e, a genre of #Japanese art has created its own standing in the art world. ‘The Great Wave’ by Katsushika… https://t.co/Dxa8xcwPsD
Small Island Games @smallislanddevs - 2018-04-01: Last year @_CeriWilliams visited the Japan Ukiyo-e Museum in Matsumoto on his h̶o̶n̶e̶y̶m̶o̶o̶n̶ research trip. A… https://t.co/tHPYoyVxD9
museumnightmatsumoto @museumnightmats - 2018-02-10: Night Museum Events in Matsumoto, Februrary 14!
Ukiyo-e lecture at the Japan Ukiyo-e Museum on Valentine’s Day Nigh… https://t.co/6haWTqhRrY
museumnightmatsumoto @museumnightmats - 2018-02-08: 【Wednesday, February 14, 2018 from 5:00-9:00pm】
(No entry after 8:30pm)

Night Museum Bar at Japan Ukiyo-e Museum O… https://t.co/U45kymSiuY
History of Art @AHistoryofArt - 2018-01-23: Water Hyacinth, Sandpiper and Kingfisher, from the album New Selection of Birds and Flowers', Edo, 1850-1860
Utaga… https://t.co/zXscP5hbQF
BIBI(ビビ)/辻アオイ @sh_bibi_ - 2017-12-21: Hllo, It's Bibi.
Today I will introduce my collection of catalog.
It is a catalog of an exhibition of Ukiyo-e held… https://t.co/4471LqZGQi
COPER(コペル）研究所 @coper_info - 2017-12-21: Hllo, It's Bibi.
Today I will introduce my collection of catalog.
It is a catalog of an exhibition of Ukiyo-e held… https://t.co/VkIcuZRe8f
SH Art&Illustration @SHArtStudio - 2017-12-19: 'The moment of Yoshiyuki Dynamic and Eternal Beauty' (trans.)
#art #exhibition exploring 'the last Ukiyo-e painter'… https://t.co/bla6KmO2hZ
Sarah Horvat @SarahHorvat - 2017-12-19: 'The moment of Yoshiyuki Dynamic and Eternal Beauty' (trans.)
#art #exhibition exploring 'the last Ukiyo-e painter'… https://t.co/IyVtQemJ8q
Inoue Haruo @HAL909 - 2017-10-22: Harunobu Suzuki:Ukiyo-e masterpieces from Museum of Fine Arts,Boston
Chiba City Museum of Art,Japan… https://t.co/1L8mqppYkc
Michael Schneider @mdsw14 - 2017-08-10: @michikokakutani Was just in Japan for two weeks. Great show of ukiyo-e river and sea scenes at the Ota Museum, inc… https://t.co/tg4XhtrDQs
Patricia Chen @patchenlaw - 2017-08-04: What an AMAZING show, a landmark collaboration between National Gallery Victoria & Japan's Ukiyo-e Museum on Katsus… https://t.co/iZE25H8AI5
Walters Art Museum @walters_museum - 2017-04-18: Learn about the fashions & pastimes of pre-modern Japan by exploring ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) w/ Matthew Welch:… https://t.co/4B7P7DorSU
Visit Kyoto & Nara @VisitKyotoNara - 2017-01-24: Utamaro KITAGAWA (1753? - 1806), Ukiyo-e Artist Japan
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston owns his 383 Ukiyo-e collections,… https://t.co/UHPtKbudyJ