Tokyo Art Museums: SOMPOMuseum & Ota Memorial Museum of Art 🎨🌟

SOMPO Museum of Art 🎨🌟 The SOMPO Museum of Art is the only museum in Asia that houses a piece from Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" series. Focusing on paintings from the 19th century to the present, its core collection includes 240 works by Aikura Seiji, such as "Hometown," "Black Glove," and "Portrait of a Woman." 🎨🌟 Aikura's works, which mainly feature female portraits, are heavily influenced by Picasso, often employing fragmented and distorted techniques to depict lines. ⏰ Opening Hours: 10:00-18:00 (Closed on Mondays) 📍 Address: 1-26-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 💰 Admission: Varies by exhibition Ota Memorial Museum of Art 🎉 Opened in 1980, this private museum is one of Japan's top three collections of Ukiyo-e art. 🎨🌟 Highlights include Kitagawa Utamaro's "Beauty Reading a Jade Chapter," Katsushika Hokusai's "Tiger in the Rain" and "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji," Utagawa Kunisada's "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin – Li Jun, the Dragon Stirring the River," and Utagawa Hiroshige's "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido." ⏰ Opening Hours: 10:30-17:30 (Closed on Mondays) 📍 Address: 10-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 💰 Admission: Varies by exhibition #Tokyo #TokyoTravel #TokyoArtMuseums 🌆