Museum in Nakanoshima, Osaka
2023-12-05
Nakanoshima in Osaka City is a small island between the Dojima River and the Tosabori River that has been developed into a park and an oasis in the heart of the city. There are also a number of cultural facilities in the area. This article introduces four of them.
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The National Museum of Art, Osaka
An eye-catching exterior with an innovative design that is imbued with the life force of bamboo
The National Museum of Art, Osaka is an art museum in Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, that collects, stores, and exhibits mainly contemporary art from Japan and abroad since World War II. The museum was originally opened in the former World Exposition Museum, which was built as a pavilion for the 1970 Japan World Exposition. Then, in 2004, a new building was constructed in the western part of Nakanoshima, and the museum was relocated. The renovated new building was designed by Cesar Pelli and Associates Japan. The innovative design is striking for its imagery of the development and growth of contemporary art, in addition to the vitality of bamboo. The entrance, auditorium, restaurant, museum store, and other facilities are located on the basement level, with collection exhibitions usually held on the second basement level and special exhibitions on the third basement level.Collection of over 8,000 works of contemporary art, mainly from 1945 onward
The collection mainly consists of works by artists from around the world since 1945, and currently holds over 8,000 works. The collection includes works by Tadanori Yokoo, Yozo Hamaguchi, Yayoi Kusama, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Yoshitatsu Yanagihara, On Kawahara, Ikko Tanaka, Yasumasa Morimura, Shio Suga, Tsuguharu Fujita, Jiro Takamatsu, Katsura Funakoshi, Yasutake Funakoshi, Naoro Domoto, Hiroshi Senju, Kenji Yanobe, Lee Ufan, Henry Moore, Max Ernst, Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, and more, The exhibition features unique artists who have led the world's art world. The collection is especially rich with over 900 posters by Tadanori Yokoo and over 400 prints and drawings by Yozo HAMAGUCHI.Collection and special exhibitions held in the basement exhibition halls
The vast collection is regularly themed and exhibited publicly and in the exhibition rooms on the second basement floor. In addition, a wide variety of special exhibitions are held on the third basement floor. "Picasso and His Time at the Kunsthaus Berggruen, Berlin ", held from February 4 to May 21, 2023, attracted a great deal of attention. The themes of the collection and special exhibitions are unbiased, so you will never get bored even if you visit repeatedly. Contemporary art, which is sometimes said to be generally difficult to understand, will gradually become more and more familiar to you.A full range of hands-on programs to hone artistic sensibilities
The National Museum of Art, Osaka is an essential facility for art professionals, but it also offers a number of "hands-on programs "for those who have never been interested in art or are just beginning to develop an interest. "NMAO Art Gallery "allows visitors to enjoy a slide talk with museum staff about artworks, followed by an exhibition of the collection. exhibition after a slide talk with museum staff.
Not only for adults, but also for children, "Kodomo Bijutsu Aa "is held. Children without preconceptions can freely discuss their impressions of artworks. This will surely hone their artistic sensibilities.
Other frequent events include "workshops "featuring artists, researchers, designers, and museum professionals as lecturers.
The information corner on the first basement floor is not only filled with catalogs of past exhibitions, but also with art books that you will not find in bookstores. As you pick up a book from the shelf and flip through its pages, you will broaden your knowledge of art.
"Basic Information "
Address: 4-2-55 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0005, Japan
Access: 5 min. walk from "Watanabebashi Sta. on Keihan Nakanoshima Line "
Phone number: 06-6447-4680
Hours: Regular hours: 10:00 - 17:00 (admission until 16:30) / every Friday and Saturday: 10:00 - 20:00 (admission until 19:30)
Closed: Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, the museum will be open on Monday and closed the following Tuesday), year-end and New Year holidays (December 28 - January 3), exhibition change periods
Admission to the Collection Exhibition: Adults=430 yen/University students=130 yen
Official website: https://www.nmao.go.jp/Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art
Interior where spatial continuity is taken into consideration
The Nakanoshima Art Museum, Osaka collects, stores, and exhibits modern and contemporary art from the late 19th to 21st centuries. The building is a five-story structure, but the second floor, which is connected to the surrounding facilities and is the first place visitors come to, is designed to be easily accessible to all, with entrances and exits in multiple directions. The first to fifth floors are connected by an escalator in the atrium, creating a spatial continuity.Collections based on five themes
The museum's collection is based on five themes and totals more than 6,000 works. The first theme is "Works and Materials of Modern Art with a Focus on Yuzo Saeki " Yuzo Saeki was born in Kita-ku, present-day Osaka, and attended Kitano High School and then Tokyo University of the Arts. He then moved to France, where he painted landscapes with a unique, rough touch, mainly in the Montparnasse area of Paris. The Osaka Nakanoshima Art Museum has about 60 works in its collection, including such representative works as "Postman ", "Brick Ware ", "Standing Self-Portrait ", "Wall ", "Restaurant "Hôtel du Marché ""
The second theme is "Works and materials of modern and contemporary art associated with Osaka " In Osaka, many artists were richly active and left excellent works of art. In the postwar period, one of Japan's leading art movements ", the Gutai Art Association ", based its activities in Nakanoshima. The association ambitiously collects works by artists with ties to Osaka, including Jiro Yoshihara, who served as its leader. Among them, "Festival Attire "by Shima Seien, a Sakai City native, is highly acclaimed.
The third theme is "Representative Works and Materials of Modern and Contemporary Art " We have removed the Osaka keyword and broadened our collection to include works by artists from Japan and abroad. The collection includes representative works by avant-garde artists who developed mainly in Europe in the first half of the 20th century, such as the Beast School, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, Futurism, and Constructivism. The collection includes many popular works such as Modigliani "Lying Nude with Untied Hair ".
The fourth theme is "Modern and contemporary design works and materials associated with Osaka " The collection is enhanced by focusing on Yoshio Hayakawa, a contemporary graphic designer born in Noda, Kita-ku, Osaka. And the fifth theme is "Representative Works and Materials of Modern and Contemporary Design "From the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century, modern styles of expression emerged, including Art Nouveau, the 20th century Wiener Werkstätte, De Still, Bauhaus, and Scandinavian Aalto. Mucha "Zodiacal Zodiac "depicts a neat and intelligent profile female figure.
The works, collected around five basic themes, can be seen in the exhibition rooms on the fourth and fifth floors. You will be amazed at the richness of the collection.In addition to artwork, enjoyable views and gourmet cuisine
In addition to the wide variety of artworks on display in the exhibition rooms, the museum has large glass windows at both ends of the north-south passage that runs through the museum, offering a panoramic view of the water city Osaka below. Also on the first floor is the café-restaurant "Musee Karato ". Visitors can enjoy a colorful café menu that uses an abundance of vegetables on the open terrace, inside the artistic restaurant, or in the private dining rooms.
"Basic Information "
Address: 4-3-1 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 530-0005, Japan
Access: 5 min. walk from "Watanabebashi Sta. on Keihan Nakanoshima Line "
Phone number: 06-6479-0550
Hours: 10:00-17:00 (admission until 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (or the following weekday if Monday is a national holiday)
Admission: Varies depending on the exhibition.
Official website: https://nakka-art.jp/The Museum of Oriental Ceramics,Osaka
Museum mainly exhibits a collection of oriental ceramics
The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka is an art museum that mainly collects, stores, and exhibits a collection of oriental ceramics called "Ataka Collection ". It opened in November 1982 in the eastern part of Nakanoshima Park.The Ataka Collection, which includes 965 items ""
"The Ataka Collection "is highly regarded worldwide and was donated by 21 Sumitomo Group companies. The museum has a collection of 965 pieces of oriental ceramics, including 144 pieces of Chinese ceramics and 793 pieces of Korean ceramics. Among them, "Oil-dripped Tenmoku Tea Bowl, produced in the Southern Song Dynasty around the 12th century ", and "Flying Celadon Vase, produced in the Yuan Dynasty around the 13th century ", are designated as National Treasures.Focusing on Korean ceramics "Lee Byung-Chang Collection "
"In addition to the Ataka Collection ", the collection of Oriental ceramics includes "the Lee Byung-Chang Collection ", which focuses on Korean ceramics, "the Irie Masanobu Collection ", which has a rich collection of unique Chinese ceramic drinking vessels, and "the Sanae Takada Collection "of earthenware, ceramics, bronze, and glassware collected in Iran between 1959 and 1960. The collection is one of the world's first-class collections of oriental ceramics in terms of quality and quantity. The "celadon inlaid lotus arabesque crane-necked vase "donated by Yi Byung-Chang was produced in the Goryeo Dynasty around the 12th century.Exhibition rooms with naturally lit display cases and rotating display stands
The main exhibition in the three-story museum is on the second floor. "Korean Ceramics Room, Goryeo Dynasty ", "Korean Ceramics Room, Joseon Dynasty, Powder Blue ", "Korean Ceramics Room, Joseon Dynasty, Porcelain ", "Japanese Ceramics Room ", "Special Exhibition Room ", "Chinese Ceramics Room, Later Han - Song Dynasty ", "Chinese Ceramics Room, Song Dynasty ", "Chinese Ceramics Room, Yuan - Ming Dynasty ", "Planning Exhibition Room ", "Oki Shoichiro Collection, Nosepot Room " And "Korean Ceramics Room, Lee Byung-Chang Collection "is located on the third floor. The exhibition rooms are equipped with naturally-lit display cases, rotating display stands, and seismic-isolated display stands, allowing visitors to leisurely and mindfully appreciate the fascinating artworks.
At the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, work began in February 2022 on the renovation of the entrance and facilities. The reopening was scheduled for the fall of 2023, but may be postponed to the spring of 2024.
"Basic Information "
Address: 1-1-26 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 530-0005, Japan
Access: Keihan Nakanoshima Line, "Naniwabashi Station, ", right next to Exit 1
Phone number: 06-6223-0055
Hours: 9:30-17:00 (admission until 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (or the following day if Monday is a national holiday), year-end and New Year holidays, and exhibition change periods
(The museum is currently closed for a long period of time until spring 2024 for renovation work.)
Admission: General=1400 yen/High school and university students=700 yen
Official website: https://www.moco.or.jp/Nakanoshima Kagetsu Museum
Art museum exhibiting art from old Japan and East Asia
The Nakanoshima Kosetsu Museum of Art collects, stores, and exhibits old Japanese and East Asian art. In commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the main building in Mikage, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, a second museum has opened on the 4th floor of Nakanoshima Festival Tower West.Collection by the founder of the Asahi Shimbun
The museum's collection is primarily comprised of works collected by Ryuhei Murayama, founder of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper company. The museum is named after the name of Ryuhei Murayama. In addition to his day job, Ryuhei Murayama was deeply interested in art and managed the art magazine "Kunika ", which was presided over by Tenshin Okakura and others. During this time, he noticed that valuable Japanese artworks were leaking overseas, and he began to focus on collecting artworks himself. The museum's "Murayama Ryuhei Memorial Room "introduces the life of Ryuhei Murayama in detail.Collection to be published by theme
The museum's collection includes swords, armory, Buddhist art, calligraphy, early modern paintings, and tea ceremony utensils. These include 19 important cultural properties and 33 important art objects. Each period of the year, the exhibition room presents a selected collection under a different theme. The latest display cases and LED lighting seem to bring out the charm of the works. Lectures and seminars on exhibition themes are also actively held.A wide variety of original goods in the museum store
In addition to the museum's exhibitions, the museum store is also well-stocked. In addition to the museum catalog, the shop offers a wide variety of original goods related to the collection. You will be able to take home with you the afterglow of your art viewing experience.
"Basic Information "
Address: Nakanoshima Festival Tower West 4F, 3-2-4 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005, Japan
Access: Keihan Nakanoshima Line "Watanabebashi Station "・Osaka Metro Yotsubashi Line "Higobashi Station "
Phone number: 06-6210-3766
Hours: 10:00-17:00 (admission until 16:30)
Closed: Mondays, exhibition change periods, year-end and New Year's holidays
Admission: Varies with each exhibition.
Official website: https://www.kosetsu-museum.or.jp/nakanoshima/Recommended articles
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