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ultrakdramamama · 2 months

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240229 choiminho_1209 여유. [eng tran] spare

Minho at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

#SHINee #Minho #Choi Minho #choiminho_1209 #instagram #240229 #Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

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markalberding · 1 year

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Taro Okamoto

Exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Taro Okamoto was a prolific avant-garde artist, a trickster who forged his own path and encouraged others to do the same with his famous exclamation-cum-exhortation "art is an explosion". Completely modern in his output, he nonetheless had a deep respect for elements of traditional Japanese culture (Okinawan) and pre-historic art (Japanese Jōmon, Pre-Columbian in Mexico),which formed a basis for his practice and theorizing, for he also wrote on art a great deal, particularly focused on promoting a modern Japanese aesthetic unshackled from the wabi-sabi conventions he felt had dominated Japanese artistic creation for too long. He produced a wide variety of work in different media and placed a great deal of importance on public art.

This exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno was well mounted, the works appearing on the first of three floors in particular being very effectively presented brightly spot lit against black walls and dark carpet, which made his bold, colorful canvases really burst forth. The second and third floors took a more historical and chronological approach, ending with his last canvases in the early 1990's, including one unfinished work. The famous gigantic Myth of Tomorrow mural, painted then somehow "lost" in Mexico City in 1967, then rediscovered in Mexico 30 years later, then restored and mounted in Shibuya station in Tokyo in 2008, is represented by a large scale painted sketch. There are also a few films, one on the making of the famous Tower of the Sun for the 1970 World Expo in Osaka (and there are a couple of models of it as well), and extensive slide shows of photographs he took while researching Okinawan and pre-Columbian arts and culture.

As is often the case, while the sections had good English introductions along with the Japanese, the exhibition texts on the placards accompanying most works were exclusively in Japanese. Yes, this is Japan, and yes, if you attend a comparable exhibition in the United States or the UK, for example, there will not be Japanese explanation anywhere, but English is an international language and particularly for an artist with a global outlook like Okamoto's, one might hope for more English for the exhibition texts. Given that the museum is pretty undeniably overstaffed, with dark-suited individuals standing around doing nothing more than holding a sign or making an unnecessary announcement that someone else is also making 10 yards away (a very common sight here), some of the money used for excess staff could be used to pay a proper translator to do all of the explanatory texts (I don't want to take anyone's [part-time, contract work] job away, but the number of people is pretty ridiculous at some of these institutions). To their credit, they allowed photography, which is very often not the case at large Japanese museums.

Okamoto sold little work during his career, partly because he was in a position which made sales unnecessary, but also because he wanted to have available for display as much of his work as possible, rather than having it secreted away in the homes of collectors. Somewhat ironically for a resolutely non-commercial artist, the gift shop was larger and had a wider range of goods than I think I have ever seen at an exhibition of similar size. I assume the proceeds at least in part go the foundations running the two permanent museums housing his work in the area.

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#taro okamoto #modern art #japanese art #art is an explosion #tokyo metropolitan art museum #sculpture #岡本太郎

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dasistleeway · 9 months

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This is what we got in the restaurant of Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, I can't imagine any of the museums in Taiwan can be equipped with this...

#tokyo metropolitan art museum #東京都美術館 #上野精養軒 #マティス展 #henri matisse

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nobu11051991 · 2 years

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Bonsai art Tokyo , How to care Kanzakura

Bonsai art Tokyo , How to care Kanzakura I’m Nobu, I like traveling overseas and in Japan, visited 25 countries. I’ve got the license of the certificate English guide in Japan for 8 years. I show you hidden Japan which you have never seen and heard of! Kanzakura ( winter cherry blossom) I came across the Kanzakura bonsai at Kokufu bonsai exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan art Museum. This is…

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#Bonsai art Tokyo #Tokyo metropolitan art museum #Tokyo travel tips

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matchart · 8 months

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美術の祭典「東京展」@東京都美術館

【展示参加】

第49回美術の祭典　東京展　Art Festival of Tokyo-ten

場所: 東京都美術館 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

日にち: 2023年10月7日(土)〜10月14日(土)

時間: 9:30-17:30 (最終日14:00まで、入場13:30まで)

最寄り駅: 上野駅

入場料：1,000円（学生無料、70歳以上、身障者・付き添い1名無料）

小さめのサイズなのですが、過去作で人気のものと、最新作、計2点持っていく予定です　ぜひご覧頂けますと嬉しいです♪

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adobe-outdesign · 8 months

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so today I discovered that as a part of a collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum there were five Japanese-only Pokemon cards that are, I kid you not, based on Munch's The Scream

these are real actual cards you can buy. incredible

#pokemon #pkmn #pokemon cards #pokemon tcg #psyduck #eevee #pikachu #mimikyu #rowlet #outdesign posts things #disclaimer: you TECHNICALLY can buy these but they go for at least 200 a piece so probably not

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ogawax · 2 years

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モラヴィアの星な灯り　東京都庭園美術館　2022年7月

#akari #smallstellateddodecahedron #moravianstar #tokyo metropolitan teien art museum

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arthistoryanimalia · 1 year

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For #WorldBearDay:

Bear and Crabs by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), Japan, Edo Period, c. 1889. Album leaf; lacquer on paper, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (11.4 x 8.9 cm). Signature on lower right reads Hachi juni wo Zeshin (Zeshin at the age of eighty-two). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 36.100.125

This is a Japanese Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus), the endemic subspecies of the Asiatic Black Bear aka "Moon Bear" (note the white crescent on chest).

Japanese Black Bear at the Ueno Zoo, Tokyo, Japan. Image: Wikimedia Commons

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thekimonogallery · 1 year

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Stairs at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Japan

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chishiyashoodie · 1 year

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can you write some hc of chishiya and reader’s first date ? 🥺

Sure! Haven’t written anything like this in weeks so bear with me. Also, I’m not taking requests, but thought this was a cute concept! so thank you for requesting it <3

Headcanons of Chishiya’s and readers first date

+ pairing: ooc!Chishiya x reader +

+ warnings: none!

+ word count: 3400ish +

+ author’s note: I got a bit carried away and I wrote two first dates hehe. I think it’s kinda sweet but idk if I’m happy with it. Very quick proofread so sorry for any mistakes <3 This can take place before or after the borderland +

-So you guys meet after work one day to go through some work related stuff

-You go to a Japanese barbecue restaurant

-After you are done eating, he asks if you’d like to meet tomorrow again just to hang out

-“So a date?” you ask him

-“No, not a date”

-“Hmm” you say giving him a suspicious look “Pick me up at 12pm”

-Date-no date day is here and you are super nervous but you don’t get why because first: it’s definitely not a date and second you’ve known him for a long time

-He decides to take you to an exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

-You wonder how he knows you like that kind of stuff

-After you guys are done with the exhibition, he takes you to a small food stand inside the museum

-“Are you hungry?” He asks

-“No, I’m good” you say with a smile

-You sit down to wait for him to get his food and he brings you a matcha lather, which you love, and you ask him how does he know you like it

-“I’ve noticed you have this every morning at work when you start your shift”

-So he’s been observing you, which you find kinda sweet, because everything is in the little details

-After the museum date hang out, you walk to a nearby park and lay down under a tree

-You feel so comfortable and peaceful that time goes by so quickly

-“I like this” you say “but I’d rather it was nighttime so we could be looking at the stars. Don’t get me wrong, I love blue skies but stars make me curious because they are there, so close yet so far”

-He’s just looking at you with heart eyes and a soft smile

-“Maybe we could do this again tomorrow?” he suggests. “But when it’s dark so you can see them?”

-“Sure”

-Looking at the stars with him is definitely not something you’d think ever happen.

-The next day you guys meet up at the park.

-This time he brings a blanket for you guys to lay on.

-Before you realise it your head is on his chest

-You start talking about constellations and even though he has no idea what you are talking about, he’s following every word you say.

-When it’s time to go, he walks you home and you invite him in.

-You prepare some tea for the both of you and start talking about life

-“It’s so weird, I can talk to you about anything and I know you’ll just listen” you say

-“Likewise” he says before asking you. “So do you have a boyfriend?”

-“Hmm no?”

-He hums

-“I do not have a bf, sorry your question caught me by surprise” you say staring at his face without realising

-“I don’t have a girlfriend”

-“I’d be worried if you did and you were here with me, tbh”

-He raises his eyebrows at you, after all, this isn’t a date either so why would it matter, right?

-“So how come you are single? You are pretty cute” you admit, before slightly chocking on your tea at the realisation of what you just said

-“I’m cute?”

-He’s staring at you so much at this point he could literally get you to tell him your biggest secrets

-“Super cute if I may admit”

-For the next few minutes it’s just silence and awkwardness. You just told Chishiya he’s cute and by the looks of it, it seems like he thinks you are cute too

-“It’s time for me to go. I have an early shift tomorrow” he finally says

-By now you are inches away from each other like a magnet pulled you

-“Do you really have to go? I mean, I have a spare room, you can sleep here”

-He raises his eyebrows at your forwardness, not that you mean it for him to stay and sleep with you

-You can feel each other’s breaths and your lips are touching

-“Sure, I’ll stay”

#i write sometimes #nijiro murakami #chishiya #shuntaro chishiya #aib chishiya #alice in borderland #chishiya shuntaro #chishiya fluff #chishiya x reader #chishiya x you #chishiya imagine #aib x reader #aib imagines #he is the loml

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random-brushstrokes · 8 months

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Yuzo Saeki - Restaurant (Au Reveil Matin), 1927

The exterior wall of this building is painted with two signs, one that reads "Restaurant – Vins – Liqueurs" while the other states the establishment's name, "Au Reveil Matin" (waking at dawn). The building stands by itself, somewhat lonely in mood. On his second stay in Paris when he had set up his studio in Montparnasse on August 21, 1927, Saeki began a series of works around November of that year depicting the cafes and restaurants around the Port-Royal district. It was around this period that Saeki's creative activity became surprisingly energetic, and in a letter written after his return from France, he noted, "I was determined to study with all my might from now on," and, "Back in France I had painted 107 works by my fifth month, and was up to 145 works by the following month," indicating the rapid progress he made. However, the following year his health failed and his spirit too, and he died on August 16th, 1927, just barely 30 years old and not long after his return from Paris. The year after his death, this work was one of 89 works presented in a memorial display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. (source)

#Yuzo Saeki #japanese art #cityscape #1920s

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minyo129 · 2 months

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240229 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗼_1209 𝗜G 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲

📍Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

"여유."

#minho #shinee #handsome #cute #q #ig

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neocatharsis · 11 months

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230514 PRADA Twitter Update with JAEHYUN

"#PradaMode Tokyo: Prada Ambassador #Jaehyun attend Prada Mode Tokyo, an immersive, multi-day event staged at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum."

#nct #nct 127 #jaehyun

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aremac101 · 1 year

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November 24, 2022 / Ueno Tokyo

Tokyo metropolitan art museum

#photographers on tumblr #street photography #original photography #black and white #tokyo #monochrome #東京 #b&w #ricohgr #ricohgr3x #japan #tokyometropolitanartmuseum

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japaneseaesthetics · 2 years

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Kigyoku Picture Album (Kigyoku gafu 其玉画譜) After Seizei Kigyoku 其玉 (Japanese, 1732-1756) Tokyo: Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 1901 Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, 2013

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matchart · 2 years

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展示参加美術の祭典東京展

Exhibition info in Tokyo

【第48回美術の祭典東京展】に参加します

2022年10月7日(金)～10月14日（金）9:30-17:30(最終日は14:00まで)

場所：東京都美術館（上野）

最寄駅：ＪＲ上野駅公園口より徒歩７分

アクセス：https://www.tobikan.jp/guide/index.html

入場料：一般 800円　学生、70歳以上、身障者、付添（1名迄）は無料

30号２点で参加致します。

たくさんのアートが見られます！

秋のおでかけにご覧いただけますと幸いです♪

東京展HP: http://www.tokyoten.com

#東京都美術館 #展示のお知らせ #上野 #上野駅 #美術展 #東京展 #展示 #アート #ギャラリー #芸術の秋 #Tokyo metropolitan art museum #tokyo ueno station #絵画展 #絵画 #イベント

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