SHIMANE

The Nagata Collection of Hokusai

The Shimane Museum of Art is celebrating their 20th Anniversary with a very special Hokusai exhibition from the “Nagata Collection”. The “Nagata Collection” is a 2,000 piece count collection of Hokusai and his pupils that had been personally owned by the foremost ukiyo-e specialist, Mr. Nagata Seiji and donated to the Shimane Art Museum. From the collection and on display will be rare high-quality first editions, Hokusai classics, hand drawings, and other ukiyo-e related pieces. Beginning with this two-part exhibition of Hokusai, the museum will display the whole “Nagata Collection”  to the public over the course of 10 years. [Part 1] February 8th (Fri.) ~ March 4th (Mon.) 2019 [Part 2] March 6th (Wed.) ~ March 25th (Mon.) 2019 Nagata Seiji who is known as the foremost ukiyo-e specialist and owner of one of the world’s biggest Hokusai collections was born in the town of Tsuwano in the western part of Shimane.

Information

Shimane Art Museum 1-5, Sodeshicho, Matsue City TEL: 0852-55-4700 HP: http://www.shimane-art-museum.jp/en Opening Hours: [October ~ February] 10:00 ~ 18:30 [March ~ September] 10:00 ~ *30 min. after sundown The museum is closed every Tuesday *last admission is 30 min. before closing Admission Fee:

	Special Exhibition	Museum Collection	Set Ticket (Special Exhibition + Museum Collection)
General Admission	1,000 JPY	300 JPY	1,150 JPY
University Student	600 JPY	200 JPY	700 JPY
Elementary / Junior / High School Student	300 JPY	FREE	300 JPY

*International Visitors Discount Information → present your passport or residence card when purchasing your tickets to receive 50% off the admission fee.  

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