What's on in Tokyo

Ōta Memorial Museum of ArtHarajuku

The Art History of the Pleasure Quarters

Upcoming26 January 2027 – 28 March 2027Ticketed, see website

Exhibition tracing how ukiyo-e artists depicted Edo's licensed pleasure quarters over the centuries.

More in Tokyo

On now Opening in January 2027

Also at Ōta Memorial Museum of Art

Katsushika Ōi "Night Scene in the Yoshiwara" — The Lineage of Nightscapes6 October 2026 – 6 December 2026
Lesser-Known Masters of Ukiyo-e12 December 2026 – 17 January 2027

On now nearby

Bugaku court-dance costume on display at the Nezu Museum

Bugaku Costumes: The Enduring Beauty of Textiles

Nezu Museum

Edo-kiriko and satsuma-kiriko cut glassware on display

The Beauty of Coolness: Edo-Tokyo Museum Glass Craft Collection

Edo-Tokyo Museum

Suikoden: The Water Margin exhibition poster

Suikoden: The Water Margin, Outlaws of the Marsh

Tokyo Station Gallery

All exhibitions in Tokyo this month Coming up in December

Nearby

Exterior of the Nezu Museum, Tokyo, designed by Kengo Kuma

Nezu Museum

Architecture16 min walk

Image credits

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Bugaku Costumes: The Enduring Beauty of TextilesCourtesy of Nezu Museum
The Beauty of Coolness: Edo-Tokyo Museum Glass Craft CollectionCourtesy of Edo-Tokyo Museum
Suikoden: The Water Margin, Outlaws of the MarshCourtesy of Tokyo Station Gallery
Ōta Memorial Museum of ArtRs1421, CC BY-SA 3.0
Nezu MuseumKakidai / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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