Image: Shimane Art Museum, Matsue
Shimane Art Museum in Matsue is ending the third phase of its Hokusai collection display today, July 27, according to a museum post announcing the final day for the exhibition room 2 presentation. The museum highlighted that the show includes not only prints but also a hand-painted work by Hokusai, 'Unryuzu' ('Dragon and Cloud').
The museum’s notice frames the display as a focused look at Hokusai’s range, distinguishing the ink-and-brush painting from the artist’s better-known printed works. The post specifically calls attention to the fact that the 'Unryuzu' work was drawn directly by Hokusai rather than produced as a print, underscoring the breadth of the material on view in the collection series.
The announcement identifies the presentation as 'Hokusai Collection, Phase 3' in exhibition room 2. No additional curatorial details were provided in the source material, but the museum’s message makes clear that the installation is part of an ongoing sequence devoted to Hokusai holdings rather than a single standalone borrowing or touring exhibition.
Shimane Art Museum, located in Matsue, is the institution sharing the update. The museum’s social media account uses the handle @shimanekenbi and directed visitors to view the display before the day ends. The message was concise and promotional in tone, emphasizing immediacy and the limited window for seeing the work.
The source material does not list further works in the room, and it does not specify whether the collection display changes in format after July 27. It does, however, single out 'Unryuzu' as a key object in the final-day presentation, making the hand-painted piece the clearest point of emphasis in the museum’s announcement.
The post was published on July 27, 2026, while the event date range supplied for the exhibition runs until July 27, 2023, at Shimane Art Museum in Matsue, Japan.
