Image: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo will open an exhibition titled 'Takehisa Yumeji: A Creator of the Era' on October 23. The museum announced the show as a presentation devoted to Takehisa Yumeji, a multifaceted artist known for work as a painter, poet, journalist, designer and illustrator.
According to the museum’s announcement, the exhibition will focus on Yumeji’s wide-ranging creative output and his place as a distinctive figure of his era. The emphasis on multiple disciplines reflects the variety of roles associated with his career, rather than a single medium or period.
The exhibition’s highlighted work will be 'Black Ship House', described by the museum as Yumeji’s renowned masterpiece. No further details about the object’s display format, scope of the checklist, or accompanying interpretation were included in the source material.
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, commonly known as MOMAT, is one of Japan’s major museums for modern and contemporary art. In this case, the museum is presenting an exhibition centered on an artist whose output extended beyond painting into print and design-related forms, underscoring the breadth of his cultural activity.
The museum’s notice gives October 23, 2026 as the opening date at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan. An end date has not been specified in the available source material.
