The 50th Year of the Sompo Museum of Art
Shinjuku: the City of Modern Art
2026.01.10（Sat）- 02.15（Sun）
Current Exhibition
The Sompo Museum of Art opened in Shinjuku in July 1976. To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we will hold an exhibition themed on Shinjuku.
A discussion on the history of modern Japanese art would not be complete without mention of Shinjuku of Tokyo. Up-and-coming artists began to gather in Shinjuku in the late Meiji period, and the artists who lived there in turn attracted even more artists to the area.
This influx of artists turned Shinjuku into a major center of modern art. This exhibition represents the first attempt by an art museum in Shinjuku to trace the trajectory of artists associated with the neighborhood, featuring works created over the course of roughly half a century by artists like Nakamura Tsune, Saeki Yuzo, Matsumoto Shunsuke, and Miyawaki Aiko.
Hours
10:00-18:00 (10:00-20:00 on Fridays) ※ Admittance 30 minutes before closing time
Days closed
Mondays*
New Year holidays, and periodically during changes of exhibits
*open if Monday is a national holiday and closed on the following day
Admission
| personal | |
|---|---|
| Age 26 or older | 1500yen |
| Ages 19 up to 25 | 1100yen |
| High School Students with ID (Ages 16 up to 18 ) Junior High School Students with ID (Ages 13 up to 15 ) Children (under age 12 ) |
Free |
Pick up
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Matsumoto Shunsuke Standing Figure
1942 The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama
©Ueno Norihiro -
Nakamura Tsune Self-portrait with a Skull
1923 Ohara Museum of Art, Ohara Art Foundation, Kurashiki
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Nakamura Tsune Still Life with a Milk Bottle
c.1912 Nakamuraya Company, Limited
©Ueno Norihiro -
Kishida Ryusei Portrait of MUSHAKOJI Saneatsu
1914 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
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Kawakami Sumio Marquis Okuma Memorial Hall of Waseda University from “A Hundred Views of NewTokyo”
1930 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
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Kimura Shohachi Shinjuku Station
1935 Private Collection
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Saeki Yuzo Standing Self-portrait
1924 Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka
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Matsumoto Shunsuke Scene Near N Station
1940 The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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Togo Seiji Black Gloves
1933 Sompo Museum of Art
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Akutagawa (Madokoro) Saori Woman
1954 Itabashi Art Museum
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Seimiya Naobumi Midnight Candle
1974 The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki (Terunuma Collection)
