museum · Tokyo
Sumida Hokusai Museum
2-7-2 Kamezawa, 130-0014
Why it matters
Sumida Hokusai Museum
The Sumida Hokusai Museum is dedicated entirely to Katsushika Hokusai, who lived and worked in Sumida ward for most of his life. The striking Kazuyo Sejima-designed building houses permanent and rotating exhibitions of Hokusai's woodblock prints, paintings, and illustrated books.
Interests
Practical
- Striking aluminum-clad building designed by Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA)
- Permanent exhibition includes life-size Hokusai studio reconstruction
- Rotating special exhibitions draw from the museum's collection and loans
- Near the Edo-Tokyo Museum and Ryogoku sumo area