TAB Event - Asakura Choso Permanent Exhibits

Asakura Choso Permanent Exhibits

Permanent event
Closed Today (Friday)
At Asakura Choso Museum
Media: Architecture, Furniture, Sculpture

Fumio Asakura is known as the father of Japanese Modern Sculpture. Originally built as Asakura's home atelier, Asakura Choso Museum has a permanent exhibit of his major works. Closed from Dec. 29 to Jan. 3.

Schedule

Permanent event

Artist(s)

Fumio Asakura

Website

http://www.taitocity.net/taito/asakura/ (Japanese) (venue's website)

Fee

Adults ¥400, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥150

Venue Hours

From 9:30 To 16:30
On a Public Holiday Monday or Friday, the museum is open but closed on the following day.
Closed on Mondays, Fridays

Maps

Navitime (Japanese)
Yahoo (Japanese)

Access

5 minutes walk from Nippori Station on the JR or Keisei Lines.

Address

7-18-10 Yanaka, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0001
Phone: 03-3821-4549

Community around this event

31 people recommend this event: olivier, perke (Poland), karl, headset, hidechan (Japan), hiromy, trico322 (日本), meimeihanahana, museum (JAPAN), strsy (JP), mktlab (日本), Ashley1981 (UK), ktnknt780830, hirato (JPN), kaiba (JP), atom (japan), snize (JAPAN), keux07m, eihc, and 12 others

Reviews

olivier: (2006-06-17 at 16:06)

The house, it's all about the house. Fumio Asakura may be the father of Japanese modern sculpture, his greatest work is not made of bronze, but of concrete, wood, straw, and the sound of flowing water.

It may be that one of the bronze nudes in the main studio touched me by surprise with a smile that spoke to me of beloved times, it may be that the bronze cats' room alone could be one of these thematic museums Japan seems so fond of; but ultimately, it's the house: its intimidating black facade, its maze of stairs and room which will have you change slippers three or four times before you have finished visiting it, its confucean garden and from the roof, a view on one of the most quiet and adorable neighbourhoods of the city...
Ultimately, it's the house that steals the show.

floatingworld: (2006-10-12 at 21:10)

I agree - it is definitely all about the house.
http://floatingworld.typepad.com/floating_world_views/2006/10/all_i_want_for_.html

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Asakura Choso Permanent Exhibits</a>
Venue: Asakura Choso Museum
Schedule: Permanent event

Address: 7-18-10 Yanaka, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0001
Phone: 03-3821-4549