26th Shoen Calligraphy Exhibition -Gallery 1F -400 works -Opens at 14:00 on the first day 41st Quattro Art Exhibition -Gallery 2F -Oil painting, watercolor, nihonga, etc. -25 works -Opens at 12:00 on the first day

23rd 21st Century International Calligraphy Exhibition -Gallery 3F -700 works -Opens at 10:00 on the first day

-27th Pal Exhibition Dates: July 1st (Tue)-July 6th (Sun) Location: Exhibition Room 1 Contact: Pal Exhibition 045-592-3489 -Sazareno-kai Exhibition Dates: July 1st (Tue)-July 6th (Sun) Location: Exhibition Room 5 Contact: Sazareno-kai 045-681-2040 -Kanagawa Prefecture Penmanship Group Exhibition Dates: July 2nd (Wed)-July 6th (Sun) Location: Exhibition Rooms 2, 3, 4 Contact: Kaneko Sekiho 045-591-0031

Kukai Exhibition -Location: Exhibition Room A on 1F -Dates & Times: June 30th (Mon)-July 6th (Sun) 11:00-19:00. Opens at 11:00 on the first day and closes at 19:00 on the last day. Aoba Tokino-kai -Location: Exhibition Room B on 2F -Dates & Times: July 2nd (Wed)-July 6th (Sun) 10:00-17:00. Opens at 13:00 on the first day and closes at 16:00 on the last day. -Contact: Aoba Calligraphy Group 045-962-4496 Takeshi Hamanaka "Babel -Story of Babel Told by Bronze Statues" -Location: Exhibition Room A on 2F -Dates & Times: July 4th (Fri)-July 6th (Sun) 10:00-18:00. Opens at 10:00 on the first day and closes at 18:00 on the last day. -Fee: ¥500 (includes post card & guide) -Contact: Pegasus 090-8432-3354 -HP: Artist Website

To preserve and exhibit irreplaceable cultural properties in an appropriate environment is an important task of museums. The Tokyo National Museum, as a representative museum of Japan, has a collection of high-quality objects and makes them widely available to the general public. Ranging in date from ancient to modern periods, they include Japanese works as well as those from other Asian countries which are deemed important for considering Japanese culture from multiple viewpoints. In order to make the current collection more sufficient for a systematical display of the entire fields it covers, and it must be further enriched as necessity requires. For this reason, the Museum has been making efforts to collect high-quality, cultural properties every year. Last year, a total of 850 cultural objects were added to the Museum's collection; 13 were purchased and 26 received as donations, with 811 arriving as transfers from Kuroda Memorial Hall and other collections. They are all of remarkable importance for the study of Japanese and other Eastern cultures. This thematic exhibition features 36 new pieces from last year's acquisitions. We hope that through these works the visitors will help our visitors to understand the Museum's undertakings, as well as enjoying the charm of the various objects that reflect the old cultures.

Traveling exhibition showing at Shanghai I-Art Gallery and Makii Masaru Fine Arts in Tokyo. With the support of the Japanese consulate-general in Shanghai and companies like Cassina, the exhibition has opened to much success. This exhibition features representative and new works from Shanghai. [Image: "Embrace" self-made ink on paper 55.0 ｘ 75.0cm]

This is an elaborate travelling exhibition that will be held first in Shanghai and then Tokyo, jointly organized by Shanghai I-Art Gallery and Makii Masaru Fine Arts. Shanghai I-Art Gallery hosted the exhibition from April 26th to May 31st, and the Shanghai consulate-general will host the event in Tokyo, along with noted Italian furniture designer and manufacturer Cassina, and a wide range of Chinese media. The opening ceremony for the exhibition saw a phenomenal response, with audiences spilling out of the entrance. In Japan, this will be the first public exhibition of these representative works. Featured are calligraphy artist Xiang Zhou and Gao Hunsheng, a groundbreaking artist working with seals. This is the first two-person exhibition of these two artists who have been close friends for 20 years. [Image: "Soul of Ink" self-made ink and Chinese huaxian paper 165.0 x 96.0cm]

Over 300 treasures derived from Horyuji Temple are stored and displayed here.

Masterpieces of Japanese Art, spanning the Jomon era to the Edo period.

Artworks and crafts from China, the Korean peninsula, Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and Egypt, organized by area and genre.

La Lue Landscape Painting Exhibition -Location: Exhibition Room B on 1F -Dates & Times: July 7th (Mon)-July 13th (Sun) 11:00-18:00. Opens at 13:00 on the first day and closes at 16:00 on the last day. -Contact: Tokyu BE Aobadai Landscape Painting Circle 045-971-8097 Pure Silver Art Jewelry Exhibition -Location: Exhibition Room A on 2F -Dates & Times: July 7th (Mon)-July 13th (Sun) 10:00-19:00. Opens at 12:00 on the first day and closes at 17:00 on the last day. 2nd Smiling Flowers Exhibition -Location: Exhibition Room A on 1F -Dates & Times: July 8th (Tue)-July 13th (Sun) 10:00-17:00. Opens at 10:00 on the first day and closes at 16:00 on the last day. -Contact: Koju-kai 045-921-1054 12th Calligraphy Exhibition -Location: Exhibition Room B on 2F -Dates & Times: July 9th (Wed)-July 13th (Sun) 10:00-18:00. Opens at 10:00 on the first day and closes at 16:30 on the last day.

Solo exhibition by Kaoruko Omori, who studied printmaking at Tama Art University and now lives and works in Moriya as a printmaker, exhibiting mainly in Tokyo. This is her first solo exhibition to be held in Mito. Working mostly in color mezzotints, Omori's work leaves a gentle, soft impression on viewers. About 40 copperplate prints and beeswax paintings will be on display and for sale.