Japan Ukiyo-e Museum

Woodblock prints from a vast collection

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#4 of 6 most visited in Matsumoto

The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum (��{��G��, Nihon Ukiyo-e Hakubutsukan) exhibits ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) from the vast collection of the Sakai family. One of Matsumoto's wealthiest merchants of his time, Sakai Yoshiaki started collecting ukiyo-e and other pieces of art roughly 300 years ago. His descendants have been enlarging the collection to over 100,000 pieces, making it one of the world's largest private art collections.

Compared to the size of the collection and the museum building, the number of works exhibited in the Japan Ukiyo-e Museum is rather small, partly due to the fact that the building was originally built solely for storage rather than exhibition purposes. English descriptions for the exhibits are brief.

The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum is located about three kilometers outside of Matsumoto's city center, close to Matsumoto Interchange of the Nagano Expressway. It can be reached in a 10 minute taxi ride from Matsumoto Station (about 2000 yen from the station's Alps Exit) or in a 15-20 minute walk from Oniwa Station on the Matsumoto Dentetsu Kamikochi Line (5 minutes, 180 yen from Matsumoto Station).

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Hours

10:00 to 17:00 (entry until 16:30)

Closed

Mondays (or following day if Monday is a national holiday)
New Year holidays

Admission

1000 yen

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English

Japan Ukiyo-e Museum
Official website that is partially bilingual.

Japanese

Japan Ukiyo-e Museum
Official website.

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