Museum · Shirokanedai

Matsuoka Museum of Art 松岡美術館

A quietly eclectic private museum in Shirokanedai where Gandhara Buddhas, Egyptian antiquities, Chinese porcelain and French Impressionists share one calm building.

About

Real-estate entrepreneur Seijiro Matsuoka spent decades buying at auction, and the museum he founded in 1975 reflects his wide taste: Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities, Gandhara and Indian Buddhist sculpture, one of Japan's finest collections of Chinese ceramics from Song celadon to Ming blue-and-white, Japanese painting and a room of Western paintings from the Barbizon school to the Impressionists. Reopened in 2022 after renovation, it rotates themed displays room by room. In 2026 a long-running show of Etruscan antiquities (to Feb 7, 2027) sits alongside seasonal Japanese paintings and Ming-to-Qing Chinese ceramics from Oct 27. It is rarely crowded, and the lobby looks onto a small garden.

Highlights

• Gandhara and Indian Buddhist sculpture gallery
• Chinese ceramics spanning Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing
• Etruscan antiquities exhibition (Feb 25, 2026 – Feb 7, 2027)
• Impressionist and Barbizon paintings
• Calm, uncrowded galleries in residential Shirokanedai

Tips

• High school students and under enter free; under-25s pay half.
• Combine with the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, about 5 minutes' walk away.
• Exhibition rooms change at different times, so some rooms may be closed briefly; check the calendar.

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