Katarium is a word coined from katari, “speaking, telling a story,” and -arium, a suffix indicating a space. A place for storytelling, a Katarium, is the exhibition’s theme.
Listen to the person who conceived a certain work announcing the thoughts put into it, or to a soliloquy of a painter contemplating in the studio. Alternatively, lend an ear to the narratives unfolding in front of the works such as the reactions of the viewers having seen how a work has been completed, and imagine the scene depicted.
There are folding screens considered to have been commissioned by a daimyo in the Edo period, Meiji- and Taisho-era oil paintings and nihonga depicting mythological themes, and a collection of prints by Ben Shahn. Sister segments of Detached Segment from the Deeds of the Zen Masters by Yin tuoluo and Detached Segment of Caricatures of Animals, which once formed a single work as a scroll, will be on view too. Enjoy lively narratives from different periods and genres.

*Online tickets must be purchased up to 10 minutes before the end of each time slot.
*Booking is not accepted when a time slot is full.
*In-Person ticket may be purchased at the museum, if the time slot is not full.
*This admission fee gives the visitor access to the concurrent exhibitions.