Masterpieces of the Ota Memorial Museum of Art Janwillem van de Wetering Winner of the Bancroft Prize

Winner of the Bancroft Prize

Eeyore Loses a Tail

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In a Tight Place

Charles Scribner II sold his interest in the company

Masterpieces of the Ota Memorial Museum of Art Janwillem van de Wetering Winner of the Bancroft PrizeThe Ota Memorial Museum of Art opened in Harajuku in January 1980 as a museum specializing in ukiyo e (Japanese woodblock prints). We hold monthly exhibitions drawn from our 12,000 piece collection. Most of the objects were collected enthusiastically by the late Seizo Ota V (1893 1977) over approximately half a century beginning in the late Taisho period (1912 1926). The collection is known not only for its size but also the broad array of works such