Yumeji Local Art Museum Main Building

Rachel M. 2 months ago

Kinda mid. Small exhibit and space showing Yumeji’s works; probably takes about 15-30 mins to get through everything. The price was a bit high for what you get but what are you gonna do. The artworks are beautiful, however and seeing some of his personal effects were interesting too. At the end of the exhibits is a cute cafe and gift shop as well.

Jimmy D 7 months ago

Beautiful artwork and illustrations by artist Yumeji. Graphic designers should come see his work for inspiration. Highly recommended and close to Okayama Castle.

Nat Fine 3 years ago

This is a great museum if you are a fan of Yumeji. If not, then you can probably skip this one. The English signage is very minimal (limited pretty much to titles of works). If you know any Japanese, the interpretive materials are not too hard to read. It was really wonderful to see so many original artworks by Yumeji san. The museum did a good job explaining his life and the context of his work. For those who don’t know, Takehisa Yumeji is a very popular artist. His work, especially paintings of women, typify the “Taisho Roman” or the quintessential style of the Taisho era. A lot of his works were published in popular media such as books and magazines. His work was influential in popular art and he remains famous in Japan to this day. I hope he can gain some more fans from abroad!

Julianne Streeter 4 years ago

Average museum. The cost for entry was high given the size at 800 yen. The art was nice but I didn't feel like it was entirely worth it

Yi Ling 4 years ago

The museum was really organised in terms of labelling and directions to exhibition rooms. Though small, but there is a wide variety of original works by Mr Yumeji himself. It'll be good if the artwork descriptions or pamphlets had English so it can cater to more foreign visitors. But overall the whole walking through experience, and the architecture of the building was very beautiful. The bus that brought us here was also cat-themed by their mascot Kuronosuke was so adorable too! 💕