Tokugawa Art Museum
The Tokugawa Art Museum holds heirlooms of the Owari Tokugawa family, one of the three most prestigious branches of the Tokugawa shogunate lineage, including samurai armor, swords, tea ceremony items, and Noh theater costumes accumulated over generations. Its best-known holding is a fragment of the Genji Monogatari Emaki, an illustrated 12th-century scroll depicting The Tale of Genji, though the fragile original is displayed only briefly each year with reproductions shown otherwise.
It sits next to Tokugawaen, a landscaped garden also tied to the same family history, making the two a natural combined visit for those interested in Edo-period samurai culture.
Tokugawa Art Museum FAQs
A fragment of the Genji Monogatari Emaki, an illustrated 12th-century scroll of The Tale of Genji; due to its fragility it's shown only for a brief period each year, with reproductions on display otherwise.
One of the three most senior branch families of the Tokugawa shogunate, based in Nagoya, whose accumulated heirlooms form the core of this museum's collection.
Yes, a paid admission.
Yes, they're adjacent and tied to the same family history, making a natural combined visit.
About 1-1.5 hours.
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