A Message from the Director

Apr. 2, 2020

Unfortunately, Printing Museum, Tokyo is closed for a while.

At present, The new coronavirus is raging all over the world. The infection is spreading in Japan woefully, and Printing Museum, Tokyo is closed for the time being.

We keenly realize the importance of having an ordinary daily life. We hope that the new coronavirus infection will get vanished and we can welcome you all soon.

Please be vigilant, and take care.

Koichi Kabayama

Director
Printing Museum, Tokyo

Koichi Kabayama

Director
Printing Museum, Tokyo

Born in Tokyo in 1945. Graduated from the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo in 1965, and after completing the masters degree course at the university became a research assistant at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University in 1969. Became an assistant professor at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo in 1976, and later became a professor. Served as the Director-General of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo from 2001, becoming Director of the Printing Museum, Tokyo in 2005, a position he still holds. His fields of specialization are Western history and Western cultural history.