A Message from the Director
Printing Museum, Tokyo will be reopening soon.
Printing Museum, Tokyo has been closed since the end of last year due to renovation, and we have caused inconvenience to all of you. The preparation have been completed, and will be open from Tuesday, October 6th.
Although the new corona virus infection is still ongoing, we are taking sufficient safety measures to welcome our customers. Please come to the museum when it opens. We look forward to your visit.
Koichi Kabayama
Director
Printing Museum, Tokyo
Director's Profile
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.