SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM 1-2, Kinuta-koen Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157 tel: +81 (3) 3415-6011; fax: +81 3 3415-6413 internet: www.setagayaartmuseum.or.jp/index.htm
		•Setagaya Art Museum Collection September 27, 2003 – January 5, 2004
		•Landscapes Trans-Located: From Meiji Documentary Painting to Contemporary Urban Photography October 11 – December 7, 2003
			Landscape has been a major theme of art in the modern era, and it has played an important part in Japanese painting since the Meiji restoration. It has also occupied a significant position in photography and other areas of contemporary art, stimulating the creativity of numerous artists up to the present. This exhibition, drawn mainly from the collection of the Setagaya Art Museum, presents approximately 150 examples of landscape art, including Western-style painting, Japanese-style painting, prints, photography, and contemporary painting. It provides an opportunity to observe the views of nature, time, and the world found in these works of art as well as a chance to reconsider the issues of realism and abstraction.
		•Rupert Spira Exhibition October 25 – December 4
			This is the first solo exhibition in Japan of the mid-career British potter, Rupert Spira , whose work has found favor with such well-known intellectuals as Lord & Lady Sainsbury and Sir David Attenborough. He was a student of Michael Cardew, the disciple of Bernard Leach. The exhibition includes some 100 works that combine profound contemporary thinking with Asian taste.
		•Setagaya Art ‘04 December 20, 2003 – February 1, 2004
			This exhibition will display the work of the many prominent contemporary painters, sculptors, and craftsmen who are residents of Setagaya.
		•Ryohei Koisei February 28 – May 9, 2004
			Details forthcoming
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