Assembling Anew: Memories, Materials, Context, Technology
Contemporary Japanese Photography vol. 23

Sep. 30, 2026 — Jan. 17, 2027

• Period: Sep. 30, 2026 - Jan. 17, 2027
• Closed: Mondays (except when Monday falls on a holiday, in which case the museum is open and closed the following day), New Year’s holidays(12/28-1/1)
• Admission: Adults ￥700(560)/College Students ￥560(440)/High School Students, Over 65 ￥350(280) *Prices in parenthesis apply to groups of 20 or more. (Reservation is required.) *Free for junior high school students or younger, and holders of Japan’s disability identification cards (shogaisha techo) together with two caregiver. *Those over 65 years old receive free admission on the third Wednesday of every month by presenting proof of age at the ticket counter.

The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum’s Contemporary Japanese Photography exhibitions, held annually since 2002, foster the emergence of new creative activities, support creative spirits daring to explore new potential in photography and moving images, and discover promising artists.
This exhibition, the twenty-third in this series, introduces five artists. Its theme is Assembling Anew: Memories, Materials, Context, Technology.
The photograph and video are media that capture and record images. But reproductions captured in this way can acquire very different meanings by being edited or placed in other contexts. They can even evoke imaginary memories and events that do not or did not exist. The boundaries are growing ever more ambiguous; within every image lie the wavering boundaries between the visible and invisible, reality and fiction, presence and absence.
This exhibition addresses the process by which artists draw upon real memories, materials, techniques, and their respective contexts to assemble new images. In our daily lives, in which we are often puzzled by truth or falsehood, how do we engage with information, what do we believe, and how do we grasp the world? This exhibition presents works that offer an opportunity to reflect anew on these questions.
The words “Assembling Anew” in the exhibition title embody the idea of addressing existing memories and materials, rethinking their backgrounds and the techniques that support them, and reassembling them in new relationships. Through the diverse practices of these five artists, this exhibition will, we hope, be anopportunity to consider photographs and video and other types of images from new points of view.

Artist: Ichida Sayuri, Karibe Taro, Nomura Zai, Hashimoto Baku, Fujikura Asako


Ichida Sayuri, from the series Empty Seats, 2025, Silkscreen print on blackboard, Collection of the Artist ⓒSayuri Ichida Installation view：「Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 5」Drawing Room（london、2026） Originally commissioned through the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards, supported by Jerwood Foundation, Photoworks and Arts Council England


Karibe Taro, Aim an Arrow at the Rock in the Ocean #30 from the series Aim an Arrow at the Rock in the Ocean, 2022, Ink-jet print, Collection of the Artist ⓒTaro Karibe


Nomura Zai, Biophoton has been shining like this (A Mustached Middle-Aged Man in Yellow Swim Trunks and Sunglasses, and a Middle-Aged Woman in a White Bikini, on a Crowded Beach, San Diego, 1980), 2025, UV-cured inkjet print on glass, stainless steel, Collection of the Artist ⓒZai Nomura


Hashimoto Baku, Milling Stop-Motion (tentative title), 2024–, 2024-, 2-channel video installation, Collection of the Artist ⓒBaku Hashimoto *Referential image


Fujikura Asako, 4 Tales of Open Sunrise City, 2026, 2-channel video installation, Collection of the Artist ⓒAsako Fujikura *Referential image