Tokugawa Art Museum, Art museum in Tokugawacho, Nagoya, Japan

The Tokugawa Art Museum stands on the former Ōzone Shimoyashiki compound in Higashi-ku, Nagoya. Its main building and southern archives, designed by Yoshio Yoshimoto and completed in 1935, are Imperial Crown style: Western-style structures with Japanese roofs and exteriors, registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 1997. Inside, a permanent gallery reconstructs part of the Nagoya Castle Ninomaru palace living quarters, so lacquer, ceramics and Noh items appear in their original settings.

The Owari Tokugawa family first showed its heirlooms publicly in 1910, the 300th anniversary of Nagoya Castle's founding. In 1920 the 19th head, Yoshichika Tokugawa, announced plans for a museum on the Ōzone estate; the Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation was set up in 1931 and the Yoshio Yoshimoto-designed building opened on 10 November 1935 with a 10-sen admission fee.

The permanent collection rooms reproduce part of the Ninomaru Palace of Nagoya Castle, the Owari lords' official residence, so objects appear in their original settings: alcove, tea room and Noh stage. The museum also keeps the Hatsune furnishings made for Chiyohime's marriage to the second lord, Tokugawa Mitsutomo, in 1639, when she was three years old.

The museum stands on the former Ōzone Shimoyashiki compound beside the Tokugawa Garden. From Ōzone Station (JR Chūō, Meitetsu Seto, subway Meiryō lines) it is a 10–15 minute walk; subway exit 3 and the JR south exit are closest. City buses stop at Tokugawaen-kita, five minutes away. The fragile Genji scrolls are shown only about one week each November.

The museum's 15-scroll Genji Monogatari Emaki, painted in the 1130s, is the earliest surviving illustrated handscroll of The Tale of Genji; a related scroll is held at the Gotoh Museum. Because the silk is fragile, the scrolls are shown only about one week each November. In 1935 owner Yoshichika Tokugawa had them cut apart to slow deterioration.