Okura Museum of Art, Art museum in Toranomon, Japan

The Okura Museum of Art is a private museum in Toranomon, Tokyo, founded in 1917. Its 1927 exhibition hall, designed by Itō Chūta, is a registered cultural property built in Chinese style with a long corridor leading to a hexagonal hall. The collection of about 2,500 works includes three National Treasures, among them a Heian-period wooden Samantabhadra on an elephant.

The Okura Museum of Art opened in 1917 as Japan's first private museum, founded by industrialist Ōkura Kihachirō to house his collection of Japanese and East Asian art. The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake destroyed the building and the works on display. Architect Itō Chūta designed a quake- and fire-proof replacement in Chinese style, completed in 1927 and reopened in 1928; it was registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 1998.

The 1927 exhibition hall, designed by Itō Chūta, was built in a Chinese style with earthquake- and fire-resistant construction; a long corridor once led from the galleries past a hexagonal hall to the front gate. The museum's name, Shūkokan, means a hall for gathering antiquities, and its collection began with Ōkura Kihachirō's purchases made to keep Japanese works from leaving the country.

The museum stands on the grounds of The Okura Tokyo in Toranomon 2-chome, Minato-ku, a short walk from Toranomon and Kamiyacho stations. The 1927 exhibition hall was moved about 6 metres on rails and given a base-isolated basement during the 2019 renewal, so the lobby, shop and hall now sit below the old stone facade. Look for the four pillars with white globe lamps and the gold lettering above the entrance.

The museum's 1927 exhibition hall, designed by Itō Chūta, was moved about 6 meters on rails in 2019 to make way for the rebuilt Okura Tokyo hotel. The hall is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, and the hotel's largest banquet room, the Heian no Ma, features a wall decoration based on the museum's National Treasure copy of the Kokinshū preface.