Cypress Craftsman Hiroshi Miura's Exhibition
- A small replica of the Edo townscape
Taito Civic Hall, 9th floor lobby
(Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Taito Hall, 2-6-5 Hanakawado, Taito Ward)
Thursday, November 13, 2025 - Monday, January 12, 2026 (Holiday) 9:00-17:00
*Excluding December 8th (Mon), 21st (Sun), and 29th (Mon) - January 3rd (Sat).
Free admission
This is an exhibition in his hometown of Asakusa.
Six works on display are at 1/10 scale: a bathhouse, a kimono shop, a tenement house, a barber shop, a Jishinban guardhouse, and a Bantaro hut.
The "Berabou Edo Taito Taiga Drama Museum" is currently being held on the same floor.
The nearby Taito City Ichiyo Memorial Museum displays a model of Higuchi Ichiyo's former residence in Shitaya Ryusenji-cho by Hiroshi Miura.
Why not also take a stroll around Asakusa?
Taito Ward Official Website Hiroshi Miura Works Exhibition
Flyer
Hiroshi Miura was born in 1926 to a family of bath tub craftsmen in Asakusa, inheriting the techniques of his father and grandfather who was a shipwright, and created cypress baths and buckets under the name of "Miura Bath Factory". With the passage of time, the demand for wooden bath tubs decreased, and during trial and error to make products other than bath tubs, he started making models of Japanese-style boats in his spare time. It was a pity that the type of ship that he had been familiar with since he was a child would disappear, and he wanted to somehow preserve it.
In 1980, he was commissioned to create a geisha house for the "Yoshiwara" exhibition in which Mr. Jusaburo Tsujimura worked on geisha dolls. At the exhibition held at a gallery in Kyobashi the following year, along with Mr. Tsujimura's dolls and Mr. Ichiro Hattori's gadget, the intricacy of the house became a big topic.
After that, he restored houses and ships in the Edo period to a scale of 1/10, and produced more than 100 works in the 38 years until his death.
Passed away in June 2019. 92 years old.
