Van Gogh Museum opens Yoshitoshi exhibition on 1 October

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam opens Yoshitoshi. Master of the Moon on 1 October 2026, bringing a newly presented Japanese print series into the museum's programme. The exhibition runs until 4 January 2027 and centres on Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.

Yoshitoshi exhibition begins at the museum on 1 October

The Van Gogh Museum describes the presentation as a small-scale exhibition devoted to Yoshitoshi, who lived from 1839 to 1892. Its central work is One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, a series made between 1885 and 1892 and now shown at the museum for the first time.

The prints depict figures and episodes from Japanese and Chinese history, mythology and folklore. The moon links the scenes, appearing sometimes as a dominant image and sometimes through the light it casts. The museum's Yoshitoshi exhibition announcement says the works entered its collection through a donation.

Japanese prints meet Van Gogh's collecting history

The exhibition has a direct connection with the museum's namesake. Vincent van Gogh admired Japanese colour woodcuts and assembled hundreds of prints from 1885 onwards, including five by Yoshitoshi. Pinholes in the corners show that Van Gogh hung and studied some of these works, while their colour blocks, strong outlines and unusual compositions influenced his artistic development.

The complete series shown in Amsterdam came from the estate of Elise Wessels, an art collector and founding director of Nihon no hanga. The museum says 141 Japanese prints from her collection were transferred to the Dutch State, including the complete One Hundred Aspects of the Moon series. This relationship gives the October exhibition a specific place within a museum built around Van Gogh's engagement with Japanese art rather than presenting the prints as an unrelated loan.

The site consists of the Rietveld Building and the Kurokawa Wing. Gerrit Rietveld designed the main building, which opened in 1973, while Kisho Kurokawa designed the exhibition wing, opened in 1999. The temporary exhibition architecture therefore provides the setting for a presentation linking nineteenth-century Japanese printmaking with Van Gogh's own visual interests, as described in the museum's building history.

Visiting Van Gogh Museum: what travellers from Western Europe should know

• Yoshitoshi. Master of the Moon runs from 1 October 2026 to 4 January 2027 at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
• The exhibition forms part of the museum visit, and the operator states that all visitors must pre-book a timed entry ticket.
• The address is Museumplein 6, 1071 DJ Amsterdam, and the main entrance is on Museum Square. The museum's visitor information lists Museumplein as a nearby stop for trams 2, 5 and 24, with buses 357 and 397 also serving the area.
• From Amsterdam Central Station, tram 2, 5 or 24 reaches the Museumplein stop. From Zuid WTC Station, tram 5 reaches the Concertgebouw stop.

For visitors planning an autumn museum trip, the fixed dates place Yoshitoshi. Master of the Moon inside the October programme while the permanent Van Gogh collection remains part of the wider visit.

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Frequently asked questions about Van Gogh Museum

When does Yoshitoshi. Master of the Moon take place at Van Gogh Museum?

The exhibition runs from 1 October 2026 to 4 January 2027.

Where is Van Gogh Museum and how do you get there?

It is at Museumplein 6 in Amsterdam, with tram and bus connections to Museumplein and Concertgebouw.

What is Yoshitoshi. Master of the Moon?

It is a small-scale exhibition centred on Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, shown at the museum for the first time.