Registered Works of Fine Arts and Crafts of Saitama

Painted in the summer of 1858 by a seventeen-year-old Claude Monet, View from Rouelles is the earliest known oil painting by the father of Impressionism and the first work he ever submitted to a public exhibition. On deposit from the Marunuma Art Park collection, this small but pivotal landscape is exhibited periodically at the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, a masterwork by architect Kisho Kurokawa. Just 35 minutes from Tokyo and a three-minute walk from Kita-Urawa Station, the museum offers a rare opportunity to stand before the very origin of Monet's journey.

The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama holds a rare late masterpiece by French Romantic master Eugène Delacroix: 'The Disciples Lifting the Body of Saint Stephen,' painted in 1860 and registered as a Japanese cultural property in 2000. Discover the painting's dramatic use of color, its spiritual depth, and how to plan your visit to this surprising cultural destination just outside Tokyo.