The gallery Tanakaya, created in 1988 by Tamio Ikeda in the district of Saint-Germain des Près, in Paris, is specialized in Japanese fine arts.
The gallery exhibits mainly woodblock prints (18th and 19th c. Ukiyo-e and 20th c. Shin-Hanga and Sosaku-Hanga), and paintings, lacquers, ceramics for the Tea Ceremony, bronzes, dating from the 16th to the 20th century.
The gallery sells exclusively original pieces selected for their quality and authenticity.
The gallery organizes each year several exhibitions, and publishes at least one catalog per year mainly dedicated to Ukiyo-e and Shin-Hanga prints of which Tanakaya is a recognized specialist.
Tanakaya participates in several international art and antiques fairs, notably TEFAF, in Maastricht, since 2010, and Brafa in Brussels since 2004, being the first gallery to exhibit Japanese prints in these fairs. In Paris, it participated in the "Biennale des Antiquaires", the "Salon International de l'Estampe" and "Fine Arts Paris".
For many years, the gallery has contributed to enriching the collections of several important collectors and renowed museums, including the Guimet Museum in Paris, for Japanese prints, and in Tokyo the National Museum of Western Art, for works of Japonism. The gallery also had the pleasure of participating in the constitution of the Japanese fund of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum.
The gallery is also devoted to the works of modern Japanese artists from the “Ecole de Paris” of the 1920s and 30s, such as Foujita Tsuguharu and Hasegawa Kiyoshi, as well as those of painters who lived and worked in France in the 1950s and 60s, such as Sugaï Kumi, Domoto Hisao or Sato Key.
The gallery which is constantly searching in Europe for the pieces intended for its customers, thanks in advance anyone who may be able to offer it original Japanese works of art.
The web site of the gallery is www.tanakaya.fr, and its email is : [email protected]

The stand at TEFAF 2020 and at TEFAF 2024

The interior of the stand, TEFAF 2024