We are delighted to share the news that the British Museum have acquired a complete set of ‘Tokyo Story’, by artist Emily Allchurch, for their permanent collection.

One of the works is included in the Museum’s forthcoming show, ‘Hiroshige – artist of the open road’ 1st May until 7th September 2025. There is also the opportunity to see another work from this series on display in their Japanese Gallery.

“Paying homage to Utagawa Hiroshige’s (1797-1858) last great work, the ‘One Hundred Famous Views of Edo’ (1856-58), my series transposes his distinctive woodblock techniques of abstraction, vivid colouring and composition into contemporary digital-photographic collages of Tokyo.”

Emily Allchurch 2025