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Past Gallery Talks

Curator take you to exhibits and present gallery talks.

Lectures are in Japanese only.

2014

Cherry Blossom Gallery Talk "Cherry Blossom in Folding Screens"

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 7
April 2, 2014 (Wed) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Noted Tanto Sword: Okayama Toshiro (Presumed)

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 13
April 8, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Cherry Blossom Gallery Talk "Buddhist Statues Created with Cherry Trees"

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 11
April 9, 2014 (Wed) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Refurbished Exhibition Room 18 (Modern Art: Painting and Sculpture)

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 18
April 15, 2014 (Tue) 11:15 - 11:45  
   

Highlights of Refurbished Exhibition Room 17

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 17
April 15, 2014 (Tue) 13:30 - 14:00  
   

Grand Renewal of the Honkan (Japanese Gallery) and Opening of the Main Gate Plaza

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
April 15, 2014 (Tue) 14:30 - 15:00  
   

Prayers of the Ainu People

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 16
April 22, 2014 (Tue) 13:45 - 14:15  
   

Records of History

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 15
April 22, 2014 (Tue) 14:30 - 15:00  
   

Bears and People: Analyzing Bear-themed Works in the TNM Collection

Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan)-Thematic Exhibition Room
May 13, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

TNM's New Acquisitions in the Fiscal Year 2013

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room T2
May 20, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Three Types of Earthenware from Silla

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-Room 10
May 27, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Historical Periods in Japan revealed by Archaeological Objects

Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan)-Japanese Archaeology Gallery
June 10, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Jivamjivaka: Mythical Bird with Two Human Heads

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
June 17, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Jomon Pottery that Crossed the Sea

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
June 24, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Pomegranate Jade in the Collection of TNM

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
July 1, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Fascinating Kamakura-period Sculpture

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 11
July 8, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Wayang: Traditional Indonesian Puppet Theater

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-Room 13
July 15, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Cooling Off by Pastoral Painter Kusumi Morikage

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 2
July 25, 2014 (Fri) 18:30 - 19:00  
   

Kyozuka (Sutra Mounds) as Time Capsules

Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan)-Japanese Archaeology Gallery
July 29, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

The Beautiful Scenery at Kasuga, Nara

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
August 1, 2014 (Fri) 18:30 - 19:00  
   

Bingata (Stencil dyeing of Ryukyu)

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
August 5, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

The Story of Imaginary Tour through the Xiaoxiang Region, China by Li

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 2
August 12, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Indonesian Textiles

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-Room 13
August 19, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Zhao Zhiqian's Artworks and the Stele Inscriptions of Northern Wei Dynasty

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-Room 8
August 26, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

The Revived Beauty of Asuka and Nara Period Textiles

The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures-Room 6
September 2, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

The Diverse Patterns on the Textiles from the Horyuji Treasures

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-B1 Education Room
September 5, 2014 (Fri) 18:30 - 19:00  
   

Screen Painting Landscape by Matsumura Goshun

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 7
September 9, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Cultural Exchange between the East and the West through Lacquer Art

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 14
September 30, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Indian Miniature Paintings

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
October 7, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

The Forms, Development, and Spread of Haniwa Clay Tomb Figures of Western Japan

Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan)-Japanese Archaeology Gallery
October 21, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Dr. Yokogawa Tamisuke and Chinese Ceramics

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-Room 5
October 28, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Cylindrical and Figurative Haniwa Clay Tomb Figures

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
November 7, 2014 (Fri) 18:30 - 19:00  
   

Artifacts Excavated from a Bronze Age Tomb in Syria

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-Room 3
November 11, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Karamono (Imported Chinese artworks)

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room T2
November 18, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

The Ancient Cultural History of Japan and Landscapes of the 7th Century as Seen in Earthen Coffin Reliefs

Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan)-Japanese Archaeology Gallery
November 21, 2014 (Fri) 18:30 - 19:00  
   

Landscape (National Treasure), by Sesshu

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-B1 Education Room
November 28, 2014 (Fri) 18:30 - 19:00  
   

Deva Statues in Buddhism

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 11
December 9, 2014 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

The Folding Screen Pine Trees

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-B1 Education Room
January 6, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

The Classical Calligraphy of the Sesonji Clan

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 3
January 20, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Water Droppers

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 14
January 27, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Horses of Silla with a Flag Fluttering in the Wind

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-Room 10
February 3, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Gusoku Type Armor with European-style Cuirass (Important Cultural Property)

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 5
February 10, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

The Folding Screen Cypress Trees (National Treasure) by Kano Eitoku and his Pupils

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-B1 Education Room
February 17, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

The Restoration of the Folding Screen Cypress Trees (National Treasure)

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-B1 Education Room
February 17, 2015 (Tue) 14:30 - 15:00  
   

First-hand Reports on the Restoration of Paintings and Calligraphic Works

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room T1
February 24, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Preventative Conservation and Restorative Conservation

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 17
March 3, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Aizen Myo'o (Ragaraja): Before and After its Restoration

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 11
March 10, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Painting and Calligraphy of China's Cultural City, Nanjing

Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-Room 8
March 17, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Cherry Blossom Gallery Talk "Cherry Blossoms Depicted in Folding Screens"

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Room 7
March 18, 2015 (Wed) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Exhibition and Lighting Design of the Kuroda Memorial Hall

Kuroda Memorial Hall- 
March 24, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Cherry Blossom Gallery Talk "Cherry Blossoms Portrayed on Kimono"

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-B1 Education Room
March 25, 2015 (Wed) 14:00 - 14:30  
   

Cherry Blossom Gallery Talk "The Folding Screen Merrymaking Under Blossom Trees (National Treasure)"

Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-B1 Education Room
March 31, 2015 (Tue) 14:00 - 14:30