Illustrated Scroll of Tale of Warrior Obusuma Saburo (detail), Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 3
September 15, 2015 (Tue) - October 25, 2015 (Sun)
The courtiers were strongly involved in the arts through the Heian and Muromachi periods, their aesthetic tastes playing a great role in Japanese art history. Literature works such as waka poems and other calligraphy written by courtiers, and e-maki narrative picture scrolls are displayed in this room with decorative art objects.
Current exhibit includes:
Illustrated Scroll of Tale of Warrior Obusuma Saburo, Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)
Wakan roei shu Poetry Anthology, Vol. 2 (Masuda version), Heian period, 11th century (Important Cultural Property)
Detached Segment of Kokin waka shu Poetry Anthology, Vol. 11, Attributed to Fujiwara no Sari, Heian period, 12th century (Important Art Object)