Story of Mice (detail), Artist unkown, Edo period, 18th century
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 3
June 21, 2016 (Tue) - August 7, 2016 (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:
Story of Mice, Artist unkown, Edo period, 18th century
Album of Exemplary Calligraphy on Tanzaku Paper, Kamakura - Edo period, 14th - 18th century
Mirror, Pine, wisteria, and pair of cranes design, Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Inashimo Jinja, Shizuoka)