Records of History: The Prosperity of the Tokugawa Shogunate
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Dolls of A Daimyo's Procession (detail), Meiji period, 19th century
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 15
August 8, 2017 (Tue) - October 1, 2017 (Sun)The Tokyo National Museum Collection includes numerous artworks and documents that shed light on history. These include objects collected through expositions and surveys of cultural properties conducted since the Museum’s establishment in 1872, and others transferred from the shogunate. This exhibition features historical documents that reveal the prosperity of the Tokugawa shogunate. Photographs of relevant objects and sites, such as a pleasure boat for the shoguns, Edo castle, and Kan’eiji Temple, will also be included from the Museum’s extensive collection of photographs taken at the end of the Tokugawa regime and during and after the following Meiji era (1868–1912).
Current exhibit includes:
Dolls of A Daimyo's Procession, Meiji period, 19th century
1 Waka Poem, By Karasumaru Mitsuhiro, Edo period, 17th century, Private collection
Preliminary Painting for Edo Castle to be Reviewed by Shogun, Upper Room, Great Reception Building, Front Section, Nishinomaru Palace, By Kano Seisen-in Osanobu, Edo period, dated 1839
Diary of Official Painting Duties (Autumn and winter of 1841), By Kano Seisen'in (Osanobu), Edo period, dated 1841