Anniversary Projects
Exhibitions
Future National Treasures: Masterpieces of Painting and Calligraphy from the Museum Collection
April 12, 2022 (Tue) - April 9, 2023 (Sun)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 2
Tokyo National Museum is celebrating its 150th anniversary. During its long history, the Museum accumulated an extensive collection, including many artworks of great artistic or historical value.
Not all these works, however, are designated as National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties.
From among these works, our curators have selected what they consider "Future National Treasures" for display in this gallery in 2022.
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| April 12, 2022 (Tue) - May 8, 2022 (Sun) | Beauty Looking Back By Hishikawa Moronobu Edo period, 17th century |
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| May 10, 2022 (Tue) - June 5, 2022 (Sun) | Flames By Uemura Shōen Taishō era, 1918 |
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| June 7, 2022 (Tue) - July 3, 2022 (Sun) | Kasuga Shrine Mandala Kamakura period, 13th century |
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| July 5, 2022 (Tue) - July 31, 2022 (Sun) | The Daoist Immortals Xiama and Tieguai By Sesson Shūkei Muromachi period, 16th century |
 The Daoist Immortals Xiama（Detail） |
| August 2, 2022 (Tue) - August 28, 2022 (Sun) | Scenes of “The First Warbler” and “New Herbs” from The Tale of Genji By Tosa Mitsuoki Edo period, 17th century |
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| August 30, 2022 (Tue) - September 25, 2022 (Sun) | Landscape By Goshun Edo period, 18th century |
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| September 27, 2022 (Tue) - October 23, 2022 (Sun) | Buddhist Deities of the Diamond World and Womb World Mandalas Heian period, 12th century |
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| October 25, 2022 (Tue) - November 20, 2022 (Sun) | The Actor Ichikawa Ebizō as Usui Aratarō Sadamitsu
By Utagawa Kunimasa Edo period, 1796 |
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| November 22, 2022 (Tue) - December 25, 2022 (Sun) | Garment as a Memento By Kawamura Kiyo’o Meiji era, 1899–1911 |
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| January 2, 2023 (Mon) - January 29, 2023 (Sun) | Exquisite Flowers from the Realm of Immortals (Hydrangea and Chinese Mallow, China Pink and Ranunculus Nipponicus, Small White Water Lily and Plumed Cocksomb, Bottle Gourd and Nerium, Thistle and Millet, Turnips and Rose Balsam) By Itō Jakuchū Edo period, 1768 |
 "Small White Water Lily and Plumed Cocksomb" from the Album Exquisite Flowers from the Realm of Immortals |
| January 31, 2023 (Tue) - February 26, 2023 (Sun) | Draft for Wall Paintings for the Meeting Room of the Women's Quarters at Edo Castle
By Kanō Osanobu Edo period, 19th century |
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| February 28, 2023 (Tue) - April 9, 2023 (Sun) | Sutras Donated by the Heike Clan (Copy of Chapter 4, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 9, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, and Chapter 27, Copy of the Box for the Sutras Donated by the Heike Clan) Copied by Tanaka Shinbi Taishō era, 20th century; original: Heian period, 1164 |
 Copy of Chapter 27 of the Lotus Sutra, One of the Sutras Donated by the Heike Clan (detail) |
*The exhibition themes may be subject to change