Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Japan–China Cultural Exchange Agreement Three Kingdoms Unveiling the Story
Heiseikan Special Exhibition Galleries July 9, 2019 (Tue)-September 16, 2019 (Mon)
This special exhibition includes recent discoveries regarding China’s tumultuous transition from the Han Dynasty (206-220) to the Three Kingdoms period (220-280). The artifacts recovered there present their own version of this period’s history with a persuasive candor far surpassing written historical accounts.
Special Thematic Exhibition; Sacred Images of Ancient Japan: Buddhist Sculptures from Four Temples in Nara
Honkan Room 11 June 18, 2019 (Tue)-September 23, 2019 (Mon)
The Four Great Temples of Yamato (now Nara prefecture) are Okadera, Murouji, Hasedera and Abe Monjuin. The Buddhist sculptures displayed here were borrowed from the Four Great Temples. They are not only excellently sculpted images, but a lso provide a fascinat ing gl impse into early developments in the Buddhist culture of the Four Great Temples of Yamato.
Yachimun – Okinawan Ceramics
Honkan Room 14 June 25, 2019 (Tue)-September 16, 2019 (Mon)
This exhibition includes excellent examples of the overglaze enamels that were widely used in Okinawa in the 19th century–including rare examples of a vivid blue overglaze. Most of these ceramics were fired at the Tsuboya kilns in central Naha.
Samurai Mania! Explore Japanese Armor at TNM
Honkan Room T2 July 17, 2019 (Wed)-September 23, 2019 (Mon)
This exhibition features actual samurai armor alongside modern reproductions of the armor’s individual components. Visitors will be able to closely examine each part of samurai armor.
