The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Grand Opening Pre-Event at Hyokeikan
- Date
- April 17, 2026 (Fri) - May 17, 2026 (Sun)
- Venue
- Hyokeikan
- Exhibition Dates
- Rotation One: April 17-May 1 / Rotation Two: May 2-17
- Hours
- 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. （Last admission 30 minutes before closing.）
*Open until 8:00 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sun. May 3 , Mon. May 4 , and Tue. May 5.
- Closed
- Mondays.
*Exception: Open on Mon. April 27 and Mon. May 4.
- Venue
- Hyokeikan, Tokyo National Museum （Ueno Park）
13-9 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo
- Admissions
- This exhibition is free and requires no advance reservation.
However, a ticket for the TNM Collection Exhibitions or for the special exhibitions is required.
TNM Collection Exhibitions Admission
Adults: ¥1,000 University students: ¥500
- Free admission: elementary / middle / high school students; persons under 18 or over 70
- Special exhibitions require a separate ticket. See website for details.
- Number of objects in the exhibition
- 31 works
*All the works on display are high-resolution facsimiles housed at The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan
- Organizer
- The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan
- Collaborator
- Tokyo National Museum, National Center for the Promotion of Cultural Properties, Canon Inc., KYOTO CULTURE ASSOCIATION （NPO）
- Tel.
- +81 （0）50-5541-8600 （NTT Hello Dial Service）
High-Resolution Facsimiles of Ito Jakuchu's “Colorful Realm of Living Beings”and Kano Eitoku's “Chinese Lions”
Hyokeikan Exhibit Precedes the Museum of the Imperial Collections’ Grand Opening
High-resolution facsimiles of all thirty scrolls of master painter Itō Jakuchū’s Colorful Realm of Living Beings （National Treasure） paintings will be displayed at the Tokyo National Museum’s Hyokeikan galleries this spring. The facsimiles are the result of a joint research project for the utilization of high-quality reproductions of cultural properties by the National Center for the Promotion of Cultural Properties and Canon Inc. The works will be on public display to celebrate the completion of the project and in anticipation of the grand reopening of the Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan.
The exhibition will display the thirty scrolls in two phases, fifteen at a time. Also featured will be the high-resolution facsimile completed in 2023 of the Chinese Lions folding screens, a National Treasure by master painter Kanō Eitoku （1543–1590）.
The Hyokeikan was planned in 1900 to commemorate the marriage of the Crown Prince （later Emperor Taishō）and completed in 1909. It was Japan’s first full-fledged art museum.
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