VR program ”Secrets of Screen Paintings: Wind God and Thunder God and Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn ”
- Date
- July 1, 2020 (Wed) - October 4, 2020 (Sun)
(Every Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun,Holiday)
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Time
- 11:00、12:00、13:30、15:00、16:00
*Admission starts 5minites prior to screening.
*You may not enter mid-way through the program.
- Venue
- Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
- Supervision of
- Tokyo National Museum
- Production of
- Toppan Printing Co.,Ltd.
- Running time
- about 35 min.
- Capacity
- 48
- Fee
- High school students and above: 600yen
*Regular admission fees apply to persons over 18 (excluding high-school students) and under 70.
Elementary and junior high school students: 300yen
Pre-school children and persons with disability and one person accompanying them: Free
*All visitors must make an online reservation for admission.
- Ticket purchase
- At the theater entrance
*Admission at the front of the theater ends at screening time.
- Inquiries
- 050-5541-8600(Hello Dial)
Explore the secrets on the front and back of the byobu screen.
These delicate flowers are drenched by rain and battered by wind. One can almost hear the wind whistling past in this scene depicted by the late-Edo Period painter, Sakai Hoitsu, in his byobu screen painting Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn. Hoitsu was born into a daimyo family and was a man of many talents, having also made a contribution to the world of haiku.
Were you aware that the masterpiece of Hoitsu’s later years —Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn— was actually painted on the rear-side of a byobu screen per a request Hoitsu received? The byobu screen was painted by a master painter whom Hoitsu had long admired and considered to be his painting mentor.
What sentiment did Hoitsu wish to convey by painting Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn on the rear of this byobu screen? We’ll use virtual reality to explore the secrets concealed in how the rear of the screen relates to the front.