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New Year's Celebration at the Tokyo National Museum
- Date
- January 2, 2014 (Thu) - January 26, 2014 (Sun)
- Time
- 9:30 - 17:00 (last admission at 16:30)
Related Exhibition
- Special New-year Exhibition Japanese Gallery (Honkan)
- New Year’s Celebration at the Tokyo National Museum: The Year of the Horse Japanese Gallery (Honkan)-Rooms T1 & T2
January 2, 2014 (Thu) - January 13, 2014 (Mon)
January 2, 2014 (Thu) - January 26, 2014 (Sun)
Related Events
- New Year's Celebration Events: Kamikiri - Silhouette Cutting outdoor-In front of Honkan
- New Year's Celebration Events: Taiko - Japanese drumming performance outdoor-Entrance area
- New Year's Celebration Events: Mini Concert Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan)-Lounge
- New Year's Celebration Events: Shishimai - Lion-dance performance outdoor-In front of Honkan
- Visit the horses in the galleries and enjoy the worksheet Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-Entrance Hall
- New Year's Celebration Events: Ikebana Flower Arrangements Premises-Main gate, Honkan
January 2, 2014 (Thu) 11:15, 13:45
January 2, 2014 (Thu) - January 3, 2014 (Fri) January 2: 10:30, 13:00, January 3: 10:30, 13:00
January 3, 2014 (Fri) 11:15, 13:45
January 2, 2014 (Thu) - January 3, 2014 (Fri) January 2: 12:00, 14:30, January 3: 12:00, 14:30
January 2, 2014 (Thu) - January 3, 2014 (Fri) 11:00 - 16:00
January 2, 2014 (Thu) - January 13, 2014 (Mon)
Open from January 2 !
Celebrating the New Year 2014, the Tokyo National Museum will open from January 2. The New Year exhibition will feature the year's zodiac sign Horse, and the museum will host various family events.
At Honkan (Japanese Gallery), there will be a Feature Exhibition of the New Year - Snakes and Serpents from January 2, 2014.
Family events will be held on the 2nd and 3rd of January, including Shishimai dance performances, Taiko (Japanese drum) performances, and Kamikiri - Silhouette Cutting.
Visit the Tokyo National Museum and experience the Japanese New Year's celebration!
Special New-year Exhibition / New Year's Celebration at the Tokyo National Museum: Horses
New Year's Celebration Events
Visit the horses in the galleries and enjoy the worksheet
New-year Gifts
Special New-year Exhibition / New Year's Celebration at the Tokyo National Museum: Horses
Features selected masterpieces from our collection to celebrate the new year.
Pine Trees
By Hasegawa Tohaku, Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century (National Treasure)
January 2 - January 26, 2014 Room2, Honkan (Japanese Gallery)
January 2 - January 26, 2014
Room T1 and T2, Honkan (Japanese Gallery)
(left) Horse Bit
Excavated from Luristan, Iran, Late 2nd - early 1st millennium BC
(right) Horse Training (detail)
By Hasegawa Tohaku, Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century (Important Cultural Property)
And works with auspicious images
(left) Fukusa (Wrapping cloth), Sea bream design on dark blue satin ground
Edo period, 18th - 19th century
January 2 - February 23, 2014 Room8, Honkan (Japanese Gallery)
(right) The Seven Gods of Good Fortune on a Treasure Ship
By Katsushika Hokusai, Edo period, 19th century
January 2 - January 26, 2014 Room10, Honkan (Japanese Gallery)
New Year's Celebration Events
Flower Arrangements
* Locations are subject to change
Visit the horses in the galleries and enjoy the worksheet
New-year Gifts
TNM&TOPPAN
Museum Theater
New-year Gifts from Hotel Okura Yurinoki and Hotel Okura Garden Terrace
Event in collaboration with Kan’eiji Temple
10:00 - 15:00
Features oil-painted portraits of the Tokugawa shoguns.
For more information about other events, please see "Related Events" below.
New Year's Celebration at the Tokyo National Museum Basic information