Historical Collection: Speaking to the Future Series Calendars and the Chinese Zodiac
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Illustrated Calendar of Annual Festivals, Edo period, 19th century (Gift of Mr. Tokugawa Muneyoshi)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 16
January 2, 2011 (Sun) - January 30, 2011 (Sun)>> detailed information
This exhibition introduces important calendrical systems formerly used in Japan, in addition to specialist calendars focusing on rituals, agriculture and earthquakes, and calendars of outstanding or unusual design.
Exhibit includes:
llustrated Calendar, Meiji 44 (1911), Ukiyo-e woodblock print, By Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1910
Calender, Kamakura period, dated 1309
Nihon Choreki (Calendar spanning ancient to early modern times), Compiled by Shibukawa Harumi, Edo period, dated 1677