Detached Segment of Caricatures of Frolicking Animals and People, Heian period, 12th century
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 3
June 25, 2013 (Tue) - August 4, 2013 (Sun)
The courtiers were strongly involved in the arts through the Heian and Muromachi periods, their aesthetic tastes playing a great role in Japanese art history. Literature works such as waka poems and other calligraphy written by courtiers, and e-maki narrative picture scrolls are displayed in this room with decorative art objects.
Current exhibit includes:
Detached Segment of Caricatures of Frolicking Animals and People, Heian period, 12th century
Detached Segment of Handscroll Fast Bull, Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)
Detached Segment of Picture Scroll Horse Doctors, Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)
Segment of Ise shu Poetry Anthology, Ishiyamagire segment, "Karinikuto", Attributed to Fujiwara no Kinto, Heian period, 12th century (Private collection)