Tengu zoshi emaki (Stories about conceited monks), Enryakuji Version, Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 3
July 23, 2014 (Wed) - August 31, 2014 (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:
Tengu zoshi emaki (Stories about conceited monks), Enryakuji Version, Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)
Letter, By Prince Son'en, Nanbokucho period, 14th century