Illustrated Scroll of Horse Doctors (detail), Kamakura period, dated 1267 (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 3
August 4, 2015 (Tue) - September 13, 2015 (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:
Illustrated Scroll of Horse Doctors, Kamakura period, dated 1267 (Important Cultural Property)
Segment of Kokin wakashu Poetry Anthology, Attributed to Fujiwara no Sari, Heian period, 12th century
Rectangular Mirror (Mirror with image of Kannon in hairline engraving), Crane with pine sprig design, Heian-Kamakura period, 12th-13th century (Important Cultural Property)