Karamono - Imported Chinese Artworks
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The Sixth Patriarch Cutting Bamboo, By Liang Kai, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room T1
May 9, 2006 (Tue) - June 4, 2006 (Sun)Introduces karamono art works. After the end of the Kamakura period in the early 13th century, many artworks were brought to Japan by ship from China. These Chinese artworks were appreciated with Japan's unique aesthetic sense. Interior decorations or tools for the tea ceremony were made to be appreciated; they were not simply Chinese artworks, but a whole new style that came to be known as karamono.