Copies in the Tokyo National Museum Collection
Exhibitions and Research in the Museum’s Early Period
Exhibitions and Research in the Museum’s Early Period
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![Image of ""Court Noble in an Everyday Robe and Court Ladies in Semi-Formal Outer Garments" from a Series of Heian-Period Genre Paintings, Shōwa era, ca. 1936 (On exhibit from October 4, 2022)[On exhibit from October 4, 2022]"](https://www.tnm.jp/uploads/r_exhibition/exhibition/SPECIAL_LARGE_7135.jpg)
"Court Noble in an Everyday Robe and Court Ladies in Semi-Formal Outer Garments" from a Series of Heian-Period Genre Paintings, Shōwa era, ca. 1936 (On exhibit from October 4, 2022)
[On exhibit from October 4, 2022]Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Rooms T1 & T2
September 6, 2022 (Tue) - October 30, 2022 (Sun)Many copies were made during the early days of Tokyo National Museum (TNM) to aid research or supplement gaps in the Museum’s collection. The projects undertaken at the time to create these copies provide an insight into TNM’s history and modern Japanese principles of museum administration and preservation of cultural heritage. On the occasion of TNM’s 150th anniversary, this exhibition sheds light on these works to explore TNM’s early activities and the significance of creating copies in the modern era.
| Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
CMT | ||
| Highlight | The Samurai Warlord Oda Nobunaga (Copy) | Copied by Ninagawa Chikatane (Noritane), Original: owned by Daiun'in Temple, Kyoto | Edo period, 1866; original: Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century | Gift of the artist, A-9168 | On exhibit through October 2, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | Folding Screen with Bird Feathers Forming Characters in Seal Script (Copy) | Copied by the Museum Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Original: from the Shōsōin Treasures | Meiji era, ca. 1877; original: Nara period, 8th century | B-2061 | On exhibit through October 2, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | Dankyū Bow with Ink Paintings (Copy) | Original: from the Shōsōin Treasures | Meiji era, 1878 or before; original: Nara period, 8th century | H-1068 | On exhibit from October 4, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | Woman (Copy) | Copied by Morikawa Toen (1820–94), Original: owned by Hōryūji Temple (found inside the Five-Story Pagoda), Nara | Meiji era, 1885 or before; original: Nara period, 711 | C-545 | On exhibit from October 4, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | Volume 1 of "Copy of the Sutras Preserved at Itsukushima Shrine Known as the “Sutras Dedicated by the Heike Clan”" | Copied by Chōmei Anshun, Tada Shin'ai (1840–1905), and others , Original: owned by Itsukushima Shrine, Hiroshima | Meiji era, 1882–84; original: Heian period, 1164 | A-6917-1 | On exhibit through October 2, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | Detail of the Image on the "Dankyū Bow with Ink Paintings" (Enlarged Copy) | Original: from the Shōsōin Treasures | Meiji era, 1895 or before; original: Nara period, 8th century | A-9290-7 | On exhibit from October 4, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | The Bodhisattva Fugen Enmei (Copy) | Copied by Hishida Shunsō (1874–1911), Original: owned by Daigoji Temple, Kyoto | Meiji era, 1895 or before; original: Kamakura period, 13th century | A-6829 | On exhibit from October 4, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | The Deva Kichijōten (Sketches) | By Yokoyama Taikan (1868–1958), Original: owned by Jōruriji Temple, Nara | Meiji era, 1895; original: Kamakura period, 13th century | A-6820 | On exhibit through October 2, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | The General Uesugi Shigefusa (Copy) | Copied by Gotō Unkyū, Original: Meigetsuin Temple, Kanagawa | Meiji era, 1897; original; Kamakura period, 13th century | C-317 | On exhibit from October 4, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | Lower Garment for Court Ladies ("Mo"), with Seashore Motifs and a Diamond Pattern (Copy) | Reproduced by Takada Yoshio (Takada Company of Japanese Imperial Classical Costumes), Original: passed down at Kumano Hayatama Shrine, Wakayama | Shōwa era, ca. 1938; original: Nanbokuchō period, 14th century | I-2714 | On exhibit through October 2, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | "Writing Box with a Pontoon Bridge" by Hon'ami Kōetsu (Copy) | Copied by Mizoguchi Saburō, Original: owned by Tokyo National Museum | Taishō era, 1925; original: Edo period, 17th century | H-406 | On exhibit from October 4, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | The Deva Kichijōten (Copy) | Copied by Sekino Seiun, Original: owned by Jōruriji Temple, Kyoto | Shōwa era, 1931; original: Kamakura period, 13th century | C-488 | On exhibit through October 2, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | Volume 15 of "Illustrated Miracles of the Kasuga Deities" (Copy) | Copied by Maeda Ujizane (born 1876) and Nagai Ikuma (dates unknown), Original: owned by the Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan | Shōwa era, 1933; original: Kamakura period, ca. 1309 | A-8390-15 | On exhibit from October 4, 2022 | ||
| Highlight | "Court Ladies in Formal Garments" from a Series of Heian-Period Genre Paintings | By Matsuoka Eikyū, Original: [The Illustrated Diary of Lady Murasaki] owned by Fujita Museum, Osaka | Shōwa era, ca. 1936 | A-9860 | On exhibit through October 2, 2022 |