Masterpieces of Japanese Art: From Sesshu and Eitoku to Korin and Hokusai

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  Cypress Trees (detail), By Kano Eitoku, Azuchi-Momoyama period, dated 1590 (Tokyo National Museum, National Tresure)

  Masterpieces of Japanese Art: From Sesshu and Eitoku to Korin and Hokusai
  

  Japanese Gallery (Honkan) T5, T4, T2 & T1 : May 3, 2019 (Fri) - June 2, 2019 (Sun)

  This special exhibition is being held as part of the “TSUMUGU PROJECT: Inheriting the Beauty of Japan”, a project that aims to protect and pass on the beauty of Japan that is inherent in the masterpieces of the Imperial Collections and National Treasures. The exhibition brings together superlative artworks by famous Japanese artists, including Sesshu Toyo, Ogata Korin, and Katsushika Hokusai. Furthermore, a masterpiece associated with the Imperial Family, Chinese Lions by Kano Eitoku, and the National Treasure, Cypress Trees, also by Eitoku in his final years, will be exhibited together throughout the entire exhibition period. We invite visitors to enjoy these renowned masterpieces of Japanese art, which stretch from the Heian period to the early modern period.

   

  Highlights of the Exhibition

  General Information

About the Exhibitions and Highlights

Major works in this exhibition

Chinese Lions
Right: By Kano Eitoku, Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century
Left: By Kano Tsunenobu, Edo period, 17th century
Sannomaru Shozokan (The Museum of the Imperial Collections)

Cypress Trees
By Kano Eitoku, Azuchi-Momoyama period, dated 1590 (Tokyo National Museum, National Treasure)

Autumn and Winter Landscapes By Sesshu Toyo Muromachi period, late 15th–early 16th century (Tokyo National Museum, National Treasure)

(detail)

Flowers, Birds and Fish
By Nagasawa Rosetsu, Edo period, 18th century
(Agency for Cultural Affairs)

Sarashina Nikki, Memoirs of Sugawara no Takasue's Daughter
By Fujiwara no Sadaie, Kamakura period, 13th century, Sannomaru Shozokan
(The Museum of the Imperial Collections)

Tea Leaf Jar with Young Pine Design in Overglaze Enamel By Ninsei Edo period, 17th century (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Important Cultural Property)