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Masterpieces of Chinese Art: Select Works from the Song and Yuan Dynasties

  • Image of "Snowy Landscape (detail)By Liang Kai, China, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century (National Treasure)"

    Snowy Landscape (detail)
    By Liang Kai, China, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century (National Treasure)

    Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 8
    November 12, 2024 (Tue) - December 22, 2024 (Sun)

    Every autumn, the Museum holds a thematic exhibition of masterpieces of Chinese paintings and calligraphy in its collection. This year’s exhibition presents select works from the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1271–1368) dynasties. For hundreds of years, calligraphic works and paintings created during these Chinese dynasties have been brought to Japan, where they are cherished by many even today. The exhibition introduces the charm of calligraphy brushed in distinctive styles by scholar-officials, literati, and Chan monks. It also showcases landscapes and bird-and-flower paintings by court painters, who created them with meticulous use of color and masterful use of the ink and brush.

    List of Exhibits

Major works in this exhibition

* Works listed below are in the TNM Collection unless otherwise indicated.

Snowy Landscape, By Liang Kai (dates unknown), China, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century (, National Treasure)

Landscape, Attributed to Xia Gui (dates unknown), China, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century

Autumn and Winter Landscapes, Attributed to Yan Ciping (dates unknown), China, Yuan dynasty, 14th century

Monkey, Attributed to Mao Song (dates unknown), China, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)

"Arhat" from the Album of Chinese Painting Hikkōen, Attributed to Zhang Baigong, China, Yuan dynasty, 13th–14th century (Important Cultural Property)

Calligraphy for the Plaque of a Zen Temple "Śākyamuni Statue Hall", By Wuzhun Shifan (1177–1249), China, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century (Gift of Mr. Umehara Ryuzaburo, Important Cultural Property)

Buddhist Verse for the Monk Ketsuzan Ryōi, By Gulin Qingmao (1262–1329), China, Yuan dynasty, 1326 (Gift of Mr. Hirota Matsushige, )

Poems on Hong County in Running Script, By Mi Fu (1051–1107), China, Northern Song dynasty, ca. 1106

Manuscript for the Stele Inscription of the Reconstructed Xuanmiaoguan Temple Gate in Standard Script, By Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322), China, Yuan dynasty, 14th century

Exhibitions