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The Tokyo National Museum is the largest and oldest museum in Japan, dating back to 1872. This year, the Tokyo National Museum celebrates its 150th anniversary.
The Paper has learned that in order to commemorate this special year, the Tokyo National Museum has launched a series of grand exhibitions and activities, the most important of which is the upcoming special exhibition of the 150th anniversary of the opening on October 18 - "Tokyo National Museum National Treasure Collection", which will exhibit 89 national treasures from the Collection of the Tokyo National Museum, including the "Autumn and Winter Landscape Map" of the Muromachi Period of Japan, the "Hinoki Map Screen" and "Pine Forest Picture Screen" of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period, the "Hoiwa Armed Man Standing Statue" of the Kofun Period and the 6th century. More than 10 cultural relics and treasures from the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties in China, such as the Tai Dao of the Heian Period, the Volume of Xiaoxiang Lying Tour map of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Red and White Furong Map of li di of the Southern Song Dynasty. The exhibition will present a complete view of the 150-year-old Tokyo National Museum.
Exhibition posters
The Tokyo National Museum in Japan now has 120,000 items in its 150-year-old collection. With 89 Chinese treasures and 648 important cultural properties, both in quality and quantity, they represent the highest level of Japanese collection. Representative collections include the Jomon Period "Flame-type Earthenware", the Kofun Period "Gold Earrings", the "Gold Bronze Crown Hat" of the Kofun Period, the "Unicycle Painted Screw Handbox" of the Heian Period, the "Sixteen Arhats Statue , The Third Venerable", the Muromachi Period Snow Boat "Autumn and Winter Landscape Map", and the "Grape Map" drawn by Tachibana Apricot in the Edo period.
Autumn and Winter Landscapes, Snow Boat, Muromachi Period
Unicycle leaf painting screw handbox, Heian era
In anticipation of the 150th anniversary, a series of grand exhibitions and events are underway throughout the year, such as "Tracing the History of Japanese Buddha Statues from the Collection" (May 17, 2022 to July 10, 2022) and "Future National Treasures - Paintings and Calligraphy from the Tokyo National Museum". The blockbuster exhibition "Tokyo National Museum National Treasure Collection" (October 18, 2022 ~ December 11, 2022) will open on October 18.
The Tokyo National Museum has announced on its official website the luxurious lineup of the 150th anniversary special exhibition "Tokyo National Museum National Treasure Collection". All 89 national treasures from the Collection of the Middle East Museum will be poured out, and together with other treasures and historical materials, the entire historical development of the Tokyo National Museum will be presented.
The exhibition consists of two parts, "National Treasures of the Tokyo National Museum" and "150 Years of the Tokyo National Museum", and exhibits about 150 (scheduled) works. In the first part, "National Treasures of the Tokyo National Museum", a total of 89 national treasures from the collection are presented (there are changes during the exhibition). This is the first time in the 150 years since its establishment that it is a historic exhibition that matches the anniversary. In the second part, "150 Years of the Tokyo National Museum", it can be said that it is a retrospective of the history of the development of Japanese museums, focusing on the 150-year history of toho-Hirobubu, divided into three periods, and introducing them concisely and easily with the help of relevant works, materials, reproductions, and videos of each era.
List of exhibitions
List of exhibitions
Portrait of the Peacock King, Heian Period
Judging from the list of exhibits of the first part of the national treasures hung on the official website of Dongbo, most of the cultural relics on display are Japanese cultural relics, representing the peak of Japanese art, and there are more than 10 cultural relics from China's Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties.
Exhibited japanese national treasures include the Asuka Period and the 7th Century Gold and Silver Gilded Dragon Head Water Bottle, the Azuchi Momoyama Period and the 16th Century Kano Nagatoku Painting "Hino Shoto Screen", hasegawa et al.'s "Pine Forest Picture Screen", the Kofun Period and the 6th Century "Statue of the Armed Man of the Wheel", the Edo Period Tenho 8th Year Wayama Wayama Painting "Eagle See izumi Stone Statue", the Heian Period "Peacock Ming King Statue" in the Heian Period, the Heian Period Taido "Famous Thing Mirichi Moon Sect Near", etc.
Hasegawa et al., "Pine Forest Picture Screen", Azuchi Momo, 16th century
The overall picture of "Pine Forest Picture Screen" is filled with fog, showing the pine leaves and the ground with a rough pen. The pine forest of the left screen continues to the depths of the picture up to the snowy mountains on the right, while on the right screen, the two opposing sets of pine forests are tilted toward each other, suggesting the undulation of the ground. If the viewer steps into the cold fog in the painting, it seems that the black pine shadow will appear, and he will find himself surrounded by a pine forest, and faintly see the top of the distant mountain.
Hasegawa (1539-1610), along with Nagatoku Kano and Tomomatsu Kaibei, was active in the Momoyama period, and their paintings sought to effectively express the intensity of ink and the effect of light. As a representative work of Hasegawa and others, it is also a masterpiece of modern Japanese ink painting.
Nagatoku Kano 《桧圖屏》 Azuchi Momoyama period , 16th century
The Hino Picture Screen is a partition fan painting created by Nagatoku Kano for a royal mansion, and it is also a masterpiece of the partition fan painting painted by Nagatoku Kano. The towering cypress trees on the painting are full of overwhelming power and show vitality, and the background of the painting is almost covered with gold leaf, highlighting the vigorous posture of the cypress trees.
Watanabe Hwazan "Stone Statue of Hawamizumi" Edo period Tenho 8 years
The Stone Statue of Takamizumi is a masterpiece of Edo portraits that incorporates Japanese and Western painting techniques, and is a 1938 collection by Tohiro.
Statue of a man armed with a wheel in the Kofun Period 6th century
Kofun Period ・ 6th century "Hoiwa Armed Man Statue" is a representative work of Japanese samurai pottery figurines that have been included in textbooks. This is the first time it has been made public after three years of comprehensive renovations.
Heian period, 10th-12th century Taikō Ming Sanjo (famous object Mikichi Tsukishinomi)
This Japanese Heian period Taiko is a masterpiece of the sword worker Sanjo Muneyoshi, and is known as the most beautiful sword in the "Five Swords of The World". The Tokyo National Museum in Japan has the largest collection of 19 national treasure swords in Japan, and this time it will be displayed in a centralized exhibition room, which is also an unprecedented "collection of national treasure swords" in Japan. Many popular cultures such as mobile games in Japan are based on the sword collections of the Tokyo National Museum.
Heian period Pear ground screw tungsten gold decorative sword
Some of the Chinese cultural relics on display include the volume of "Xiaoxiang Lying Tour" ( one of the "Four Beauties of Qianlong"; the Southern Song Dynasty court painter Li Di 'Red and White Furong Map' ; the Southern Song Dynasty Liang Kai 'Out of the Mountains shakya' and "Snow Scenery Landscape Map" three pairs; the Tang Dynasty seven-stringed qin introduced to Japan in the Nara period; the first half of the "Seal Of The Seal" written by the monk Yuan Wu Keqin, the "Inch Shape" written by the monk Yuanwu Keqin, the "Ruler with No Phase" by Dahui Zonggao, and the Tang Dynasty "Wang Bo Ji" (volume 29.30), the Tang Dynasty "Ancient Literature Shangshu" (volume 6), the Tang Dynasty "World Speaking New Language" (Volume VI Fragment), Tang", Tang "Fine Character Lotus Sutra", etc.
"Xiaoxiang Lying Tour Picture Scroll" (partial) Ink painting on paper, Tokyo National Museum collection
The Xiaoxiang Lying Tour Scroll is a Southern Song Dynasty Li Shi pen (old legend Li Gonglin). This is one of the finest surviving works of Chinese Song Dynasty ink landscape painting. In the past, the works of Li Gonglin, a literati painter of the Northern Song Dynasty, were juxtaposed with Gu Kaizhi's "Female Shi Zhen Tu Scroll", "Shu Chuan Sheng Overview Map" and "Nine Song Tu", and was one of the "Four Beautiful Scrolls" collected for Qianlong in the Qing Palace, and was deeply valued.
"Xiaoxiang Lying Tour Picture Scroll" (partial) Ink painting on paper, Tokyo National Museum collection
This work is a landscape painting on paper and ink pencil made by the painter for the hermit Zen monk Yungu Yuanzhao. The painting mainly depicts the wonders of Xiaoxiang at that time. The author draws on paper in a light, light ink style, using a painting method that leaves large pieces of the picture blank.
Southern Song Dynasty Li Di "Red and White Hibiscus Diagram"
Southern Song Dynasty Li Di "Red and White Hibiscus Diagram"
The Southern Song Dynasty court painter Li Di's "Red and White Hibiscus Figure" is considered to be the highest level of flower and bird painting in the Southern Song Dynasty. The picture depicts a red and white hibiscus, depicting realistic, with a slender pen and subtle color levels. The color of the picture is thick, and the blending adopts the technique of boneless painting, which transitions naturally, showing the subtle changes in the shape and color of hibiscus petals. Delicate and transparent colors, reflecting the characteristics of rich and fresh. Since only a few of the Southern Song Dynasty flower and bird painters have signed their names, the "Red and White Hibiscus Figure" has become an important material for the study of flower and bird paintings in the Southern Song Dynasty.
It is said that the two paintings were originally from the Yuanmingyuan collection, but later went overseas and eventually went into the collection of the Tokyo National Museum in Japan. The Red and White Hibiscus Diagram was originally a two-piece album, but was later framed into a pair of hanging scrolls to match the aesthetics of the Japanese tea ceremony.
Southern Song Dynasty Liang Kai's "Out of the Mountains Shakya" and "Snow Landscape Map" are three pairs
The three authentic works of Liang Kai recognized by the current academic circles in the Southern Song Dynasty Liang Kai's "Out of the Mountains and Shakya" are the middle and left ones, while the right one is a supplement to the Yuan Dynasty. In China, these three paintings were not a group of works, but three independent paintings, but after the medium and left paintings arrived in Japan, in order to meet the habit of three pairs of Japanese interior decoration, it is possible that the Ashikaga generals specially sent people to Ming Dynasty China to find and buy works with the same style as the left one.
"Out of the Mountain Shakya Map" and "Snow Landscape Map" are representative works of character painting and landscape painting showing Liang Kai's exquisite brushwork, and have been merged and designated as a national treasure.
Tang "Wang Boji" (partial)
Tang "Wang Boji" (partial)
Wang Bo's collection of poems, one of the Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty, the Wang Bo Collection (volumes 29 and 30), is the oldest surviving handbook of the Wang Bo Collection. Originally thirty volumes, only one surviving volume 29 of the "Xingzhi" (xingzhi refers to the articles that record the deceased's life, friendship before birth, and deeds), five of the six "sacrifice texts", and four poems such as the condolence book and the sacrifice text in volume 30.
This piece of pen is thin and slightly wider in shape, with a calm atmosphere, and its style of writing is similar to that of the northern dynasty of the previous generation. Since this volume does not use the script formulated during the period of Wu Zetian (c. 624-705), it is believed to have been copied in 609 AD, before the formulation of the Zetian script, that is, more than ten years after Wang Bo's death. It is generally believed that this volume was introduced to Japan from the Tang Dynasty in China during the Nara period and is in the collection of Nara Kofuku-ji Temple.
The Tang "Fine Character Lotus Sutra" contains all seven volumes and twenty-eight articles of the Lotus Sutra, which is also equipped with an exquisite and ancient agarwood scripture cylinder as a carry-on object. It can be known that it was copied by Li Yuanhui of the Tang Dynasty in 694 AD and was rated as a national treasure of Japan.
Suzuki Nagayoshi "Vulture Place" Meiji 25th year (1892)
The second part of the exhibition focuses on the 150-year history of the Higashi-Bohonkan. The exhibited artifacts include an important cultural property of Japan, "Vulture Possessions" by Suzuki Nagayoshi in the 25th year of Meiji (1892), donated by the Columbus World Exposition Affairs Bureau in Chicago, USA, vividly portrayed by the vulture with its wings outstretched, which is a representative of the highest peak of Modern Metalworking in Japan, which received high praise at the 1893 Chicago World Exposition; Meiji 5 (1872) Yushi Sai Kuniki painted "Collection of Ancient and Modern Treasures", depicting the 1872 Tokyo Yushima Shrine Exposition. From here, the 150-year journey of the Tokyo National Museum begins.
Collection of Ancient and Modern Treasures Ichiyo Sai Kuniki Meiji Period (1872)
The Tokyo National Museum is the largest and oldest museum in Japan, and the exhibition will showcase Tohiro's 150-year history in a variety of ways, not only with masterpieces representing the pinnacle of Japanese art, but also with museum activities that reflect Japan's modernization process and efforts to preserve and utilize cultural properties. Both the exhibition composition and the exhibition space are full of charm and novelty.
In addition, in preparation for the 150th anniversary, a series of grand exhibitions and events are underway.
The exhibition "Tracing the History of Japanese Buddha Statues from the Collection" (May 17, 2022 to July 10, 2022) opened on May 7, presenting typical Buddha statues from various eras between the Asuka period (593-710) and modern times, presenting the history of Buddhist statues in Japan.
Important cultural property The seated statue of the Nikko Bodhisattva in the Nara period 8th century
Lady Maya and the Celestial Lady in the Asuka era 7th century
Statue of Rulai Aki Edo period 17th century
When Buddhism was introduced to Japan, it brought Buddhist statues and Buddhist utensils, as well as Buddhist scriptures. Later, with the rise of Buddhism, The Japanese mainland also began to make Buddha statues. In response to the belief of the person who gives the Buddha, the Buddha statue needs to have a shape suitable for the object of belief. In every era, there were popular Buddha statue modeling styles, reflecting the aesthetic tastes and tastes of people at that time. At the same time, the shape of the Buddha statue is also affected by the political situation, social background, natural disasters and the state of belief. The Tokyo National Museum has been a collection of Buddhist statues from ancient times to modern times over the years. The exhibition selects typical Buddha statues from various eras between the Asuka period (593-710) and the modern era from the collection, presenting the history of Buddhist statues in Japan.
The exhibition site of "Future National Treasures - Paintings and Calligraphy from the Tokyo National Museum"
The collection of artifacts from the 150-year history of the Tokyo National Museum includes not only national treasures and important cultural properties rated by the state, but also many cultural relics that have not been rated but are still wonderful. The exhibition "Future National Treasures - Paintings and Calligraphy from the Tokyo National Museum" introduces the "Future National Treasures" selected by the researchers of the Tokyo National Museum throughout the year.
In the first installment of the exhibition, the ancestor of Japanese ukiyo-e and Edo period painter Ryokawa Shimonoshi's "Beauty Look Back" is on display, which depicts a moment when a girl in a crimson kimono stops to look back during her stroll, and can glimpse the fashion trends of the time through the kimono style of the girl's back.
The latest edition of the exhibition is "Flame" by Kyoto female painter Matsuen Uemura (May 10 – June 5). Since then, the "KasugaGu Mandala" of the Kamakura period, the "Genji Monogatari Picture Screen" by Hikari Tosa of the Edo period, the "Landscape Picture Screen", and the "Heike Na Sutra" will be exhibited every month throughout the year.
"Beauty Looking Back"
Flame, 1918
Kasuga Palace Mandala Diagram 13th century
Toad Iron Abduction, 16th century
"Genji Monogatari Picture Screen (Hatsune, Wakasashang)" 17th century
Landscape Map Screen, Wu Chun, Edo Period, 18th century
《Kontai Butsuga-jo》 Heian period, 12th century
Ichikawa Tsunezo performs "Temporary" (as Arataro Sadamitsu Tsurui) in 1796
Relics Hanging Straight (Drying), 1899-1911
"Xuanpu Yaohua" (hydrangeas, wild sunflowers, caryophyllus, plum blossoms, water lilies, cockscomb flowers, gourds, oleanders, thistles, millets, turnips, hydrangeas) 1768
Manuscript of the Mural Mural Opposite the Edo Castle Honmaru Daio Imperial Palace, 19th century
Pingjia Najing (facsimile) Facsimile: 20th century Original: 1164
Further reading:
Dating back to 1872, the Tokyo National Museum is Japan's oldest and largest comprehensive museum. The museum mainly collects ancient Japanese cultural relics and East Asian art, with a collection of 120,000 pieces, covering carvings, lacquerware, swords, ceramics, enamelware, calligraphy, paintings and other categories, and important collections include the Heian Period "Sixteen Arhats, The Third Emperor", and the Edo Period "Grape Map".
Exhibition hall of the Tokyo National Museum
In 1872, the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Sports, Science and Technology Museum held Japan's first exposition at Yushima Shrine in Tokyo, with about 150,000 visitors. In the same year, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology established the "Book Museum" to preserve various types of books from the old collection of the Edo shogunate, which is the basis for the collection of the Tokyo National Museum Archive.
During the 1873 Vienna World Exposition, ceramics, metal enamelware, lacquerware, etc. exhibited in the Japan Pavilion were quite popular in European countries, and the vice president of the Exposition Bureau proposed to establish a museum in Tokyo to display these exhibits for a long time. In 1881, the main museum was completed and opened.
In 1900, the museum built a new Keikan to commemorate the marriage of crown prince Kahito (Emperor Taisho).
In 1940, the museum held the "Shosoin Imperial Special Exhibition", which publicly displayed part of the Japanese Imperial Household Collection for the first time, and the number of visitors reached 400,000.
In 1952, the museum was officially renamed the "Tokyo National Museum".
As the collection continued to grow, the museum built three new museums from 1968 to 1999 – the Horyuji Treasure Hall, the Toyokan and the HeiseiKan.
The main building of the Tokyo National Museum
The Tokyo National Museum consists of five exhibition halls and an archive, namely the Main Building, the OmokeiKan, the Toyokan, the HeiseiKan, and the Horyuji Treasure Museum, with a collection of about 120,000 pieces, 89 Chinese treasures, and 644 important cultural properties.
Main Building
Designed by Japanese architect Hitoshi Watanabe, the main building replaces the traditional Japanese wooden structure with a reinforced concrete structure, which is a typical Japanese eclectic building and a representative of the Japanese "imperial crown style" architectural style.
The permanent exhibition "The Evolution of Japanese Art" presents archaeological artifacts, carvings, paintings, swords, and handicrafts from the Jomon period to the present, showing the development and changes of Japanese art in various periods, as well as the influence of Western culture and religious beliefs on local art.
Permanent exhibition
The main building also has 5 temporary exhibition halls and 7 themed exhibition halls dedicated to carvings, lacquerware, enamelware, swords, ceramics, modern art, and collections related to Ryukyu and Ainu culture.
Okukeikan
Designed by the Japanese court architect Katahito Yamaguchi, the Omkeikan building is a representative building of the Western style at the end of the Meiji period, and is now listed as an important cultural property in Japan, and is currently only used as a temporary exhibition venue.
Okukeikan
Toyokan
Also known as the "Gallery of Asia", the Toyokan mainly displays artworks and archaeological relics from China, India and other places, such as gold and bronze Buddhas from Southeast Asia, oracle bone fragments from the Chinese Yin Shang period, sealing mud from the Qin and Han dynasties, and ceramics from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty.
Toyokan
Heiseikan
Opened in 1999, the Heisei Museum has two floors, the first floor is equipped with a basic exhibition "Japanese Archaeology Exhibition" and the second floor is used for temporary exhibitions.
Heiseikan
Horyuji Temple Treasure Hall
The Horyu-ji Treasure Museum houses more than 300 treasures from Nara Horyu-ji Temple that were donated to the Japanese Imperial Family in 1878, mostly Buddha statues from the Asuka period. The museum is open at the same time as the main building, and some of the collections are only exhibited on Fridays and Saturdays.
Horyuji Temple Treasure Hall
(This article is compiled from the official website of the Tokyo National Museum, and some of it is synthesized from previous related reports of the surging news)
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