KAB Events - The Museum of Kyoto

The Museum of Kyoto - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for The Museum of Kyoto. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

"Excursion into the Beauty of Kyoto" Exhibition
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- Media: Painting - Art Talk
- 2008-06-19 - 2008-07-21
What is the beauty of Kyoto? It is not easy to find the proper words for this. However, paintings are capable of bringing some aspects to light. Kyoto is blessed with many artworks that painters created (...)

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"The Millennium of The Tale of Genji" Exhibition
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- Media: Painting
- 2008-04-26 - 2008-06-08
The Tale of the Genji is a Japanese novel that depicts the joy and pain of love. In 1008, the novel was read in the royal court. This year, the museum celebrates its 20th year of existence along with the (...)

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"Art of Kenzan and Korin" Exhibition
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- Media: Painting - Ceramics - Art Talk
- 2008-03-08 - 2008-04-13
This exhibition features Kenzan Ogata, lacquerer in the Edo period and his brother and painter Korin Ogata. It attempts to examine the masterpieces by Kenzan with a new perspective based on new findings (...)

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"Quiet Feelings" Exhibition
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- Media: Painting - Crafts - Ceramics
- 2008-01-16 - 2008-02-24
This exhibition features works that express quiet feelings by various artists from the collection. *Exhibiting at 3F Art and Craft Exhibition Room [Image: Setsuko Mihashi "The Goddess from Yogo" (1975)] (...)

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"Yasunari Kawabata and Kaii Higashiyama: The World of Resonant Beauty" Exhibition
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- Media: Painting
- 2008-01-16 - 2008-02-24
It is a well known fact that Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972), a Nobel Prize winner in Literature, and Kaii Higashiyama(1908-99), a leading figure of Japanese painting, maintained a strong friendship. In (...)

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Kyoto Kogei Biennale 2008
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- Media: Crafts - Ceramics - Other - Art Competition
- 2008-01-04 - 2008-01-27
Throughout history, Kyoto has developed a sophisticated arts and craft culture. Kyoto prefecture has always engaged in fostering the development of this culture through art competitions and nurturing new (...)

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"Tiles from Heian Palace" Exhibition
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- Media: Other
- 2007-12-18 - 2008-04-20
During the Heian period, the basic urban structure of Kyoto that uses the grid system was established. However, the buildings that were present then are now lost. This exhibition features the roof tiles (...)

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"Collection & Restoration" Exhibition
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- Media: Painting - Sculpture - Crafts - Ceramics
- 2007-12-11 - 2008-01-14
Kyoto has a long history of arts and crafts. In recognition of this culture, Kyoto prefecture has collected modern and contemporary artworks and crafts, and has also actively restored those that were damaged. This (...)

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Amuse Art Jam 2007 in Kyoto
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- Media: Graphics - Painting - Installation - Product - Film - Art Competition
- 2007-12-01 - 2007-12-02
"Amuse Art Jam" is presented by Amuse Inc. and consists of artwork competitions "Art Jam Grand Prix" and "Art Jam Competition". Both call for designs, creative characters and ideas that could be realized (...)

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"Reading the Seigan Temple Byobu" Exhibition
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- Media: Other
- 2007-11-06 - 2007-12-16
This exhibition features a byobu (folding screen) of the early Edo period that describes people's daily lives around Seigan Temple in the Sanjo Teramachi area. *Exhibiting at the Special Exhibition area (...)

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"The Treasures of the Topkapi Palace and the Magnificent Ottoman Dynasty" Exhibition
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- Media: Painting - Crafts - Ceramics
- 2007-10-06 - 2007-12-02
Since ancient times, Istanbul has flourished as a center of interaction between Asia and Europe, where different types of politics, economy, and cultures meet. In the late 13th century, the Turkish revolutionaries (...)

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"Nazca, Wonder of the World: Messages Etched on the Desert Floor" Exhibition
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- Media: Crafts - Ceramics
- 2007-08-04 - 2007-09-24
Nazca’s lines and geoglyphs are considered as the eighth world wonder, and it is believed that these monumental images in the Nazca Desert were created by between 200BC and 700AD. This exhibition features (...)

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"The Modern Export Craft: Kyoto's Shippou" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2007-07-31 - 2007-11-04
Shippou was the prime of craft that was exported from Japan, and was very popular in Europe for its beautiful surface. During the mid-Meiji era, many stores carried Shippou, but the numbers diminished (...)

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"The Shining Princess 'Tiara Exhibition' -the Elegant World of Jewelry" Exhibition
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- 2007-06-09 - 2007-07-22
Tiaras have decorated the heads of noble women like shining stars. Jewels are sprinkled on the structure like frosting. Only those with enough fortune and social status can wear them on a very special (...)

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The Marubeni Collection "Paintings and Costume; the Masterpieces of Beauty"
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- Media: Painting - Other - Fashion - Other
- 2007-04-13 - 2007-05-27
The Marubeni Company's collection includes two genres; there is the textile and costume collection and the oil painting collection. The painting collection consists of works by Botticelli, the famous Italian (...)

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