The Museum Yamatobunkakan - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for The Museum Yamatobunkakan. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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"Crafts That Color Life" Exhibition
This exhibition will display works of cutlery, ornamental and stationery goods, crafts that combine both practicality and the aesthetic, that lend some color and beauty to living. [Image: "Negoro Lacquered (...)
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"Priests and Art - People of Holiness" Exhibition
Religious art is born out of and transferred by a range of people. Based on paintings and Zen writing, this exhibition will draw attention to the beauty of prayer that enwraps our existence. [Image: (...)
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"Matsuura Byobu and Portraits from the Momoyama and Edo Periods: Focusing on Female Portraiture" Exhibition
Through portraits of women adorned in beautiful costumes, the exhibition explores the art of Matsuura Byobu. [Image: National Treasure "Byobu with Female Entertainment" (left panel)]
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"Spring Design, a Present of the Floral Season" Exhibition
This exhibition features paintings and crafts depicting spring flowers and budding trees. [Image: "Flower-motifed Fan"]
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"China's Sung and Yuan Dynasties and Korea: Birth of the Eastern Classic Beauty" Exhibition
China's Sung and Yuan dynasties and Korea gave birth to the prototype of classical beauty, which determined the aesthetics of East Asian art. The exhibition features paintings and ceramics from the museum's (...)
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"Japanese Buddhist Art: The Embodiment of Prayer" Exhibition
This exhibition features the formative beauty of Buddhist art in painting, crafts and prints. [Image: "National Treasure: Ichiji Rendai Hokekyo"]
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"Okura-Shukokan Collection Kanoha in Edo: Elegance of the Samurai " Exhibition
This exhibition features paintings by the Kano school from the Okura-Shukokan Collection, which includes the famous Tanyu's "Ukaizu-byobu" painted during the Edo period. [Image: Iccho Hanabusa "Dragon (...)
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"Art of Paradise: Microcosmos Made of Dreams" Exhibition
This exhibition features works from East Asia, through the ancient to modern periods, that depict people's longings for paradise. [Image: "Hitenmon Nokihira Gawara"]
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"Japan's Ceramics -From the Jomon Period to the Edo Period-" Exhibition
The exhibition features various ceramics that range from utilitarian to ornamental in design. [Image: "Aka Oribe Chawan"]
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"The Expressions of Ink - Ink Painting and Calligraphy Masterpieces -" Exhibition
The exhibition features an assortment of ink paintings and calligraphy by Sesson and other Japanese and Chinese painters. Image: "Lu Dong Bin (Chinese Hermit)" Sesson. Courtesy of The Museum Yamatobunkakan (...)
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"Matsuura Byo-bu and Art Works from Momoyama and Edo Period" Exhibition
The masterpiece of Fuzoku-ga (paintings that depict everyday life), "Matsuura Byo-bu" will be on display, along with paintings, ceramics, lacquerware and textiles that were connected to everyday life from (...)



