Ryozen Museum of History - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Ryozen Museum of History. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Daisaigo Exhibition - Saigo Takamori and Satsuma Han
During the Boshin War, Saigo Takamori was an instrumental figure in leading the imperial forces and has become a much admired figure from this Bakumatsu period. Part 1 of this exhibition series focuses...More »
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Shinsengumi – Legend of the Wind
An exhibition spotlighting the Shinsengumi, a late-shogunate special police force. Displays include the swords used by commander Isami Kondo shown publicly for the first time. *Due to irregular openings,...More »
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Figures of the Bakumatsu Restoration
- Media: Photography - Sculpture - Installation - Product - Crafts - Ceramics
- 2016-05-11 - 2016-07-10
Presenting around 100 historical artifacts relating to the Shinsengumi police force and the Bakumatsu Restoration at the end of the Edo period, including the swords of Bakumatsu samurai and those from...More »
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Bakumatsu Collection Additions – The Dawn of Modern Japan
Focusing on the artwork and personal possessions of the people and institutions that helped modernize Japan during the turbulent Bakumatsu (end-Edo) period when the Tokugawa Shogunate fell and during the...More »
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Shion and Company – From the Satcho Alliance to the Restoration
Historical materials giving an overview of the Satcho Alliance and the Meiji Restoration. More »
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The Ikedaya and Kinmon Incidents
Exhibiting documents related to the Ikedaya and Kinmon incidents, including several newly discovered materials.More »
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Yoshida Shoin and Others Exhibition 2
Part 2 of the exhibition introducing materials of the Choshu Domain during the Edo Period, as portrayed in the NHK taiga drama “Flowers Burn” (Hana Moyu).More »
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Yoshida Shoin and Others Exhibition
An exhibition of materials of the Choshu Domain during the Edo Period, as portrayed in the NHK taiga drama “Flowers Burn” (Hana Moyu).More »
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Ryoma, Takasugi, Takeuchi: Men Who Changed Japan
Historical documents, including newly discovered materials, about Ryoma Sakamoto, Shinsaku Takasugi, Hanpeita Takeuchi, and others who forged a new Japan at the end of the Edo era.More »
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The Ikedaya Incident
The Ikedaya Incident, also known as the Ikedaya Affair, was an armed raid launched by the Shinsengumi (a special police force organized by the Bakufu) against anti-shogunate rebels (Imperial loyalists)...More »
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Shoin, Ryoma, and the Shinsengumi— Heroes of the Bakufu Restoration
While Japan was being threatened by foreign powers during the late-Edo Bakufu period, a group of patriots rose up to protect the country. Some worked as Imperial spies in Kyoto, others laid down their...More »
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160th Anniversary of Japan-U.S. Friendship Treaty— The Arrival of the Black Ships and the Dawn of Japan”
Commodore Perry arrived suddenly on the coast of Uraga with four steam-powered ships in June of 1853, confounding and causing a sensation among everyone in Japan from the Edo government to the common people....More »
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Yae Niijima Revisited: The Bushido of Aizu
This show continues in the vein of last year’s popular exhibition about the life of Yae Niijima, a woman famous for bravely defending the city of Aizu with a spencer rifle in the Boshin War, remaining...More »
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The Bushido of the Aizu Clan Part 2: The Boshin War
The Boshin War took place in 1868-9 between the forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and imperial loyalists, of whom the latter successfully restored political power to the court. This exhibition explores...More »
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The Bushido of Aizu: Aizu Domain and the Shinsengumi
An exhibition that looks at the tumultuous Bakumatsu (Late Edo) period, with a focus on Matsudaira Katamori, the daimyo of Aizu domain. Matsudaira was appointed Kyoto Military Commissioner by the shogunate...More »
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"Kogoro Katsura and Ikumatsu" Exhibition
It has been 130 years since the death of Takayoshi Kido, formerly named as Kogoro Katsura. Kido married Ikumatsu, who also renamed herself and became Matsuko. Matsuko was a proud supporter of Kido, who...More »