2012-02-27
The Efflorescence of Heian CourThe Efflorescence of Heian Court Culture: Treasures from the Yomei Bunko Collection
Tuesday, April 17 to Sunday, May 27, 2012
This special exhibition highlights masterworks from the Yomei Bunko Collection, which comprises of early books and documents from the Konoe clan, one of the five Fujiwara regent families. Featured in this unprecedented exhibition will be eight National Treasures and sixty Important Cultural Properties, including historic works such as the National Treasure-designated Mido kanpaku ki (Records by the Regent of Great Hall [Hojo-ji Temple]) handwritten by Regent Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027) and the Important Cultural Property-designated Letter by Fujiwara Tadamichi, as well as outstanding calligraphic works such as the National Treasures Wakansho (also known as the Konoe edition of Wakan roeishu (Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems)) and Otekagami (Large Album of Exemplary Calligraphy).
The Grand Izumo Exhibition: Commemorating the Renovation of Izumo Shrine and 1300 Years of the Kojiki Chronicle
Saturday, July 28 to Sunday, September 9, 2012