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Concurrent Exhibitions

Concurrent Exhibitions

During “The Irises Screens, National Treasure: Japanese Art and Design" (Saturday, April 13 – Sunday, May 12)

Gallery 2

Gallery 2

“The Irises Screens, National Treasure: Japanese Art and Design" (cont'd)
In Gallery 2, titled "Painting in the Crafts, the Crafts in Painting", please enjoy the design interactions that developed among painting and maki-e, ceramics and textiles.
LacquerImportant Cultural Property
Writing Box, Known as Kasugayama
Japan  Muromachi period, 15th century
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Entrance Hall - Gallery 3

Entrance Hall - Gallery 3

The Allure of Buddhist Art: Small Gilded Buddhist Statues and Buddhist Implements from Japan
The Buddhist art works collected by Nezu Kaichirō, Sr. (1860–1940) form one of the pillars of the Nezu Museum collection. Examples of Gandharan and Chinese stone sculpture from his collection appear in the Entrance Hall. Gallery 3 presents small gilded Buddhist statues and copper Buddhist implements with Buddhist images rendered on them.
Sculpture
Standing Kannon-bosatsu(Avalokiteśvara)
Japan Nara period, 8th century
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Gallery 4

Gallery 4

Ancient Chinese Bronzes
The Nezu Museum collection of bronzes is world-renowned, and particularly strong in the area of late Shang (17th to 11th centuries BC) dynasty vessels, the pinnacle production period of this medium.
Archaeological MaterialsImportant Cultural Property
Double-Ram Zun
Bronze
China; probably Hunan province, 13-11th centuries B.C.
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Gallery 5

Gallery 5

Greetings from the Other Side of the World! The Nezu Museum’s Andean Textiles
These Andean textiles are an unusual part of the Nezu Museum’s textile collection. Please enjoy exploring these colorful and unique works, which are from a broad timespan, from before the common era to the Inca Empire, which collapsed in the sixteenth century.
Textiles
Fabric Fragment with Butterfly Design
Peru Paracas, ca. 6th-1st centuries BC

Gallery 6

Gallery 6

Tea Gathering as the Brazier Season Begins
Starting in early May, the brazier is used in the tea room for the first time in the year. As the full heat of summer approaches, the selection of a group of cooling, refreshing tea implements begins.
Ceramics
Vase with Carp-Shaped Handles
Jingdezhen ware, ko-sometsuke type
China Ming dynasty, 17th centur
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Special Case

Special Case

Decorated Clock
This splendid Qing dynasty clock, a favorite of the Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), is not to be missed.
Metalwork / Armor and Equipment
Clock Decorated with a Bird on a Cup
England, 18th century
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