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During “An Authentic Samurai Tradition: The Way of Tea in Katagiri Sekishū Style" (Saturday, February 22 – Sunday, March 30, 2025)

Gallery 2

Gallery 2

An Authentic Samurai Tradition: The Way of Tea in Katagiri Sekishū Style (cont'd)
The Sekishū style of tea gatherings continued to spread through the mid nineteenth century, while also splitting into sub-schools. This section, in Gallery 2, concludes by introducing prominent Sekishū-school daimyo who were men of tea and Sekishū-school tea masters.
Metalwork / Armor and Equipment
Kettle with Plum Tree and Bamboo Design
Once owned by Sekishū and Sakai Sōga
Japan Momoyama period, 16th century
Nezu Museum

Entrance Hall - Gallery 3

Entrance Hall - Gallery 3

The Allure of Buddhist Art: Buddhist Sculptures Created in the Style of the early Kamakura period
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 wooden Buddhist sculptures created in Japan in the style of the early Kamakura period, about the thirteenth century.
Sculpture
Standing Taishaku-ten (Śakra)
By Jōkei
Japan Kamakura period, dated 1201
Nezu Museum

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.
Nezu Museum

Gallery 5

Gallery 5

One Hundred Camellias: Camellia Gardening in the Edo Period
One Hundred Camellias was created in the context of the camellia boom in the early Edo period (seventeenth century). Enjoy these paintings and the state of camellia gardening then, communicated by artistocrats’ journals and books on gardening.
Paintings
One Hundred Camellias
Attributed to Kanō Sanraku
Japan Edo period, 17th century
Nezu Museum
Gift of Mogi Katsumi

Gallery 6

Gallery 6

Tea of Spring Sentiment
“Spring sentiment” suggests a springlike state. With an assemblage of utensils that suit this season, when plants and trees come into bud, enjoy a tea gathering in glorious springtime.
Ceramics
Tea Bowl, Named Kokonoe
Kōrai-chawan group, hori-mishima type Ceramic
Korean peninsula Joseon dynasty, 16th century
Nezu Museum

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
Nezu Museum
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