Sat., January 8 - Sun., February 13, 2022Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

The Power of Pattern: Hand in Hand with Technique

Technique and design have mutual relationship of creating and being created. Through textiles and other craft objects including ceramics and lacquerware, please enjoy the world created when design and technique are one.

Sat., February 26 – Thu., March 31, 2022Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

The Power of Form: Captivating Material

A vessel free of decoration gives a direct sense of the power of its materials and design. Here we introduce those compelling qualities, mainly through lacquerware, ancient and modern.

Saturday, April 16 - Sunday, May 15, 2022Gallery 1/2

Special Exhibition

A Tea Gathering with the Irises Screens: An Assemblage from May, 1937

In May, 1937, Nezu Kaichiro, Sr. (1860-1940) held a tea gathering at which he showed the Irises screens. For this exhibition, we have recreated the splendid assemblage of tea utensils and paintings from that gathering.

Saturday, May 28 - Sunday, July 3, 2022Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

Amida Nyorai: Yearning for the Pure Land

Amida Nyorai (Amitabha) is a Buddha almost everyone is familiar with. This exhibition presents an overview of the spread of faith in Amida in Japan. Its focus is Buddhist paintings from the collection, including works from Goryeo period Korea.

Saturday, July 16 - Sunday, August 21, 2022Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

Can’t Read It, but I like It!　－Calligraphy in the Nezu Collection

Masterworks of calligraphy from the Nezu Collection are presented in this exhibition, with helpful points for appreciating variant and highly individual styles of writing.

Saturday, September 10 - Sunday, October 16, 2022Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

Simply Maki-e: Showcasing Lacquerware from the Nezu Collection

Enjoy the maki-e lacquer in the Nezu Collection, shown en masse for the first time. From familiar pieces to works unveiled for the first time, they offer a delightful combination of precise technique and golden brilliance.

Thursday, November 3 - Sunday, December 4, 2022Gallery 1/2

Special Exhibition

Fusuma Paintings in the Shoguns’ Residence

Fusuma, opaque sliding screens used as partitions, may bear paintings. We reproduce how those now-lost fusuma paintings adorned the residence of the Ashikaga Shoguns, through folding screen paintings from the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

Saturday, December 17, 2022 - Sunday, February 5, 2023Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

The Art of Cultural Amusement

Amusements, which enrich everyday life, also inspired us to learn and polish literary, martial, and other skills . Through calligraphy and paintings, we explore the many faces of the amusements as cultural practices.

Saturday, February 18 - Friday, March 31, 2023Gallery 1/2

Museum Collection Exhibition

The Wonders of Buddhist Ritual Implements

Buddhist ritual implements can be puzzling at first glance . This exhibition spotlights how they are used, guided by examples in superb works of Buddhist art.