Suzuki Kiitsu's Mountain Streams in Summer and Autumn (Wednesday, November 3 - Sunday, December 19, 2021)
- Suzuki Kiitsu's Mountain Streams in Summer and Autumn (cont'd)
- This gallery presents a choice selection of Kiitsu’s works, overflowing with diverse charm, executed with brilliant technique.
- Tanabata, Star Festival Floral-fan Messenger
- By Suzuki Kiitsu
- Japan Edo period, 19th century
Private Collection
- The Allure of Buddhist Art
- 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 ancient gilded Buddhist statues and Buddhist implements from China and Korea.
- Buddha Pentad
- China Tang Dynasty, 8th century
Nezu Museum
- 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.
- Double-Ram Zun
- Bronze
- China; probably Hunan province, 13-11th centuries B.C.
Nezu Museum
- The Lure of Ink and Brush: Zen Priests' Calligraphy
- Calligraphy by Zen priests has long fascinated, with texts, both poetry and prose, that go beyond religious subjects. Here is your opportunity to enjoy both the calligraphy, filled with the individuality of the eminent Zen masters who produced it, and the richly varied content.
- Poem by Du Fu
- By Yezhou Daoxian
- China Yuan dynasty, 14th century
Nezu Museum
- Opening the Hearth: A Celebratory Tea Gathering
- In November, as we welcome winter, the hearth is opened in the tea room and its arrangements are changed. We have prepared an assemblage of elegant tea implements suitable for the “Opening the Hearth” tea gathering.
- Kettle of Semehimo type
- Temmyō ware
- Japan Muromachi-Momoyama periods, 16th century
Nezu Museum
- Decorated Clock
- This splendid Qing dynasty clock, a favorite of the Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), is not to be missed.
- Clock Decorated with a Bird on a Cup
- England, 18th century
Nezu Museum