During “Shared Beauty: Detached Segments of Ancient Japanese Calligraphy" (Saturday, December 21, 2024 – Sunday, February 9, 2025)
- A Single Line of Calligraphy
- “Single-line calligraphy” is not confined to Zen priests’ succinct expressions of the Buddhist teachings. Here let us note the many meanings and the calligrapher’s individuality expressed in a great variety of single lines of calligraphy.
- Single-Line Calligraphy
- By Gyokushitu Sōhaku
- Japan Edo period, dated 1621
Nezu Museum
- 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.
- Standing Taishaku-ten (Śakra)
- By Jōkei
- Japan Kamakura period, dated 1201
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
- A Microcosmos of Ancient Chinese Mirrors
- Mirrors, along with bronze vessels, are the leading metalwork objects from ancient China. Many types of spiritual powers are believed to dwell in mirrors, and the designs on their backs show us ancient Chinese cosmology and prayers.
- Mirror with Square Around the Knob, TLV Pattern and Four-Diety Design
- China Western Han dynasty, 1st century BC
Nezu Museum
- Tea Gathering for the New Year
- In the first month of the year, tea gatherings celebrate the arrival of the new year with an assemblage of felicitous utensils. Here we present about twenty gorgeous examples of those auspicious tea wares.
- Tea Bowl with Mt. Fuji Design
- Attributed to Kakukakusai, raku type
- Japan Edo period, 17th–18th centuries
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