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Saturday, April 12 - Sunday, May 11, 2025Gallery 1/2 Special Exhibition Celebrating the 85th Anniversary of Founding the Nezu Museum The Kōrin, Ōkyo, and Kiitsu Trio: Masterpieces of Screen Painting [End] This exhibition presents the pride of the Nezu Museum, three golden folding screens that are National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties. They are accompanied by other works to heighten those screens’ fascination. |
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Saturday, April 12 - Sunday, May 11, 2025 |
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Special Exhibition Celebrating the 85th Anniversary of Founding the Nezu Museum The Kōrin, Ōkyo, and Kiitsu Trio: Masterpieces of Screen Painting [End] This exhibition presents the pride of the Nezu Museum, three golden folding screens that are National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties. They are accompanied by other works to heighten those screens’ fascination. |
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Saturday, May 31 - Sunday, July 6, 2025Gallery 1 Museum Collection Exhibition Introduction to Traditional Art: Sutra Copies and Calligraphy by Zen Priests [End] Enjoy this primer on sutra copies made by transcribing the Buddhist sutras and bokuseki, calligraphy by Zen priests. Why are these famous works so significant? Let’s explore what makes them fascinating! |
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Saturday, May 31 - Sunday, July 6, 2025 |
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Museum Collection Exhibition Introduction to Traditional Art: Sutra Copies and Calligraphy by Zen Priests [End] Enjoy this primer on sutra copies made by transcribing the Buddhist sutras and bokuseki, calligraphy by Zen priests. Why are these famous works so significant? Let’s explore what makes them fascinating! |
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Saturday, July 19 - Sunday, August 24, 2025Gallery 1/2/5 Museum Collection Exhibition Kara-e: Chinese Paintings and Medieval Japanese Ink-wash Paintings [End] In the Muromachi period (1392-1573), Song and Yuan period paintings introduced from China were admired among members of the warrior class, who called them kara-e, “Chinese paintings.” Over time, paintings assimilating them were also created in Japan. Let us explore the kara-e lineage through masterpieces in our collection. |
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Saturday, July 19 - Sunday, August 24, 2025 |
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Museum Collection Exhibition Kara-e: Chinese Paintings and Medieval Japanese Ink-wash Paintings[End] In the Muromachi period (1392-1573), Song and Yuan period paintings introduced from China were admired among members of the warrior class, who called them kara-e, “Chinese paintings.” Over time, paintings assimilating them were also created in Japan. Let us explore the kara-e lineage through masterpieces in our collection. |
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Saturday, September 13 - Sunday, October 19, 2025Gallery 1/2 Museum Collection Exhibition Yakishime Ceramics: Feel the Clay [End] Yakishime stonewares are unglazed and high fired so that the clay vitrifies. Admiration for these simple ceramics reveals a distinctively Japanese aesthetic. |
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Saturday, September 13 - Sunday, October 19, 2025 |
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Museum Collection Exhibition Yakishime Ceramics: Feel the Clay [End] Yakishime stonewares are unglazed and high fired so that the clay vitrifies. Admiration for these simple ceramics reveals a distinctively Japanese aesthetic. |
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Saturday, November 1 - Sunday, December 7, 2025Gallery 1/2/5 Special Exhibition for the 1200th Birthday of Ariwara no Narihira The Tales of Ise: Courtly Love and Poems Reflected in the Arts Waka poems by Ariwara no Narihira, an amorous young nobleman, are the heart of The Tales of Ise, a classic collection of poems and stories. Enjoy a gathering of the fascinating works of art inspired by them. |
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Saturday, November 1 - Sunday, December 7, 2025
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Special Exhibition for the 1200th Birthday of Ariwara no Narihira The Tales of Ise: Courtly Love and Poems Reflected in the Arts Waka poems by Ariwara no Narihira, an amorous young nobleman, are the heart of The Tales of Ise, a classic collection of poems and stories. Enjoy a gathering of the fascinating works of art inspired by them. |
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Saturday, December 20, 2025 - Sunday, February 1, 2026Gallery 1/2 Museum Collection Exhibition Ayanishiki: Textile Beauty Appreciated in Nishijin Nezu Kaichirō, Sr., showed twenty-three Noh costumes and kosode at a Taisho-period textile exhibition in Nishijin, Kyoto. With Ayanishiki (Rich Brocade), the catalogue for that exhibition, unravel the history of Kaichirō’s early textile collection. |
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Saturday, December 20, 2025 - Sunday, February 1, 2026 |
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Museum Collection Exhibition Ayanishiki: Textile Beauty Appreciated in Nishijin Nezu Kaichirō, Sr., showed twenty-three Noh costumes and kosode at a Taisho-period textile exhibition in Nishijin, Kyoto. With Ayanishiki (Rich Brocade), the catalogue for that exhibition, unravel the history of Kaichirō’s early textile collection. |
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Saturday, February 14 - Sunday, March 29, 2026Gallery 1/2 Museum Collection Exhibition Cutting a Valiant Figure: Weapons and Armor in the Nezu Museum Collection The Nezu Museum’s collection of weapons and armor includes many remarkable works. It boasts a substantial content admired by those in the know. Please enjoy this beautifully gallant world. |
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Saturday, February 14 - Sunday, March 29, 2026 |
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Museum Collection Exhibition Cutting a Valiant Figure: Weapons and Armor in the Nezu Museum Collection The Nezu Museum’s collection of weapons and armor includes many remarkable works. It boasts a substantial content admired by those in the know. Please enjoy this beautifully gallant world. |
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Saturday, April 11 – Sunday, May 10, 2026Gallery 1/2/5 Special Exhibition Commemorating the Nezu Museum’s 85th Anniversary The Kōrin School:The Irises and Ogata Kōrin’s Followers This exhibition showcases the works by Ogata Kōrin and his followers, Watanabe Shikō, Fukae Roshū, Tatebayashi Kagei, and Ogata Kenzan, who are not yet widely known as “Kōrin School” and sheds new light on Rimpa history. |
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Saturday, April 11 – Sunday, May 10, 2026 |
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Special Exhibition Commemorating the Nezu Museum’s 85th Anniversary The Kōrin School:The Irises and Ogata Kōrin’s Followers This exhibition showcases the works by Ogata Kōrin and his followers, Watanabe Shikō, Fukae Roshū, Tatebayashi Kagei, and Ogata Kenzan, who are not yet widely known as “Kōrin School” and sheds new light on Rimpa history. |
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Saturday, May 30 – Sunday, July 12, 2026Gallery 1/2 Museum Collection Exhibition Introduction to Traditional Art: Writing in Works of Art This exhibition focuses on poetic inscriptions, signatures and the many other types of written texts in paintings and craft works. What were the roles that those writings were entrusted with? |
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Saturday, May 30 – Sunday, July 12, 2026 |
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Museum Collection Exhibition Introduction to Traditional Art: Writing in Works of Art This exhibition focuses on poetic inscriptions, signatures and the many other types of written texts in paintings and craft works. What were the roles that those writings were entrusted with? |
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Saturday, August 15 – Monday, October 12, 2026Gallery 1/2/5 Museum Collection Exhibition A Ceramic Travelogue : China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula This exhibition presents a selection of masterpieces from the 2,300 examples of ceramics in our collection. As you explore the three galleries, you will be captivated by the distinctive allure of ceramics from each region: China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula. |
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Saturday, August 15 – Monday, October 12, 2026 |
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Museum Collection Exhibition A Ceramic Travelogue : China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula This exhibition presents a selection of masterpieces from the 2,300 examples of ceramics in our collection. As you explore the three galleries, you will be captivated by the distinctive allure of ceramics from each region: China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula. |
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Saturday, October 24 – Monday, November 23, 2026Gallery 1/2 Special Exhibition Bugaku Costumes Bugaku, a classic Japanese performing art, incorporated imported music and dance while evolving in its own way. This exhibition presents the disitncitve beauty of bugaku costumes, focusing on their gorgeous fabrics, ornaments, and other details. |
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Saturday, October 24 – Monday, November 23, 2026 |
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Special Exhibition Bugaku Costumes Bugaku, a classic Japanese performing art, incorporated imported music and dance while evolving in its own way. This exhibition presents the disitncitve beauty of bugaku costumes, focusing on their gorgeous fabrics, ornaments, and other details. |
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Saturday, December 5, 2026 – Sunday, January 17, 2027Gallery 1/2 Museum Collection Exhibition Lacquerware with Carvings This exhibition features the lacquer techniques that create with carving, including chōshitsu, Kamakurabori, sōkin, tenshitsu, and kinma. Please enjoy the many variations of these techniques found in East Asia. |
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Saturday, December 5, 2026 – Sunday, January 17, 2027
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Museum Collection Exhibition Lacquerware with Carvings This exhibition features the lacquer techniques that create with carving, including chōshitsu, Kamakurabori, sōkin, tenshitsu, and kinma. Please enjoy the many variations of these techniques found in East Asia. |
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Saturday, January 30 – Sunday, March 28, 2027Gallery 1/2 Museum Collection Exhibition Buddhist Sculptures at the Nezu Museum The Nezu Museum has one of the finest collections of Buddhist sculptures, in both quality and quantity, of any private art museum in Japan. We have selected superb works from among them to present an overview of that collection. |
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Saturday, January 30 – Sunday, March 28, 2027 |
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Museum Collection Exhibition Buddhist Sculptures at the Nezu Museum The Nezu Museum has one of the finest collections of Buddhist sculptures, in both quality and quantity, of any private art museum in Japan. We have selected superb works from among them to present an overview of that collection. |
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