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Exhibition schedule : April 2020 to March 2021
April to July
Modern Art in Japan ! : Selected Masterpieces from the Woodone Museum of Art
Friday, March 20 to Sunday, May 10, 2020
Approximately 80 Japanese Western-style paintings and Japanese-style paintings carefully selected from the Woodone Museum of Art, which boasts one of the finest collections of modern and contemporary paintings in Japan, will be shown in Kumamoto for the first time. Starting with Kishida Ryusei’s Portrait of Reiko with Woolen Knit Shawl and a large-scale mural by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, masterpieces by painters such as Yokoyama Taikan, Hishida Shunso, Takahashi Yuichi, Okada Saburosuke, and Aoki Shigeru all come together under one roof. Western paintings such as Vincent Van Gogh’s Peasant Woman will also be on special display!
A Celebration of Kumamoto’s Swords, Ceramics & Western Paintings!
Friday, April 24 to Sunday, July 5, 2020
This exhibition features swords, ceramics, and Western paintings selected from among the collection and entrusted works of the Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art.
In addition to items crafted by skilled Kumamoto artisans, visitors can also enjoy masterpieces of Western painting that the Museum has collected over the course of many years.
Hosokawa Tadatoshi and Miyake Tobei: TwoGrandsons of Akechi Mitsuhide in Kumamoto
Saturday, April 11 to Sunday, July 5, 2020
Hosokawa Tadatoshi, lord of Kumamoto Castle, and Miyake Tobei, a warrior of Karatsu Domain who died in an attack on Hondo Castle in Amakusa by rebel forces during the Shimabara-Amakusa Rebellion, were both in fact the grandsons of the samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide, famous for defeating the warlord Oda Nobunaga! Learn about these two figures connected to Mitsuhide who ended up in Kumamoto.
July to December
Edo-Period Animal Painting Extravaganza! The Monkey Painter Sosen and His Two Brothers, Along with the Chicken Painter Jakuchu and Frog Painter Hoji
Saturday, July 18 to Sunday, September 6, 2020
This exhibition introduces the works of the Edo-period painter Mori Sosen (1747?-1821), famous for his realistic paintings of monkeys, as well as those of his older brothers Yoshin and Shuho.
It also features other Edo-period painters in Kyoto and Osaka who specialized in paintings of particular animals, such as the chicken painter Jakuchu.
Art Exhibition for Families: The Ninomaru Zoo & Botanical Garden
Saturday, July 18 to Tuesday, September 22 (national holiday), 2020
This exhibition introduces the plants and animals that adorned the daily lives of the lords and ladies of the Hosokawa family, from the brave-looking rabbits featured on lords’ armor to the rustic plants that decorated eating utensils and the cute, fluffy little animals in paintings!
This summer, make a trip to the Ninomaru Zoo and Botanical Garden!
Famous Treasures of the Hosokawa Family across History: Limited-Time Unveiling of the National Treasure, the “Hosokawa Mirror”
Friday, September 18 to Sunday, November 8, 2020
It is our pleasure to present the exhibition of 70th anniversary of Eisei Bunko Museum, Famous Treasures of the Hosokawa Family across History: Limited-Time Unveiling of the National Treasure, the “Hosokawa Mirror”.
The Eisei Bunko Museum is located in a corner of Tokyo's Mejirodai neighborhood, a quiet section of Bunkyo City. It was established by Hosokawa Moritatsu, the sixteenth head of the Hosokawa family, in order to preserve and study various artworks, crafts, and historical documents that have been handed down through the Hosokawa family, the former feudal rulers of Kumamoto. It houses approximately 94,000 precious cultural assets, including numerous national treasures and important cultural properties. The collection can be broadly divided into items from the family’s days as feudal rulers, which tend to be highly functional in nature, and works of fine art accumulated by Moritatsu in modern times.
This year, 2020, marks the seventieth anniversary of Eisei Bunko. To commemorate this milestone year, the national treasure known as the “Hosokawa Mirror,” which has not been on display for about a decade, will be unveiled for a limited time only. The magnificent exhibition includes not only the gorgeous furnishings of the nobility passed down by the Hosokawa family along with early-modern paintings by the commissioned artists who served them, but also Oriental artworks from Moritatsu’s collection that have been designated as national treasures and important cultural properties, modern Japanese paintings, and paintings by the renowned swordsman and philosopher Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645). Don’t miss this chance to see the famous treasures of the Hosokawa family.
New Acquisitions from Collection of the Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art
Friday, September 18 to Sunday, November 8, 2020
The Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art continues to add artworks into its collection by purchase or donation. This exhibition presents a selection of objects acquired in last year. Visitors can also enjoy masterpieces of Western painting that the Museum has collected over the course of many years.
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Newly Discovered! Daily Tools of the Hosokawa Samurai Family
Saturday, October 3 to Sunday, December 13
This exhibition presents a variety of tools with a focus on the furnishings that added touches of color to the lifestyles of the Hosokawa family, including the furnishings of noble ladies who moved to Kumamoto from Edo (Tokyo), cups and confectionery containers bestowed by the imperial family, and eating and drinking utensils inscribed with imperial signature marks. Come enjoy the colorful world of noble furnishings.
Exhibition Room 2 (Rooms 1 & 2): Famous Treasures Brought Back to Life – The Restored Hosokawa Collection
Exhibition Room 2 (Room 3): Western and Modern Japanese Paintings
Saturday, November 14 to Sunday, December 13
The Hosokawa Collection Development Fund was established in March 2008 thanks to contributions by benefactors including companies in Kumamoto Prefecture. This exhibition introduces the results of its efforts by bringing together folding-screen paintings and other artworks that have successfully been restored. Works damaged in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes whose restoration is now complete are also on display.
January to March
The Wise Ruler Hosokawa Shigekata and the Great Scholars of the Jishukan School
Saturday, January 9 to Sunday, March 21
During the mid-Edo period (mid-eighteenth century), the sixth Hosokawa clan ruler of Kumamoto Domain, Shigekata, established the domain’s official school, the Jishukan School, inside the Ninomaru annex of Kumamoto Castle. Admission was open not only to the children of feudal retainers, but even to commoners of high academic standing. The school produced many scholars of merit until it closed in 1870. This exhibition features items connected to Shigekata, as well as calligraphy by prominent teachers and students of the Jishukan School.
“Journeys” through the Collection
Saturday, January 9 to Sunday, March 28
The theme of this exhibition of the Museum’s collection is “journeys.” Room 1 presents works by Yano Yoshikatsu (1760-1821), a painter who served the feudal rulers of Kumamoto Domain and died two centuries ago. Starting with his “Scroll Paintings of Famous Places in Kumamoto Domain” depicting various locations in the region, Yoshikatsu, who was known as a “traveling painter,” even journeyed as far as Mount Fuji and northeastern Japan and painted the scenery he saw there. Room 2 displays modern Japanese dolls and lacquerware with a focus on the Doll Festival ornaments of the Hosokawa family. Room 3 traces the career of Otsuka Koji (1914-1945), a Western-style painter from Kikuchi City, from his arrival in Tokyo to his final years, through artworks and documents.
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