Gotoh Museum - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Gotoh Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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"Ancient Mirrors from China" Exhibition
From the museum's ancient mirror collection, this exhibition showcases approximately 80 Chinese works including Han style mirrors from the periods of the Han, Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties as well as (...)
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"Modern Japanese Painting" Exhibition
From the museum's Japanese painting collection, approximately 30 works by the representative modern Japanese painters will be on display. -Children Art Lecture "The World of Modern Japanese Paintings" Date (...)
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"Masterpieces of Spring" Exhibition
From the Museum's collection, ink paintings from the Muromachi period, modern Japanese paintings, calligraphies from the Heian and Kamakura periods and ceramics from the Momoyama and Edo periods will be (...)
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"Chinese Ceramic Art" Exhibition
This exhibition presents a collection of approximately 60 Chinese ceramic pieces dating from the Han Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Periods. The pieces range from measuring dishes of the Warring States Period (...)
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"Tea Ceremony Tools" Exhibition
This exhibition displays approximately 70 items relating to traditional tea ceremonies in a tea room set up inside the museum.
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"Ashiya Gama Masterpieces" Exhibition
"Ashiya Gama" are iron tea kettles that were made during the Muromachi period (1333-1573 CE) in the region that is today Fukuoka. This exhibition presents some of the best examples.
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"Fall's Superior Works: Picture, Penmanship and Lee Dynasty Sculpture" Exhibition
Approximately 60 works from the museum's permanent exhibition will be on display including pictures (great poet pictures, scroll notes), penmanship works (penmanship works, ancient hand-copied sutras), (...)
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Gochiku Nakabayashi "One Hundred Year Old Fresh Wind"
This is an exhibition of the major works of the calligrapher Gochiku Nakabayashi (1827-1913) from Ogi in Saga Prefecture. The calligrapher, whose works influenced such artists as Sokai Fukushima, gained (...)
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Sokai - Taneomi Soejima "Calligraphy of the Soul"
The artist (1828-1905), whose name in the calligraphy world was Sokai, was a politician from Saga Prefecture who was known as one of the Seven Wise Men of Saga. His calligraphy is telling of his upbringing, (...)
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"Spring Selection" Exhibition
60 masterpieces from the museum's collection consisting of Muromachi Period ink paintings, modern Japanese paintings, calligraphy from the Heian & Kamakura Periods and Momoyama & Edo Period are (...)
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Katana Exhibition
30 katanas (Japanese swords) from the gallery collection will be on display. Katanas have distinctive shapes, marks, and textures according to when and where they were made. Even if the katana doesn't (...)
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"Tools for Tea Ceremony" Exhibition
A full-scale model of a traditional tea room will be constructed inside the exhibition space to display a selection of 70 tools used for the tea ceremony.
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"Treasures of Enkakuji, Kamakura" Exhibition
The art of textile-dyeing will be explored through this exhibition, which will display the treasures of Enkakuji Temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa. Talk events: October 29th - "Kamakura through Archaeological (...)
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"Autumn Exceptional Artifacts" Exhibition
60 exceptional artifacts, including paintings (kasen-e, ukiyo-e), calligraphy (sumiato, koshakyo) and Richo period ceramics (exhibitis will change during the exhibition period), selected from the museum's (...)
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Bokuseki: National Living Treasure for Calligraphy
An exhibition of 90 masterpieces that are national treasures and important cultural property. The works are from the So and Gen Period in China, and the Kamakura and Muromachi Period in Japan. There (...)
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Contemporary Japanese Paintings
Thirty selected works from the museum's permanent collection of contemporary Japanese paintings.
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Spring Works
Sixty items from the museum's collection including: ink paintings from the Muromachi and Edo periods, calligraphy from the Heian and Kamakura Periods, and pottery from the Momoyama and Edo Periods. The (...)
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Assortment of tea sets Exhibition
Seventy pieces from the Gotoh Museum's collection of tea sets will be exhibited along with a full-size replica of a Fujimitei tea room.
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Yamato Uta - 1000 Years of Japanese Poems
This exhibition is a celebration of the 1000th anniversary of the compilation of the anthology "Kokin Wakashu", and 800th anniversary of "New Kokin Wakashu". Calligraphy of both works, as well as other (...)
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Masterpieces in Autumn
Sixty masterpieces from the museum's collection, including kasen-e pictures and picture scrolls from the Kamakura Period, calligraphy pieces by Zen monks, hand-copied sutras, and pottery from the Chosen (...)
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Chinese Ceramics Exhibition
Fifty pieces from ceramics collections dating back to the Han, Ming and Qing periods are currently on display in the Gotoh Museum. Ranging from measuring tools from the Warring States period and tosansai (...)
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Fine Potteries of the Tea Ceremony: Aesthetics of the Edo Period
This is the second "Fine Potteries" exhibition following the "Fine Potteries of the Tea Ceremony: Beauties of the Momoyama Period" held in 2002. On display are 80 famous teacups from the early Edo period (...)
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Masterpieces in Spring
This exhibition displays about 60 pieces of outstanding Sumi-e, old handwriting and Ceramic art from the museum's collection. The picture scroll "The Tale of Genji", a national treasure, will also be on (...)
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The Art of Japanese Swords
The house collection of Japanese swords will be on display.
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Exhibition of the Tea Ceremony Items
This exhibition displays about 70 tea ceremony items from 13-18th century set up in the museum's tea room.
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National Treasure: Kyoto Reizei Family's
The national treasure Meigekki is a diary of Teika Fujiwara (1162-1241) owned by Reizei family in Kyoto. All the volumes will be on display, which displays life of an aristocrat in 12 - 13th century.
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House Collection: Autmun Exhibition
Paintings, calligraphy and ancient Chinese ceramic works.




