"The Mural Art of Kotohira-gu Shrine" Exhibition
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At The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts
Media: Painting
This exhibition introduces cultural properties from Kotohira-gu, otherwise known as Kompira-san in Kanagawa prefecture. About 130 screen paintings have been installed in the museum space, recreating the splendor of the original space.
Schedule
From 2007-07-07 To 2007-09-09
Closed on Mondays (except July 16th & August 27th), July 17th (Tue), & August 25th (Sat)
Artist(s)
Website
http://www.asahi.com/konpira/ (Japanese)
Fee
Adults ¥1300, University & High School Students ¥800, Free for Junior High School Students and below
Venue Hours
From 10:00 To 17:00
Closed on Mondays
Access
10 minutes walk from Ueno Station on the JR Yamanote Line or Nezu Station on the Chiyoda Line.
Address
12-8 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8714
Phone: 03-5685-7755
Community around this event
- 7 people recommend this event: yukkaboo, purr (日本), seasail, o_romanholiday, and 3 others
Reviews
博物館みたいなのはもうおなかいっぱいです。すばらしいこころみ。壁画だったら持ってこられないけど、日本のものは建具だからやろうと思えばここまでできるんだなぁ！と感動しました。が、やはりこういうものは場の力が重要なので、そうはいっても基本は建築ありきだと思います。せめて靴を脱ぎたい。いつか現地へ赴きたいです。滝の絵のところで流水音がしたのは鳴らしてるのかしら？雨だったから？思ってたよりずっとメルヘンな感じのものが多くて驚きました。部屋を絵で埋めるのってどんな気分かしら。
Hidden treasures of Shikoku revealed
By Michael Dunn
Special to The Japan Times
There is a wonderful Japanese sense of composition, revealing just the center part of a tree-trunk, or the tips of hanging branches, which gives the impression that you are looking out of a window. One can only envy the chief priest's lifestyle on seeing other wall paintings by Gantai — above the shoji screens and just below the ceiling fly flocks of brilliantly colored butterflies on shimmering gold ...
香川旅行の予習として鑑賞。会場の雰囲気から本物の雰囲気を想像する。複製画と本物の違いが歴然だったのも面白くて、ぐるぐる会場を回る。でもやっぱ本物を見に行きたくなった。このとき感じた気持ちは、現地できっと何十倍にもなって帰ってくるに違いない。
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Venue: The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts
Schedule: From 2007-07-07 To 2007-09-09
Closed on Mondays (except July 16th & August 27th), July 17th (Tue), & August 25th (Sat)
Address: 12-8 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8714
Phone: 03-5685-7755
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