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Masterworks of the Sen-Oku Hakukokan Museum Sacred Forms Cherished by Sumitomo Shunsui
Nara National Museum
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Kirazaemontomito Sumitomo (1864–1926), also known as Shunsui, was a fifteenth-generation member of the prominent Sumitomo family. Sen-Oku Hakukokan is a museum dedicated to the preservation, research, and exhibition of art treasures centered around his collection. The museum’s 3,500 works encompass ancient Chinese bronzes, Chinese and Japanese calligraphy, Western paintings, modern-period ceramics, utensils, and wares from the contexts of both the tea ceremony and the scholar’s studio, masks and costumes of the Noh performance tradition, and various other categories. While the Kyoto museum is closed to the public for renovations through Spring 2025, visitors are welcome at its original Kyoto location in Shikagaya and the museum’s Tokyo branch.
This exhibition is held with the full cooperation of Sen-Oku Hakukokan. It highlights the ancient Chinese bronze masterworks for which the Sumitomo collection is particularly renowned as well as works of Buddhist art selected by Shunsui and reflecting his unparalleled aesthetic eye. The show brings together objects of the sacred sphere from ancient China and Buddhist practice, among them icons enshrined at temples and ritual implements used in religious ceremonies. It features a collection grounded in the sincere passion for art and culture that Sumitomo Shunsui pursued throughout his life alongside his illustrious career in industry and commerce. We hope you will gain a sense of the interest he took in works shaped by faith and prayer.
This exhibition is held with the full cooperation of Sen-Oku Hakukokan. It highlights the ancient Chinese bronze masterworks for which the Sumitomo collection is particularly renowned as well as works of Buddhist art selected by Shunsui and reflecting his unparalleled aesthetic eye. The show brings together objects of the sacred sphere from ancient China and Buddhist practice, among them icons enshrined at temples and ritual implements used in religious ceremonies. It features a collection grounded in the sincere passion for art and culture that Sumitomo Shunsui pursued throughout his life alongside his illustrious career in industry and commerce. We hope you will gain a sense of the interest he took in works shaped by faith and prayer.
Schedule | Jul 20 (Sat) 2024-Sep 1 (Sun) 2024 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥700, University Students ¥350, High School Students and Under free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.narahaku.go.jp/english/exhibition/special/202407_senoku/ | ||||
| Venue | Nara National Museum https://www.narahaku.go.jp/english/ | ||||
| Location | 50 Noborioji-cho, Nara-shi, Nara 630-8213 | ||||
| Access | 15 minute walk from exit 2 at Kintetsu-Nara Station on the Kintetsu line; From the East exit of Nara Station on the JR Kansai Main line, take the Nara Kotsu bus and get off at Himurojinja-Kokuritsuhakubutsukan. | ||||
| Phone | 050-5542-8600 | ||||
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