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The Dosho of the Shino School of Kodo
Hosomi Museum
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In the 3rd year of the reign of Emperor Suiko (595), fragrant wood drifted ashore on Awaji Island, marking the beginning of Japan's incense culture. In the Heian period (794-1185), aristocrats expressed their prosperity through fragrant concoctions and waka poems, and with the abolition of the Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty, a national culture emerged, and Japan started its own “kodo” or "way of incense" different from that of China. After the Onin War, the foundation of the Shino school was laid at Jishoji Temple (Ginkakuji) in Higashiyama by Shino Soshin (1443-1523), a friend of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the 8th Ashikaga Shogun, and the lineage has been passed down by 20 Iemoto over the past 500 years. During the Edo period (1603-1867), under the patronage of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Shino school matured into a highly elegant art form that was treasured by samurai families throughout Japan, the ladies' chambers of Edo Castle, court nobles, Buddhist priests, and the general populace.
This exhibition introduces the 500-year lineage of the Shino school, the highest form of Japanese culture that emerged in the late Muromachi period (1333-1573), and which has been continuously preserved from Shino Soshinobu, the first Shino master, to the current head of the school, Yuhkosai Sogen, the 20th. This will be the first exhibition of "incense" at the Hosomi Art Museum in 20 years, since the "Art of Fragrance: Longing for the Noble" exhibition in 2003. Coincidentally, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the Hosomi Art Museum and the 500th anniversary of the death of Munenobu Shino, the founder of the Shino school.
In this memorable year, we will look back on the history of Kodo, and exhibit several valuable masterpieces of incense and art and crafts related to fragrance.
This exhibition introduces the 500-year lineage of the Shino school, the highest form of Japanese culture that emerged in the late Muromachi period (1333-1573), and which has been continuously preserved from Shino Soshinobu, the first Shino master, to the current head of the school, Yuhkosai Sogen, the 20th. This will be the first exhibition of "incense" at the Hosomi Art Museum in 20 years, since the "Art of Fragrance: Longing for the Noble" exhibition in 2003. Coincidentally, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the Hosomi Art Museum and the 500th anniversary of the death of Munenobu Shino, the founder of the Shino school.
In this memorable year, we will look back on the history of Kodo, and exhibit several valuable masterpieces of incense and art and crafts related to fragrance.
Schedule | Mar 4 (Sat) 2023-May 31 (Wed) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1500, University Students ¥1300 | ||||
| Venue | Hosomi Museum https://www.emuseum.or.jp/eng/  | ||||
| Location | 6-3 Okazaki Saishoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 606-8342 | ||||
| Access | 10 minute walk from exit 2 at Higashiyama Station on the Tozai subway line, 14 minute walk from exit 4 at Jingu-marutamachi Station on the Keihan line. | ||||
| Phone | 075-752-5555 | ||||
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