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期間限定Decorative Arts | 16th–19th century 至2025-08-03止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-06-19 09:30 - 2025-08-03 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 8
From the late 16th century, changes in society helped artisans to develop the decorative arts. In the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573–1603), samurai warlords united Japan after more than a century of fighting. The following Edo period (1603–1868) saw economic growth under a new samurai government, with merchants and other people gaining the wealth to buy art.
Potters succeeded in making Japan's first porcelain in the early 17th century. Methods for decorating porcelain and other ceramics then became more diverse, as shown by works with gold, silver, and color enamels. Meanwhile, textiles saw rapid technical advances. The loom was improved to make complex weaves possible, while dyeing became as detailed and expressive as painting.
Items like furniture and dining sets were coated with lacquer and decorated with metal powders, most often gold. Lacquer workers refined this technique, called maki–e, and combined it with new materials for more elaborate designs. Metalworkers also began using a wider variety of base metals and alloys, creating works with greater detail and precision.
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期間限定Metalwork 至2025-08-17止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-06-19 09:30 - 2025-08-17 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 13
This exhibition provides a historical overview of Japanese metalwork from the Heian (794–1192) to the Edo (1603–1868) period. Objects are displayed by category, such as Buddhist ritual implements, mirrors, tea kettles, objects with designs in cloisonné, decorative fittings, and okimono ornaments. Visitors are invited to view the beauty of metals such as gold, silver, copper, and iron, as well as the shapes they were crafted into, and the designs they were freely embellished with.
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期間限定Decorative Arts of Ryukyu 至2025-08-31止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-06-19 09:30 - 2025-08-31 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 16
The Ryukyu Kingdom reigned over the Nansei islands, which includes the Okinawa main island, from the 1400s. The kingdom developed its unique culture through trade with regions in Asia including China, Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Southeast Asia.
This exhibit presents a range of Ryukyuan artifacts. These include metalwork objects including personal accessories; colorful textiles which would stand out brilliantly against the tropical sunlight; and ceramics and lacquerware that arose out of interactions with surrounding regions such as China and Japan. It also features ritualistic artifacts, such as articles associated with hereditary priestesses called noro, who took charge of ceremonial rites, as well as those used for a unique funerary custom in which the bones of the deceased were washed after sky burials.
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期間限定Excavated Gold Coins from the Edo Period (1603–1868) 至2025-09-07止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-06-19 09:30 - 2025-09-07 17:00
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Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan) Japanese Archaeology Gallery
In 1956, a stash of gold coins from the Edo period including 208 koban and 60 ichibukin were excavated from the grounds of the Komatsu Store (now Ginza Komatsu) in the Ginza area of Tokyo. The grounds had been used by townspeople in the Edo period, but the reason why this stash of gold coins had been buried remains a mystery.
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期間限定Tomb Sculpture(Haniwa): Dressed-Up Woman, Found in Isesaki City, Gunma, Kofun period, 6th century, Important Cultural Property 至2025-09-28止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-06-19 09:30 - 2025-09-28 17:00
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Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan) Japanese Archaeology Gallery
Terracotta statues known as haniwa were placed on large burial mounds that were created in great numbers during the Kofun period (ca. 3rd century–ca. 7th century). Most haniwa of women show them from the waist up, making this full-length depiction unusual. This woman appears to be wearing a sleeveless garment with wave-like patterns over a plain, long-sleeved one. Her legs are hidden by a skirt decorated with vertical lines. Women of the preceding Yayoi period (ca. 5th century BC–ca. 3rd century AD) wore clothes similar to one-piece dresses. In the Kofun period, however, garments separated into top and bottom sections as seen here were introduced from China and Korea.
Her outfit is also more elaborate than it first appears: Her hair is made up in a topknot unique to women of the time and is held in place with a comb. She also wears a headband and two large earrings with a cluster of beads above each one, as well as a beaded necklace and bracelets. A knife or something similar is at her hip. Judging from the lavish attire, this haniwa probably depicts a woman of a high social standing who is participating in some kind of elaborate ceremony such as a funerary procession or rite.
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期間限定"The Realm of Beasts" from The Six Realms of Existence (National Treasure) 至2025-07-21止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-06-19 09:30 - 2025-07-21 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 2
Buddhism teaches that people are reborn into one of the Six Realms of Existence based on their actions in life. This painting depicts the Asura Realm, a world of constant conflict where people filled with anger and greed are reborn.
At the top, a fierce battle rages. At the bottom, women gaze into a truth-revealing pool and discover their people’s devastating defeat. In this way, the painting illustrates the consequences of anger and greed while encouraging viewers to reflect on their actions. It is also historically important, as it belongs to the oldest complete set of paintings depicting the Six Realms of Existence.
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期間限定Arms and Armor of the Samurai | 12th–19th century 至2025-08-17止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-06-18 09:30 - 2025-08-17 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Rooms 5 & 6
The samurai ruled Japan for nearly 700 years, from the late 12th to the 19th century. They emulated the imperial court, which was the home of high culture, but also borrowed from the practices of common people. Wishing for divine protection in this life and salvation in the next, they worshipped both Shinto and Buddhist deities. The culture of the samurai was complex and ever–changing, but always reflected their authority as the warrior class of Japan.
This gallery focuses on the most prominent symbols of samurai authority: swords, armor, and other military equipment. These had many purposes. Through diverse colors and materials, they showed the tastes of their owners. Differences in shape and construction reflected differences in rank and social standing. Many samurai passed down this equipment as heirlooms, while high–ranking samurai exchanged it as diplomatic gifts. Swords and armor were also donated to Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines in prayer for victory in battle.
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期間限定Lacquerware 至2025-08-17止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-06-18 09:30 - 2025-08-17 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 12
Lacquer is the sap of the lacquer tree, which grows in East and Southeast Asia. Naturally sticky, it can be brushed onto different materials, and hardens into a durable coating that is waterproof and resistant to acids, alkalis, and heat. Because of its versatility and beauty, lacquer has been central to daily life in parts of Asia for over 9,000 years.
In Japan, artisans coated everyday items with lacquer, including furniture, boxes, dining sets, and cosmetic and writing tools. The base material could be wood, pottery, cloth, leather, or paper. To decorate these items, artisans painted designs with a mixture of lacquer and pigment, or used lacquer like a glue to inlay metal and mother-of-pearl.
But the pinnacle of lacquer decoration in Japan is maki-e (sprinkled picture). It consists of painting a design with lacquer, and then sprinkling metal powders onto the sticky lacquer before it hardens. Artisans first used maki-e techniques in the 8th century. As shown in this gallery, they developed them to an extraordinary degree over the centuries.
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期間限定Life and Death in the Kamakura Period 至2025-09-07止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-06-18 09:30 - 2025-09-07 17:00
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Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan) Japanese Archaeology Gallery
From the Kamakura period (1192–1333), political power shifted from the aristocracy to the warrior class. Society and culture began to reflect the tastes and lifestyles of these new rulers, while towns were built around their castle compounds throughout Japan.
New sects of Buddhism also gained popularity in the Kamakura period. One of these was the Zen sect, which was accepted into warrior society. Tea drinking, which spread through Zen, was valued by the warrior class for providing a means for social interaction. Meanwhile, tea utensils became highly valued as symbols of prestige among the warriors. Chinese ceramics became especially prized, and local kilns such as the ones in Seto (present-day Aichi prefecture) began producing ceramics in imitation of them. These ceramics were also created for storing the remains of deceased individuals.
Itabi were stone tablets resembling gravestones, which were created to pray for the repose of deceased individuals. Beginning in the mid-Kamakura period, they were created throughout Japan, from Hokkaido in the north to Kagoshima in the south, although most of them were concentrated in the Kanto region around present-day Tokyo. Many of these tablets are similar in form and are thought to have deep connections with warriors of the Kanto region.
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期間限定Tea Ceremony 至2025-08-17止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-06-18 09:30 - 2025-08-17 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 4
Tea drinking and its role in society changed over time. In the 12th century, Zen monks introduced a new kind of tea drinking from China: green tea was ground into a powder and mixed with hot water. Monks drank this tea as a medicine and to stay awake during meditation.
Before long, the samurai also began to drink tea and competed for prizes in blind tasting competitions. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the elite samurai who ruled Japan focused on the aesthetics of tea drinking. They collected valuable Chinese works like paintings and tea bowls, displaying and using them during tea gatherings.
A century later, Sen no Rikyū (1522–91) established the foundations of the tea ceremony. When serving tea, he used valuable Chinese works together with simple utensils. He also stressed humility and the beauty of imperfection. Elite samurai practiced his style and its variations as a social, aesthetic, and spiritual pursuit.