TSUMUGU : Japan Art & Culture

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Japanese art exhibitions held in major museums and traditional performing arts in theaters

Imperial Palace, Tokyo

Two exhibitions — of court calligraphy and on imperial patronage of the arts — run in tandem

Court Calligraphy
Imperial Patronage of the Arts
・Oct 29 (Tue) – Dec 22 (Sun), 2024
・The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan
Toranomon, Tokyo

Pokémon inspires contemporary kogei (Japanese craft) artists

Pokémon x Kogei
・Nov 1 (Sat), 2024 – Feb 2 (Sun), 2025
・Azabudai Hills Gallery
Gifu city

Masterpieces of Western-style painter Yamamoto Hosui highlighted at Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu

PARALLEL MODE: Hosui YAMAMOTO and his Diverse Artistic Oeuvre
・Sep 27 (Fri) – Dec 8 (Sun), 2024
・Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu
Nihonbashi, Tokyo

Delving into Bamiyan’s lost Buddhas and murals at Mitsui Memorial Museum

The Bamiyan Giant Buddhas
Sun God and Maitreya Beliefs from Gandhara to Japan
・Sep 14 (Sat) – Nov 12 (Tue), 2024
・Mitsui Memorial Museum
Kyoto

Special Exhibition "HŌNEN AND PURE LAND BUDDHISM" to open at Kyoto National Museum on Oct. 8

HŌNEN AND PURE LAND BUDDHISM
・Oct 8 (Tue) – Dec 1 (Sun), 2024
・Kyoto National Museum

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The TSUMUGU Gallery archives high-resolution images of Japan’s most sophisticated artwork to
give you the exciting sensation of viewing them up close as if they were right before your eyes.

What’s TSUMUGU?: The TSUMUGU Project was initiated by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs, Imperial Household Agency and The Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo) as a joint effort to promote the beauty of Japanese art across the nation and abroad.

Giving special attention to Japan’s national treasures, important cultural properties and excellent artwork associated with the Imperial Household, the two government agencies and leading national newspaper in 2018 agreed on a comprehensive plan to establish a virtuous cycle of “promoting, restoring and preserving” the nation’s precious legacies. Subsequently, the TSUMUGU Project was set up to implement the plan…; See more

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