{"id":113,"date":"2019-06-24T11:44:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T02:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-tsumugu-admin.xbs.co.jp\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2022-04-25T11:42:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T02:42:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"mv u-fade u-fade--up\">\n  <div class=\"mv-txt\">\n    <div class=\"logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/assets\/images\/tsumugu-logo01-white.svg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n    <h1><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/tit.svg\" alt=\"TSUMUGU Project Promoting, Restoring and Preserving the Beauty of Japan\u2019s Art\"><\/h1>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mv-slider\">\n    <div class=\"mv-slider__item\">\n      <div class=\"mv-slider__bg01\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"mv-slider__item\">\n      <div class=\"mv-slider__bg02\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"scroll notoSerif400\">\n    <p>SCROLL<\/p>\n    <div class=\"scroll-icon\">\n      <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 25\">\n        <path d=\"M9,24c-4.1,0-7.5-3.4-7.5-7.5v-8C1.5,4.4,4.9,1,9,1s7.5,3.4,7.5,7.5v8C16.5,20.6,13.1,24,9,24z M9,2C5.4,2,2.5,4.9,2.5,8.5v8C2.5,20.1,5.4,23,9,23s6.5-2.9,6.5-6.5v-8C15.5,4.9,12.6,2,9,2z\"><\/path>\n        <path class=\"wheel\" d=\"M9.2,11.1H8.8c-0.6,0-1-0.4-1-1V7.5c0-0.6,0.5-1,1-1h0.4c0.6,0,1,0.4,1,1v2.7C10.2,10.7,9.7,11.1,9.2,11.1z\"><\/path>\n      <\/svg>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n[breadcrumbSet]\n\n<div class=\"modal all-play-modal\">\n  <div class=\"modal__in\">\n    <div class=\"modal__in-scroll\">\n      <div class=\"video\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jUdYfl8vEok?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n      <\/div>\n      <button class=\"modal-close-btn notoSerif400\">\n        <div class=\"modal-close-btn-icon\">\n          <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n            <polygon points=\"0.8,10.5 5.3,6 0.8,1.5 1.5,0.8 6,5.3 10.5,0.8 11.2,1.5 6.7,6 11.2,10.5 10.5,11.2 6,6.7 1.5,11.2\"><\/polygon>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/div>\n        <p>CLOSE<\/p>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"modal-close-wap\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about-wap movie\">\n  <div class=\"contents\">\n    <div class=\"about-wap__in\">\n      <div class=\"movie-wrap modalBtn\" data-modal=\"all-play-modal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/movie_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"slideUp subTitle\">What\u2019s \u201cTSUMUGU\u201d?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"about-wap about right sectionAnimation\">\n  <div class=\"contents\">\n    <div class=\"about-wap__in txt\">\n      <div class=\"txt-block\">\n        <div class=\"txt-block__txt slideUp\">\n          <div class=\"movie-wrap is-pc modalBtn\" data-modal=\"all-play-modal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/movie_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"txt-block__txt slideUp\">\n          <p>The TSUMUGU Project was initiated by Japan\u2019s 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. The web portal you are viewing was launched in August 2019 as an essential part of this project.<\/p>\n          <p>Giving special attention to Japan\u2019s 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 \u201cpromoting, restoring and preserving\u201d the nation\u2019s precious legacies. Subsequently, the TSUMUGU Project was set up to implement the plan.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"bg-line\"><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"contents about-slider slideUp\">\n    <div class=\"about-wap__in\">       \n      <ul>\n        <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/about-slider01.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n        <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/about-slider03.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about-wap thought left sectionAnimation\">\n  <div class=\"contents\">\n    <div class=\"about-wap__in txt\">\n      <div class=\"txt-block\">\n        <div class=\"txt-block__txt slideUp\">\n          <p>Tsumugu is a Japanese verb used in sericulture to mean \u201cweave\u201d or \u201cspin.\u201d Here, we use it to mean \u201cweaving beauty,\u201d to convey the idea that by implementing the plan, Japan\u2019s artistic beauty can surely be handed down to future generations. <\/p>\n          <p>To be more specific, the project will continue to promote Japan\u2019s fine arts by organizing special exhibitions and other events, while using part of the proceeds from these events and contributions from sponsors to help restore\/repair cultural properties. The web portal will serve as a site where high-definition images of excellent artwork are archived, as well as a hub where useful information related to Japanese art and culture can be easily accessed.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"deco\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/thought-deco.png\" alt=\"\">\n    <div class=\"bg-line\"><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"thought-floating slideUp\">\n    <ul>\n      <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/thought-pic01.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n      <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/thought-pic02.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n      <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/thought-pic03.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n      <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/thought-pic04.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n      <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/thought-pic05.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n      <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/thought-pic06.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n      <li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"[itemSrcSet]\/resource\/about\/images\/thought-pic07.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"about-wap site-about right sectionAnimation\">\n  <div class=\"contents\">\n    <div class=\"about-wap__in txt\">\n      <div class=\"txt-block__txt slideUp\">\n        <p>The project officially and successfully kicked off in March 2019 with the grand opening of the special exhibition \u201cCultural Exchanges of the Emperor and Empress: Sharing the Beauty of Japan\u201d at the Tokyo National Museum (Ueno Park, Tokyo). Another special exhibition, the \u201cMasterpieces of Japanese Art: From Sesshu and Eitoku to Korin and Hokusai,\u201d opened in May. On March 28, a forum discussion to commemorate the initiation of the project was held at the Yomiuri Otemachi Hall in Tokyo with the attendance of Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Ryohei Miyata.<\/p>\n        <p>Repair work under the TSUMUGU Project is already underway for \u201cRaigo of Amida (Amitabha) and Twenty-five Attendants,\u201d a 14th-century hanging scroll owned by Chion-in Temple in Kyoto.<\/p>\n        <p class=\"article-list-btn\">\n          <a href=\"..\/\">\n            <span>Top page<\/span>\n            <span class=\"arrow\">\n              <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 52 10\">\n                <polyline points=\"0.4,8.7 51.4,8.7 36,1.3\"><\/polyline>\n              <\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"bg-line\"><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"about-wap step\">\n  <div class=\"contents\">\n    <div class=\"about-wap__in\">\n      <h2 class=\"stepTarget slideUp\">Chronology<\/h2>\n      <h3 class=\"stepTarget slideUp\">2018<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">Nov. 29<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">The Agency for Cultural Affairs and The Yomiuri Shimbun announce the launch of the Tsumugu Project<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <h3 class=\"stepTarget slideUp\">2019<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">Feb. 20<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">A selection committee of experts determines eight cultural assets to be repaired under the Tsumugu Project <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">March 3<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Two Tsumugu Project special exhibitions are selected to be held as part of the Nihonhaku (Japan Cultural Expo)<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">March 4<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">A ceremony to celebrate the launch of the Tsumugu Project is held in Tokyo<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">March 5<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Special Exhibition \u201cCultural Exchanges of the Emperor and Empress: Sharing the Beauty of Japan\u201d opens at the Tokyo National Museum (-April 29)<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">March 13<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Emperor and Empress (current Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita) view the first special exhibition<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">March 31<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Prime Minister Abe views the special exhibition<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">April 11<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Repair work of \u201cRaigo of Amida (Amitabha) and Twenty-five Attendants,\u201d a 14th-century hanging scroll owned by Chion-in Temple in Kyoto, starts<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">April 15<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko (current Crown \n prince and Crown princess) view the special exhibition with their two daughters Princess Mako and Princess Kako<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">April 24<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Crown prince and Crown princess (current Emperor and Empress) view the special exhibition<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">May 3<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Special Exhibition \u201cMasterpieces of Japanese Art: From Sesshu and Eitoku to Korin and Hokusai\u201d opens at the Tokyo National Museum (-June 2) <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">Aug. 20<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">TSUMUGU : Japan Art &amp; Culture web portal kicks off<\/p>\n<\/div>\n      \n      <h3 class=\"stepTarget slideUp\">2020<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">Feb. 17<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Seven assets including the nine wooden statues of seated Amida Nyorai (government-designated national treasure) of Joruri-ji temple in Kyoto are selected as recipients of funds granted by the Tsumugu Project to help repair Japan\u2019s cultural properties in FY2020. The number of assets repaired under the project since FY2019 reaches a grand total of 15<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">March 10<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">The UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Special Exhibition \u201cThe World of Traditional Performing Arts\u201d is cancelled due to the spread of COVID-19. Other Tsumugu-hosted exhibitions including the \u201cNational Treasures of Kyoto\u201d and \u201cSacred Treasures from Ancient Nara: The Eleven-headed Kannon of Shorinji Temple\u201d also are later either cancelled or postponed<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">March 20<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">The Futama Kannon (wooden statues of standing Kannon Bosatsu, Bonten and Taishakuten) goes on display at the To-ji temple in Kyoto after repairs. The repair work of the government-designated important cultural property was the first to finish under the Tsumugu Project. At the end of March, Buddhist scrolls found from the wooden statue of standing Shukongoshin and the wooden statue of standing Jinja Daisho, both of which are designated important cultural properties and owned by the Kongobuji temple in Wakayama Prefecture, went on display at the Reihokan Museum, the treasure house of the temple<\/p>\n     <\/div>\n     <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">July 13<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">The Tsumugu Project ties up with Waseda University (Tokyo) to hold an online lecture on Japanese art history with Prof. Satomi Yamamoto of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">Sept. 21<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">The \u201cKogei \u2014 2020 The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature\u201d exhibition opens at Tokyo National Museum\u2019s Hyokeikan. Craft work by 82 artists including a few \u201cliving national treasures\u201d are put on display at exhibition halls designed by architect Toyo Ito<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">Oct. 6<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">\u201cMomoyama: Artistic Visions in a Turbulent Century,\u201d a Tsumugu special exhibition, opens at Tokyo National Museum\u2019s Heiseikan to showcase Kano Eitoku\u2019s \u201cChinese Lions\u201d (Sannomaru Shozokan, The Museum of the Imperial Collections) and other magnificent works of art from the Momoyama period<\/p> \n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">Nov. 16<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">The \u201cTSUMUGU: Japan Art &amp; Culture\u201d website wins an excellence award for business-to-consumer websites at the 2020 Web GRAND PRIX hosted by Japan Advertiser Association\u2019s Web Advertising Study Group.<\/p> \n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">Dec. 8<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">The \u201cJapanese Architecture: Traditional Skills and Natural Materials\u201d exhibition opens at the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ueno, Tokyo), and later at Tokyo National Museum\u2019s Hyokeikan (Ueno, Tokyo) and the National Archives of Modern Architecture (Yushima, Tokyo)<\/p> \n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">Dec. 14<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Six assets including the nine wooden statues of seated Amida Nyorai (government-designated national treasure) of Joruri-ji temple in Kyoto are selected as recipients of funds granted by the Tsumugu Project to help repair Japan\u2019s cultural properties in FY2021. The number of assets repaired under the project since FY2019 reaches a grand total of 21<\/p> \n      <\/div>\n\n      <h3 class=\"stepTarget slideUp\">2021<\/h3>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">April 27<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">\u201cHoryuji: Prince Shotoku and Treasures of Early Buddhist Faith in Japan,\u201d a Tsumugu special exhibition, opens at Nara National Museum (-June 20). The exhibition later moved to Tokyo National Museum (July 13-Sept. 5)<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">June 22<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">\u201cSacred Treasures from Ancient Nara: The Eleven-Headed Kannon of Shorinji Temple,\u201d a Tsumugu special exhibition, opens at Tokyo National Museum (-Sept. 12). The exhibition moved to Nara National Museum in 2022 (Feb. 5-March 27)<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">July 24<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">\u201cNational Treasures of Kyoto: Preserving the Cultural Heritage of Japan\u2019s Ancient Capital,\u201d a Tsumugu special exhibition, opens at Kyoto National Museum (-Sept. 12)<\/p>\n     <\/div>\n     <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n        <p class=\"days\">Sept. 18<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Special exhibition \u201cImperial Splendor: Artworks Related to the Tohoku Region\u201d opens at The Miyagi Museum of Art in Sendai (-Nov. 7) as a part of an effort to introduce the masterpieces housed at the Museum of Imperial Collections (Sannomaru Shozokan) in the provincial areas of Japan with Tsumugu\u2019s special cooperation. Similar exhibits were held in Miyazaki (Oct. 9-Dec. 5) and Wakayama (Dec 4.-Jan. 23, 2022) prefectures<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">Oct. 12<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">\u201cBuddhist Art of the Tendai School,\u201d a Tsumugu special exhibition, opens at Tokyo National Museum (-Nov. 21). The exhibition, which featured the \u201cCertificate Issued to Saicho by Daosui\u201d (Enryakuji temple, Shiga Prefecture) \u2060\u2014 a designated important cultural property repaired with Tsumugu\u2019s support \u2014 and other works, later moved to Kyushu National Museum (Feb. 8-March 21, 2022) and then to Kyoto National Museum (April 12-May 22, 2022) <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"step-block stepTarget slideUp\">\n <p class=\"days\">Nov. 23<\/p>\n        <p class=\"txt\">Tsumugu selects six assets, including the national treasure \u201cFan-shaped Booklets of the Lotus Sutra\u201d (Shitenno-ji temple, Osaka Pref.), to help repair in fiscal 2022<\/p> \n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCROLL [breadcrumbSet] CLOSE What\u2019s \u201cTSUMUGU\u201d? 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