{"id":22872,"date":"2023-03-31T14:03:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T05:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost:10443\/en\/?p=22872"},"modified":"2023-04-11T13:04:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T04:04:42","slug":"tokyo-national-museum-fugen-bosatsu-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/feature\/tokyo-national-museum-fugen-bosatsu-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bodhisattva Fugen&#8217; is back from repairs with new luster at Tokyo National Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Designated national treasure \u201cThe Bodhisattva Fugen\u201d is now on display at the Tokyo National Museum after a three-year absence from exhibitions due to thorough repair work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>&#8216;The Bodhisattva Fugen&#8217; on display at TNM<\/strong><\/p><p>April 11 (Tue) &#8211; May 7 (Sun), 2023<\/p><p>Tokyo National Museum<br>Honkan (Japanese Gallery)<\/p><p>Admission:<br>Adults: 1,000 yen<br>University students: 500 yen<\/p><p>*The painting can also be viewed with tickets for &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"T\u014dfuku-ji (\u65b0\u3057\u3044\u30bf\u30d6\u3067\u958b\u304f)\" href=\"https:\/\/tofukuji2023.jp\/english.html\" target=\"_blank\">T\u014dfuku-ji<\/a>,&#8221; a special exhibition running concurrently at Tokyo National Museum&#8217;s Heiseikan<\/p><p>(Closed on Mondays)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<p>The 12th-century work of art is said to be one of the greatest masterpieces of Japanese Buddhist painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-tsumugu-blocks-modal-image wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FUGEN.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption> National Treasure<br><strong>The Bodhisattva Fugen<\/strong><br> Heian period, 12th century<br>Color on silk<br>(Tokyo National Museum) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The repair work, conducted with financial support from the Tsumugu Project (a joint effort of Japan\u2019s Cultural Affairs Agency, Imperial Household Agency and national daily The Yomiuri Shimbun to help preserve the nation\u2019s artistic treasures), was completed at the end of March 2022. Conservators placed the painting under protective care for another year before releasing it for display in exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>What is \u2018Fugen Bosatsu\u2019?<\/strong><br><br>\u2013 Buddhist painting produced during the Heian period (794-1192)<br><br>\u2013 Artist, provenance unknown<br><br>\u2013 Shows Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (Fugen Bosatsu) riding on a white elephant with his legs crossed and appearing before the faithful (believers in the Lotus Sutra, a collection of Buddhist teachings) as flower petals flutter down<br><br>\u2013 One of the first works of art to be designated as \u201cnational treasure\u201d by the Japanese government under the 1950 Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties<br><br>\u2013 Color on silk; 159.1 by 74.5 cm<br><br>\u2013 Currently housed at the Tokyo National Museum <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Go to TSUMUGU Gallery for a detailed description of the painting:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"National treasure: Fugen Bosatsu (\u65b0\u3057\u3044\u30bf\u30d6\u3067\u958b\u304f)\" href=\"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/gallery\/fugen_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">National treasure: Fugen Bosatsu<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Museum website:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tnm.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tokyo National Museum (\u65b0\u3057\u3044\u30bf\u30d6\u3067\u958b\u304f)\">Tokyo National Museum<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designated national treasure \u201cThe Bodhisattva Fugen\u201d is now on display at the Tokyo National Museum after a th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":22874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[407],"tags":[413,71,76],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22872"}],"version-history":[{"count":92,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23101,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22872\/revisions\/23101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}