Connections between art, nobility on display at Tokyo museum

By Kenneth Valencich / The Japan News

18:12 JST, November 11, 2024

Stunning brush strokes, both in calligraphy and paintings, are on display alongside beautiful decorative art pieces at The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.

The exhibitions are separated into two rooms, “Court Calligraphy” and “Imperial Patronage of the Arts.” The calligraphy exhibition features scrolls, letters and books ranging from the 10th to the 17th centuries and includes the writings of famous courtiers like Ki no Tsurayuki.

The Imperial patronage exhibition shows works from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries and includes paintings, sculptures, and other decorative art forms. There will be rotations of the exhibitions, with different paintings or pages of the poetry collections being shown at different times. The exhibitions run until Dec. 22.