Schedule
Schedule List
Special Exhibition Galleries
Scenes In and Around Kyoto Screens and Genre Paintings
Date : 2012.3.27(Tue) - 2012.5.6(Sun)
The pair of six-panel folding screens known as Scenes In and Around Kyoto are valuable historical materials that reveal many details about life in Kyoto. This exhibition presents the representative screens alongside other artwork from the Muromachi period to the Edo period (the 16th–19th centuries).
Musical Instruments Tell History: Tokugawa Harutomi, Feudal Lord of Kisyu-Tokugawa Domain and His Musical Instruments
Date : 2012.7.10(Tue) - 2012.9.2(Sun)
The museum's collection of early Japanese musical instruments, heirlooms of the Kishu-Tokugawa Family, primarily contains instruments used in gagaku, Japanese court music. These 159 items were collected by the 10th lord of the Kishu-Tokugawa Domain, Tokugawa Harutomi (1771-1852). This exhibition explores what musical instruments meant to rulers and intellectuals of the Edo period by displaying representative instruments alongside related documents.
Special Exhibitions at the Botanical Garden of Everyday Life
Traditional Primroses
Date : 2012.4.17(Tue) - 2012.5.6(Sun)
Enjoy the beautiful traditional primroses displayed in tiers.
Traditional Japanese Morning Glories
Date : 2012.7.31(Tue) - 2012.9.2(Sun)
Be amazed by mutant Japanese morning glories from the Edo Period.
Traditional Antique Chrysanthemum
Date : 2012.11.6(Tue) - 2012.12.2(Sun)
Be impressed by the splendor of chrysanthemums, including the Edo chrysanthemum.
Winter Flowers: Camellia Sasanqua
Date : 2012.12.4(Tue) - 2013.1.27(Sun)
An introduction to the world of Camellia Sasanqua.
