Outline of Exhibition

Traditional Primroses

展示物イメージ

Traditional Primroses

The Botanical Garden of Everyday Life has displayed Japanese primroses in the exhibition entitled "Traditional Primroses" since 2002. "Traditional primroses" are a series of primroses cultivated by gardeners who looked for unusual kinds of wild flower species and created many varieties of them from the middle of the Edo period. As the times changed, seeds were selected and eliminated to create more beautiful primroses. The primroses are various from red to white in their colors and have from flat-shaped petals to fist-shaped petals in their shapes. Since the tiered display stand of ornamental primroses established at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate was donated to the Garden in 2003, the range of display methods has increased. In addition to how to cultivate and enjoy them, the exhibition this year will focus on wild species and explain them using panels, etc.

Period Apr 20 (Tue), 2010- May 9 (Sun), 2010
Venue Botanical Garden of Everyday Life, National Museum of Japanese History
Admissions ¥100
Groups of 20 or more: ¥50 per person
* Free admission for children junior high school age and younger
* Free admission for high school students every Saturday
* Free admission on April 29 (Thursday, national holiday), Rekihaku's "Midori no Hi" ("Greenery Day".)
Hours 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (no entrance after 4:00 p.m.)
Closed Apr 26 (Mon), May 6 (Thu)
Sponsor National Museum of Japanese History

Exhibition Lineup

The primroses will be displayed mainly in pots. A pot will have four buds, and two pots for each variety will be displayed around the Azuma-ya, and in two greenhouses and in two places of the Yoshizu exhibition hall in addition to the tiered primrose display stand. On the display stand, the primroses cultivated in the Edo period will be displayed according to the method of the time. Those with many buds will also be displayed in planters.

Tiered primrose display stand

Tiered primrose display stand

Akatonbo

Akatonbo

Dateotoko

Dateotoko

Tobitake (Wild species)

Tobitake (Wild species)

Sakuragawa

Sakuragawa

Asahigata

Asahigata

   

Note: Please note that items in the exhibition are subject to change.