Exhibition outline

This exhibition presents the creative notion of “monozukuri,” for which Japan is renowned worldwide, by shedding light on the work and life of craftsmen active in Edo-Tokyo, and includes the first public exhibition in Japan of works from the Japanese collection of European nobleman the Count of Bardi (at the Museo d’Arte Orientale di Venezia), who visited Japan in the early Meiji period.

Exhibition period

Saturday, February 8 to Sunday, April 5, 2020

Days closed

Mondays (however, exhibition will be open February 24), Tuesday, February 25

Hours

9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. ＊Until 7:30 p.m. on Saturdays.＊Last entry 30 minutes before closing

Location

Edo-Tokyo Museum, Special Exhibition Room (1st Floor)1-4-1 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0015, Japan

Access

By Train / Subway ･3-minute walk from West Exit of Ryogoku Station, JR Sobu Line･1-minute walk from A4 Exit of Ryogoku Station (Edo-Tokyo Hakubutsukan-mae), Toei Subway Oedo Line

By Bus･Toei bus: 錦27, 両28, 門33 bus routes･Sumida City circulation bus “Sumida Hyakkei Sumimarukun / Sumirinchan (Southern oute)” Get off at “Toei Ryogoku Eki-mae (Edo-Tokyo Hakubutsukan-mae)” and walk 3minutes

Organized by

Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum, The Mainichi Newspapers

① Portrait of the Count of Bardi [wearing samurai clothes]

② Food Containers Decorated with design of pine, bamboo and wisteria together with Wisteria and Hollyhock Crests in Maki-e on Nashiji Ground

③ Set of Sake Cups in Vermillion Lacquer Decorated with Motif of Mouse’s Wedding

④ Wakizashi Short Sword Mounts with Polished Lacquered Shargreen Scabbard

⑤ Dark Blue-laced Armor With Five-piece Cuirass

⑥ Naginata [pole arm]. Signed: Nagasone Okisato-nyūdō Kotetsu

⑦ Box for Ten Types of Incense, Decorated with Lion and Peony Motif in Maki-e Lacquer on Herring-bone Pattern

⑧ Scroll Tray with Motif of Japanese Bittersweet and White-eyes in Maki-e lacquer

⑨ Hanging Scroll: ‘Kozukahara’⑩ Picture of Plum Blossom and

Vase in Urushi-e [Lacquer Painting]

⑪ Folding Screen Decorated With View of the Sumidagawa Kilns

⑫ Incense Burner in Form of Turban Shell ⑬ Figurine of Torii Kyōzan ⑭ Imado Doll: Fox (Kuchiire-inari

shrine) ⑮ Handscroll of Landscape

⑯ Tsuba [sword guard] with Lotus Motif

⑰ The Pattern for Bunkyū Eihō Coin

⑱ Writing Desk, Complete with Inkstone Box. Named: Terakoya ⑲ Chest of Drawers in Mulberry ⑳ Good Luck Charm Worn

Suspended from the Obi Sash

① − ④ Museum of Oriental Art in Venice ⑩ Itabashi Art Museum ⑬ TORII Masashi ⑤ − ⑨,⑪,⑭,⑯ − ⑳ Edo-Tokyo Museum ⑫ Private Collection ⑮ The Nagata Collection, Shimane Art Museum

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① □ Portrait of the Count of Bardi [wearing samurai clothes] 1889 Museum of Oriental Art in Venice

② □ Food Containers Decorated with design of pine, bamboo and wisteria together with Wisteria and Hollyhock Crests in Maki-e on Nashiji Ground 18 Century Museum of Oriental Art in Venice

③ □ Set of Sake Cups in Vermillion Lacquer Decorated with Motif of Mouse’s Wedding 19 Century Museum of Oriental Art in Venice

④ □ Wakizashi Short Sword Mounts with Polished Lacquered Shargreen Scabbard 19 Century Museum of Oriental Art in Venice

⑤ □ Dark Blue-laced Armor With Five-piece Cuirass MYŌCHIN Muneyasu 1844 Edo-Tokyo Museum

⑥ □ Naginata [pole arm]. Signed: Nagasone Okisato-nyūdō Kotetsu 17 Century Edo-Tokyo Museum

⑦ □ Box for Ten Types of Incense, Decorated with Lion and Peony Motif in Maki-e Lacquer on Herring-bone Pattern KŌAMI Chōju 1649 Edo-Tokyo Museum

⑧ □ Scroll Tray with Motif of Japanese Bittersweet and White-eyes in Maki-e lacquer Maki-e by: Hara Yōyusai. Desiged by: SAKAI Hōitsu 1821 Edo-Tokyo Museum

⑨ □ Hanging Scroll: ‘Kozukahara’ SHIBATA Zeshin, SUZUKI Shuitsu, KIKUCHI Yōsai, and KANŌ Natsuo 1855 Edo-Tokyo Museum

⑩ □ Picture of Plum Blossom and Vase in Urushi-e [Lacquer Painting] SHIBATA Zeshin 1881 Itabashi Art Museum

⑪ □ Folding Screen Decorated With View of the Sumidagawa Kilns SAKAI Hōitsu 18 Century Edo-Tokyo Museum

⑫ □ Incense Burner in Form of Turban Shell MIURA Kenya 19 Century Private Collection

⑬ □ Figurine of Torii Kyōzan TOZAWA Benji 19 Century TORII Masashi

⑭ □ Imado Doll: Fox (Kuchiire-inari shrine) KANAZAWA Harukichi 20 Century Edo-Tokyo Museum

⑮ □ Handscroll of Landscape Pictures KATSUSHIKA Hokusai 19 Century The Nagata Collection, Shimane Art Museum

⑯ □ Tsuba [sword guard] with Lotus Motif FUKAWA Kazunori (I) 19 Century Edo-Tokyo Museum

⑰ □ The Pattern for Bunkyū Eihō Coin FUKAWA Kazunori (I) 1862 Edo-Tokyo Museum

⑱ □ Writing Desk, Complete with Inkstone Box. Named: Terakoya KOBAYASHI Rekisai 20 Century Edo-Tokyo Museum

⑲ □ Chest of Drawers in Mulberry KOBAYASHI Rekisai 20 Century Edo-Tokyo Museum

⑳ □ Good Luck Charm Worn Suspended from the Obi Sash KOBAYASHI Rekisai 20 Century Edo-Tokyo Museum