Registered Works of Fine Arts and Crafts of Tokyo
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Held at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, this 1953 hanging scroll by Yasuda Yukihiko (1884–1978) depicts Konohana-no-Sakuyabime—the goddess of Mount Fuji and cherry blossoms from the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. Designated a Registered Work of Art in 2019, it is recognized as one of the artist's representative masterworks of modern Nihonga.
Discover the Celadon Ewer with Peony Design at Tokyo National Museum — a 15th-century Longquan ware masterpiece from Ming-dynasty China, beloved in Japan as classic Tenryu-ji celadon and designated an Important Art Object.
Discover the Seto Mimitsuki Mizusashi, a Registered Art Object held at Tokyo National Museum. This Edo-period (late 17th to 18th century) water jar, made at the historic Seto kiln, features a cylindrical body with charming bamboo-shaped handles, an iron glaze layered with poured ash glaze, and a black lacquered wooden lid. Explore its quiet beauty, historical significance, viewing highlights, and visitor information for the museum in Ueno Park, Tokyo.
Discover the Tekagami (292 Leaves), a registered work of art at Tokyo National Museum. Compiled in 1861 by Edo Shogunate official painter Sumiyoshi Hirotsura, this rare album contains 292 fragments of Japan's finest ancient calligraphy spanning a thousand years from Nara to Edo periods.
A pair of six-panel folding screens by Shōkadō Shōjō, one of the Three Great Calligraphers of the Kan'ei Era, featuring delicate four-seasons flower-and-bird paintings interwoven with sixteen scattered waka poems on a shimmering gold-and-silver ground.
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