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Past Special Exhibition

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2011.03.19 - 05.08

Shirasu Masako
Prayers to nature, leading to Shintoism and Buddhism

Overview

Special Exhibition at the hundredth anniversary of Shirasu Masako’s Birth

This exhibition was organized to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of essayist Shirasu Masako by showing a selection of ancient works of art that she loved. In books like Kakurezato (Hidden Village), Juichimen Kannon Junrei (Eleven-Headed Kannon Pilgrimage), Omi sanga sho (Notes on the Mountains and Rivers of Omi), and Myoe Shonin (Priest Myoe), she described many images of Shinto and Buddhist deities, screens, scroll paintings, and craft objects (including National Cultural Treasures and Important Cultural Properties). This exhibition brings together many of these objects from the temples and shrines that she visited, revealing the beautiful world that she sought throughout her life. We hope that you will enjoy traveling to the heartland of the Japanese soul and seeing it through the eyes of Shirasu Masako.

Information

Dates:
March 19, 2011(Saturday) - May 6(Monday), Museum closed on Mondays.(March 21 open, March 22 closed)
Hours:
10:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M. Visitors must enter 30 minutes before closing time.
Place:
Setagaya Art Museum, 1st floor exhibition rooms
Admission:
General 1,200(900), college and high school students / 65 and older 1,000(700), junior high ,elementary school students 500(400)
Amount in parentheses applies to groups of 20 or more.
The ticket price for handicapped person is 500 yen, and a helper is free. All handicapped persons in college, high school, junior high and elementary schools is free.

Overview

Special Exhibition at the hundredth anniversary of Shirasu Masako’s Birth

This exhibition was organized to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of essayist Shirasu Masako by showing a selection of ancient works of art that she loved. In books like Kakurezato (Hidden Village), Juichimen Kannon Junrei (Eleven-Headed Kannon Pilgrimage), Omi sanga sho (Notes on the Mountains and Rivers of Omi), and Myoe Shonin (Priest Myoe), she described many images of Shinto and Buddhist deities, screens, scroll paintings, and craft objects (including National Cultural Treasures and Important Cultural Properties). This exhibition brings together many of these objects from the temples and shrines that she visited, revealing the beautiful world that she sought throughout her life. We hope that you will enjoy traveling to the heartland of the Japanese soul and seeing it through the eyes of Shirasu Masako.