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Exhibitions 2007
IWAI: Arts of celebration - An Exhibition Commemorating the New Museum of the Suntory Museum of Art
March 30, 2007-June 3
With five festive themes namely <Symbol>, <Season>, <Festival>, <Celebration>, and <Harmony>, 150 articles from the Museum Collection have been chosen to decorate the entire gallery bringing the joy of life. This premiere showcase of the new museum’s architecture and exhibition space surely will help discover a new enchantment in each Museum Collection article.
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 National Treasure
"Box with fusenryo design in mother-of-pearl inlay and maki-e"
Kamakura period |
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WATER in LIFE - An Exhibition Commemorating the New Museum of the Suntory Museum of Art
June 16, 2007-August 19
"Water" has provided Japan with a rich natural environment. The exhibition features images of "water" widely expressed in Japanese art, and demonstrates Japan’s culture which is deeply connected with water, through Japanese sensitivity and sentiments. By focusing on this essential in our daily lives, the exhibition reflects on Japanese traditions.
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"Blue wine ewer"
Edo period |
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Special Re-Opening Exhibition: "BIOMBO/Folding Screens—Art of Japan" (tentatively)
September 1, 2007-October 21
BIOMBO in Portuguese and Spanish is an equivalent of "byobu" in Japanese meaning folding screens. This exhibition spotlights Japanese folding screens, a long cherished interior décor and re-examines their history and roles in Japanese culture from a global perspective. The restored screens of which originals were presented to foreign governments or separately owned by various collectors will be among the features.
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"Gion Festival"
Edo period |
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Special Re-Opening Exhibition: "All about the National Treasure,'Choju-Jinbutsu-Giga Emaki'"(tentatively)
November 3, 2007-December 16
Surrounding the four scrolls titled "Choju-Giga" (a.k.a. Choju-Jinbutsu-Giga/Frolicking Animals and Figures"emaki) of the Kosanji Monastery in Kyoto’s Togano-o district, existing fragments and copies will be gathered to reveal the entire picture of the "Choju-Giga". While multilaterally grasping the fascination of the "Choju-Giga" and categorizing articles by pedigree, the exhibition studies the essence of Japanese culture through the "Choju-Giga" legacy.
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While the Museum is closed, we continue to conduct various projects. Here, current and upcoming exhibitions featuring articles from the Collection are listed.
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