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BIOMBO / Japanese Heritage as Legend of Gold. A special Exhibition Celebrating the New Home of the Suntory Museum of Art(September 1-October 21.2007)

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 decor 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.

[Address]	Tokyo Midtown Gardenside 9-7-4 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8643, Japan
[Hours]	Sundays, Mondays and National Holidays 10:00a.m.-6:00p.m. Wednesdays to Saturdays 10:00a.m.-8:00p.m. Entrance closes 30 minutes before closing time. Sept.16(Sun), Sept.23(Holiday), Oct.7(Sun) closes at 20:00p.m.
[Closure]	Tuesdays, New Year's Day, and during exhibition preparation periods.
[Admission]	Adult ¥1,300(¥1,200)/College, High School Student ¥1,000(¥900)/Elementary, Junior-High school students and under are free. A group discount applies for a party of 20 or more. With a certificate of disability, the admission fee of a disabled person and a care-giver will be waived.
[Note]	The display will change midway through.

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Important Cultural Property
Western Princes on Horseback
Pair of six-fold screens
Suntory Museum of Art

Hawking Scenes Screens (left)
By Kano Tadanobu
Leiden National Museum of Ethnology

Hawking Scenes Screens (right)
By Kano Tadanobu
Leiden National Museum of Ethnology

Gion Festival Screen
Suntory Museum of Art

Gion Festival Screen
East Asian Arts Museum, Cologne