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The Tokugawa Art Museum

2021.11.2

Chinese paintings of the Owari Tokugawa family

Exhibition Place: The Tokugawa Art Museum
Exhibition Period: November 13-December 12, 2021
Exhibition Hours:10:00~17:00 (The closing time for admission is 16:30)
Introduce: The Owari-Tokugawa family has collected many Chinese paintings centered on the masterpiece "Higashiyama Treasure", which is said to have been stored in the Muromachi Shogun family. In the long history of the Owari-Tokugawa family for more than 350 years, there are many works that have been dissipated, but fortunately there are many collections that record the history of the collection, so even left the Owari-Tokugawa family. They can trace the actual situation of the collection including the works. For the first time, all Chinese paintings from the Owari-Tokugawa family, including the Higashiyama Treasure owned by the Tokugawa Art Museum, will be released together with the collection book, and the aspect of Chinese painting acceptance by the family, who was the head of the daimyo family, will be approached.