The Elegance of Hosokawa. Tradition of a Family From April 4 to July 16, 2019

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation concluded between the two monarchies and Austria-Hungary in 1869, Weltmuseum Wien is showing a new exhibition from the renowned collection of the daimyō family Hosokawa. The members of this elite clan of samurai warriors had served the shogun since the (1333–1568). The generals of the Hosokawa family not only went into battle for their shoguns but also assisted in the field of administration as military governors. Starting the (1600–1868), the family was based in the domain. Nevertheless, the name Hosokawa stands for much more than accomplishments in battle. It is also the name of famous poets, scholars and artists dedicating their attention to the Nō theatre and the tea ceremony. This tradition is still alive and well today. Hosokawa Morihiro, 18thHead of the Hosokawa clan, held a number of political offices in the upper and lower house of Japan’s National Diet and served as the from 1993 to 1994. After his retirement from politics at the age of sixty, he switched to the world of arts to practice calligraphy and manufacture tea ceramics.

The exhibition in three galleries is dedicated to the three central themes of the Hosokawa family heritage:

· The showpiece of any samurai: armour, weapons and accessories · Art by the youngest members of the Hosokawa clan · Appreciation of the Nō theatre and the tea ceremony

85 artefacts from the valuable family collection never before displayed in Europe will be on show in this exhibition. The chosen artefacts include armour, swords, folding screens, portraits of important family members, ink drawings, lacquer work, porcelain and ceramics, Nō masks, costumes and musical instruments.

The Hosokawa family and the Weltmuseum Wien

As the Hosokawa clan attributes great importance to the preservation of tradition and grants public access to its collections in two Japanese museums, the Eisei Bunko Museum in Tōkyō and a branch of the Hosokawa collection at the Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, it is not surprising that there is not a single object from the Hosokawa family in the collections of Weltmuseum Wien. Visitors are nonetheless able to encounter the name Hosokawa at Weltmuseum Wien. In the gallery of the permanent exhibition titled 1873 – Japan comes to Europe, two depictions from the series Biographies of 100 Generals – Hosokawa Yoriyuki (1329–1392) and Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430–1473) – illustrate the display case The Emergence of the Samurai. Pictures in a photo album from the collection of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este show , the seat of the Hosokawa clan, before a great fire in 1877 and a severe earthquake in 1889 destroyed it. The family crest of the Hosokawa clan depicts nine planets or stars and comprises a central circle surrounded by eight smaller circles.

The exhibition has been curated by Bettina Zorn, Curator for East Asia at the Weltmuseum Wien in Vienna.

The Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō and the Hosokawa Collection are our cooperation partners for this exhibition. PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Press photographs are available in the press section of our website free of charge, for your topical reporting: www.weltmuseumwien.at/presse/

栗色革包紺糸射向紅威二枚胴具足 Gusoku Style Suit of Armour with Chestnut Leather Wrapped Lames, Dark Blue Cord Lacing Japan, Edo period (1600–1868), 19th cent. Lacquered leather, iron, gilt bronze, silk, mountain pheasant feathers H 193 cm (total), H 35.6 cm (cuirass) Eisei Bunko Museum (永青文庫 ), Tōkyō, Inv. no. 4113 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō

桜金物紺糸威胴丸具足 Domaru Style Suit of Armour with Metal Fittings in Cherry Blossom Design and Dark Blue Cord Lacing Japan, Edo period (1600–1868), 18th cent. Iron, gilt bronze, leather, lacquer, silk H 32.6 cm (cuirass), W 35 cm (waist), Wt 25 kg Eisei Bunko Museum (永青文庫 ), Tōkyō, Inv. no. 4101 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō

View of Kumamoto Castle before it was destroyed in 1877 Weltmuseum Wien Photographic Collection, nos. 15079 © KHM-Museumsverband Hosokawa Moritatsu in a Nō costume He is performing in Oimatsuchōno Tonosama (The Lord of Oimatsuchō) around 1907 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō

能面 小面 Nō Mask, Ko-omote Japan, Edo period (1600–1868), 18th cent. Ink and colours on wood H 21.2 cm, W 13.3 cm Eisei Bunko Museum (永青文庫), Tōkyō Inv. no. 6513 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō

阿蘇下野狩図屏風 Hunting on the Shimono Plain Beneath Mount Aso Pair of Sixpanel Folding Screens Japan, Edo period (1600–1868), 18th–19th cent. Ink, colours and gold foil on paper, H 178.8 cm, W 379.8 cm (each) Eisei Bunko Museum (永青文庫), Tōkyō, Inv. no. 4058 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō

阿蘇下野狩図屏風 Hunting on the Shimono Plain Beneath Mount Aso Pair of Sixpanel Folding Screens Japan, Edo period (1600–1868), 18th–19th cent. Ink, colours and gold foil on paper, H 178.8 cm, W 379.8 cm (each) Eisei Bunko Museum (永青文庫), Tōkyō, Inv. no. 4058 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō 阿蘇下野狩図屏風 Hunting on the Shimono Plain Beneath Mount Aso (Detail) Pair of Sixpanel Folding Screens Japan, Edo period (1600–1868), 18th–19th cent. Ink, colours and gold foil on paper, H 178.8 cm, W 379.8 cm (each) Eisei Bunko Museum (永青文庫), Tōkyō, Inv. no. 4058 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō

Hosokawa Yoriyuki (1329–1392) Japan, Edo period (1600–1868) Colour, gold on paper, 300 × 330 mm Riebeck Collection Weltmuseum Wien, Inv. no. 27204 © KHM-Museumsverband

Hosokawa Katsumoto (1430–1473) Japan, Edo period (1600–1868) Colour, gold on paper, 299 × 330 mm Riebeck Collection Weltmuseum Wien, Inv. no. 27214 © KHM-Museumsverband

白羅紗九曜紋陣羽織 Jinbaori (Surcoat) Japan, Edo period (1600–1868), 17th cent. Wool, rascha (felt) appliquéd with wool twill L 99 cm, W 54 cm (shoulder) Eisei Bunko Museum (永青文庫), Tōkyō, Inv. no. 4246 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō 白地引両九曜紋幟 Nobori (Military Banner) Japan, Edo period (1600–1868), 19th cent. Paste resist dyed silk H 382.5 cm, W 147.5 cm Eisei Bunko Museum (永青文庫), Tōkyō Inv. no. 4233 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō

面壁達磨図 Bodhidharma Meditating in Front of a Wall Hanging scroll (1584–1645) Japan, Edo period (1600–1868), early 17th cent. Ink on paper 567 × 267 mm (image); 1739 × 495 mm (total) Eisei Bunko Museum (永青文庫), Tōkyo, Inv. no. 776 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō

霰鱗地桐鳳凰丸模様厚板 Nō Costume, atsuita Robe Japan, Edo period (1600–1868), 18th cent. Silk twill weave with silk supplementary weft patterning H 156 cm, W 143.2 cm Eisei Bunko Museum (永青文庫), Tōkyō Inv. no. 24202 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō 細川幽斎像 Portrait of Hosokawa Yūsai (known as Fujitaka, 1534–1610) Copied by Takehara Harumichi (1720–1794) Hanging scroll Japan, Edo period (1600–1868), 1759 Ink and colours on silk 1044 × 513 mm (image), 1733 × 890 mm (total) Eisei Bunko Museum (永青文庫), Tōkyō, Inv. no. 6683 © Eisei Bunko Museum, Tōkyō OPENING HOURS

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