Japan Cultural Expo Presented and Co-presented Projects (as of June 21, 2019) *Japan Culture Expo collaborates with other organizations and entities in planning, production, and funding. Category Title Date Place Category Title Date Place 2019 Nara Palace Site Museum Summer Exhibition Nara Palace Site Museum, Nara Art and Cultural The Buddhist Sculptures of Daiho’onji Temple Art and Cultural 1 April 23 – June 16, 2019 Kyushu National Museum 11 for Children “In the Garden of the Nara Capital: July 20 – September 1, 2019 National Research Institute for Cultural Treasures Kyoto: Masterpieces by Kaikei and Jokei Treasures Unearthing the Ancient Gaze at Nature) Properties Tokyo: August 3 – September 29, Nara National Research Institute for Legendary Kyoto Painting from Maruyama Okyo to Tokyo University of the Arts (the Uni- Art and Cultural Art and Cultural 2019 2 Spring Special Exhibition “The Bone Story” April 23 – June 30, 2019 Cultural Properties (Asuka Historical 12 the Modern Era: A Virtual-Reality Environment and versity Art Museum) and the National Treasures Treasures Kyoto: November 2 – December Museum) Nihonga Workshop Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 15, 2019 Japanese Culture Promotion at ICOM Kyoto 2019 Educational Events Associated with the Exhibition Art and Cultural National Archives of Modern Architec- Art and Cultural Noh Performance “Stone Bridge” at Opening Kyoto International Conference Hall, 3 “Early Drawings of Tadao Ando: Autonomy and June 8 – September 23, 2019 13 September 1 – 7, 2019 Treasures ture, Agency for Cultural Affairs Treasures Ceremony and “Tokinoha Sanbanso” Nihon Buyo Kyoto National Museum, etc Dialogue” Performance at Closing Ceremony The Tsuzuri Project: The Art of Hokusai, Reproduced Art and Cultural Art and Cultural Special Display of Rediscovered Tsukiji Akashi-cho 4 from the Collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, June 25 – August 25, 2019 Sumida Hokusai Museum 14 November 1 – December 15, 2019 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Treasures Treasures Town by Kaburaki Kiyokata Smithsonian Institution Art and Cultural “Islands as Abodes of the Divine” International Munakata Taisha and other World Art and Cultural 5 July 2019 – March 2020 15 Bishamonten, Guardian Deity of the North February 4 – March 22, 2020 Nara National Museum Treasures Cultural Art Project Heritage Sites Treasures Art and Cultural Nara Heritage Project: Cultural Assets Linking Around July 2019 – around March Art and Cultural Echigo-Tsumari Snow Fireworks: Gift for a Frozen Atema Kogen Resort Belnatio 6 Nara Prefecture and other sites 16 February 29, 2020 Treasures Antiquity to the Present 2020 Treasures Village 2020 Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture Art and Cultural The Muromachi Shoguns: Involvement of Fifteen Art and Cultural Museum of Kyoto Annex and other 7 July 13 – September 1, 2019 Kyushu National Museum 17 Artists’ Fair Kyoto 2020 February 29 – March 1, 2020 Treasures Ashikagas in Wars and Arts Treasures venues Art and Cultural Art and Cultural Timeless Conversations 2020: Voices from Japanese 8 Exploring Art: Creatures of Faith July 13 – September 8, 2019 Nara National Museum 18 March 11 – June 1, 2020 National Art Center, Tokyo Treasures Treasures Arts of the Past and the Present 1 March 20 – May 25, 2020 1 Toji Homotsukan Museum Art and Cultural Experience Japanese Culture: Samurai Mania! July 17– September 1, 2019 (“Try Art and Cultural Japanese Art and Craft Repair: Technique, 9 Tokyo National Museum 19 2 June 23 – July 19, 2020 2 Kyoto National Museum Treasures Explore Japanese Armor at TNM on Armor” on designated days) Treasures Materials, and Transmission 3 Late February – early April 2020 3 Osaka Museum of Housing and Living Naoshima, Ogijima, Shodoshima, Art and Cultural Seventeen days between July 20 Art and Cultural National Treasures of Kyoto: Preservation, Repair, Late April – late June 2020 (details 10 Performing Arts on Inland Sea Islands Project Oshima, Honjima, Ibukijima and Taka- 20 Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art Treasures and November 2, 2019 Treasures and Conservation TBA) matsu port Content Content 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 Daiho’onji Temple, commonly For the purpose of understand- The Sacred Island of Okino- The exhibition portrays the People of all ages and back- Wooden mokkan tablets Some 3,000 museum-related Belief in Bishamonten (Skt. Contemporary art created by The Japanese technology of known as Senbon Shakado ing the idea of harmonious shima and associated sites in 240-some years of rule by the grounds will enjoy this chance unearthed in eighth-century participants, including 2,000 Vaishravana), one of the “four aspiring young artists will be repair and preservation of (“one-thousand Shakyamuni coexistence with nature and the Munakawa region, located fifteen Ashikaga shoguns of the to experience samurai armor up archaeological sites and poems from overseas, will converge in guardian kings,” has flour- showcased in an exciting setting cultural properties has drawn hall”), is famous as a repository multiculturalism in modern and north of Kyushu and inscribed Muromachi bakufu, based in close. The event and its related from the late-eighth-century Kyoto for the triennial general ished since the Heian period. at a unique venue in Kyoto. The attention from around the world. of Kamakura-period (1192–1333) contemporary architecture, an in the World Heritage List in Kyoto. The masterful works the galleries provide an inside look at Man’yoshu anthology are among conference of the International Bishamonten is familiar as one of works feature Japanese aesthetic For over a thousand years, sculptures. This exhibition in educational workshop featuring a 2017, provides the stage for this individual shoguns treasured hint four types of armor used from the works in the Nara National Muse- Council of Museums (ICOM). Per- the “seven gods of good fortune” beauty expressed in a new style. Japanese have preserved fragile commemoration of the 800th talk by renowned architect Ando international project that bridges at their individual character and Heian period (794–1185). Faithful um that transmit to our time the formances of Noh, Kyogen, Nihon and is an important theme works of art and craft made of anniversary in 2020 of the Tadao and a related exhibit will culture, art, and the environment their eventful lives. Thirteen stat- replicas of armor and helmets are way the ancients viewed nature Buyo (Japanese dance), and relating to the natural world and 18 wood and paper using traditional temple’s founding, showcases take place in conjunction with the under the theme “Respect for the ues of the Muromachi shoguns, on hand for visitors to handle and and the environment. Information various omotenashi (hospitality) local customs, depicted in not This exhibition presents works techniques based on understand- superb works in the temple’s “Early Drawings of Tadao Ando” sea and coexistence with it,” the never before shown all together examine closely. On designated is provided in four languages events are planned. only traditional but contemporary by leading Japanese artists in ing and use of natural materials. collection by Unkei, Jokei, and exhibition. basis of worship of “islands as outside the Tojiin temple, are days, children and to adults are (Japanese, English, Chinese, and art and crafts. contemporary art, design, and other masters of the Keiha school abodes of the divine.” included. invited to “Try on Armor” for Korean). 14 architecture together with clas- 20 of Buddhist sculptors. 4 themselves. Modern Nihonga painter Kaburaki 16 sical masterworks of Buddhist This exhibition shows peo- Thirteen masterpieces by Katsu- 6 8 12 Kiyokata’s (1878–1972) master- The stage for this project is statuary, ukiyo-e, swords, etc. ple’s respect of and affinity for 2 shika Hokusai on themes from Events showcasing Nara’s cul- Spotlighting animals associated 10 A virtual-reality environment piece Tsukiji Akashi-cho (Tsukiji the kind of prosperous village The juxtaposition spotlights nature as found in Kyoto-related Based on research results in an- nature in the collection of the tural assets, traditional events, with prayer and faith depicted in Focusing on the traditional cul- featuring a 360-degree view of Akashi-cho Town; 1927) was made possible by the bounty of the similarities and affinities in National Treasure paintings, imal archaeology, this exhibition Freer Gallery of Art, Smithso- food, etc. will be held at cultural archaeological artifacts, sculp- ture, history, and folk customs of Okyo’s sliding-door painting missing for 45 years from soon the mountains and rivers that imagery and spirit. calligraphy, sculpture, crafts, shows how humans made use nian Institution, reproduced by facilities in and outside of Nara, ture, painting, and craftwork, this the Inland Sea region (Setouchi), Peacocks and Pines from the after his death. Kaburaki was forms Japan’s primal landscape. and archaeological artifacts. It of animals, fish, and other living high-resolution photography, will as well as at the nearby UNESCO- exhibit draws on the collection Performing Artsperformances Daijoji temple and a Nihon- known for his depiction of the Attractions include the “Hikari no also introduces the repair of cul- organisms. It also introduces be shown at the Sumida Hokusai designated World Heritage site of of the Nara National Museum. and other cultural events will be ga (Japanese-style) painting ways people of the Meiji era tane” light displays over broad tural properties, procurement of animal archaeology and the Museum in Tokyo along with the eighth-century Heijo capital, Look for the auspicious dragon, held on several islands to pro- workshop guided by artists of the (1868–1912) enjoyed the four snow-covered fields—a fantasy natural materials for repair, and activities of the Environmental some 130 related works from the to transmit the appeal of Nara lion, phoenix and crane of mote the attractions of the region Tokyo University of the Arts are seasons. of “a flower garden of light”i- transmission of traditional repair Archaeology Section of the Nara Museum’s own collection, includ- culture to the rest of the country Buddhist art, and the animals of both domestically and globally.