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Held from July 10 (Sat) – September 20 (Mon/Holiday), 2021, at the Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum.

The exhibition is organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture/Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum, the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Agency for Cultural Affairs, and the Arts Council.

・The order of the plates does not necessarily correspond to the exhibition display. ・Please note that the exhibition period is subject to change without prior notice. ・Period: ① July 10 – August 9, ② August 11 – September 5, ③ September 7 – September 20 Works without mention are exhibited throughout the exhibition period.

5 9 Prologue: Pseudo-Raised Scales Takuboku Katana Signed “Mihara” in Vermillion Diplomatic gift Multi-Color and Dark-Blue Lacing with Uchigatana-Type Mounting Scale Chest Armor in Two Parts with Deep Black Scabbard with Black-Lacquer Battle Fan with Sword: Nanbokuchō period / Six-Leaf Hollyhock Crest in Maki-e Mounting: Mid- 1 and Commander’s Baton Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Multi-Colored Lacing Scale Armor Edo Period Signed by Iwai Yozaemon Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 10 Dated 1613 (Keichō 18) / Gift Designated National Important Cultural Property Royal Armouries, U.K. 6 Finely Patterned Light-Green Surcoat Byakudan-nuri Lacquer-Painted with Hollyhock Crests Small Scales Blue Lacing Child’s Granted by Ieyasu to Imamura Armor Masanaga Part I Mid-Edo Period Dated 1615 ( 1) Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Armors and Rites ② 7 11 Tachi Sword Signed “Kagemitsu.” White Velvet Surcoat 2 with Mounting with Cord-Wrapped Late 16 – Early 17 Century True Scales Dark-Color Lacing Chest Scabbard, with Waterwheel Crests in Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Armor in Two Parts Maki-e Lacquer on Pear-Skin Ground ③ with Archer’s Glove with Hollyhock and Metal Fitting with Three-Leaf Crest Hollyhock Crest 12 Late Edo Period Sword: Nanbokuchō Period/Sword Mounting: Long Ceremonial Robe in Brown Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Early Edo Period Hemp with Hollyhock Crests Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Granted by Tokugawa Ietsuna 3 8 17 Century White and Navy Lacing Scale Armor The Museum of Late Edo Period Unsigned Katana Sword Attributed to Rai Kuniyuki Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 13 with Uchigatana-Type Mounting White Woolen Surcoat with Hollyhock 4 with Black-Lacquered Scabbard with Crest True Scales Red Lacing Scale Armor Horizontal Strips, and Lacquered Previously Owned by with Silver Commander’s Baton and Wood-Pattern Case with Scattered Bowl- with-Stars-and-Plums Crest on Late Edo Period Five-Ribbed Black-Lacquer Battle Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Fan with Round Moon in Maki-e Pear-Skin Ground ① Edo Period Katana: ca. Mid- Period / Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Scabbard and Sword Case: Late Edo Period Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 14 23 Black-Lacquered Camp Hat with Black-Sealed Letters of the Part II Silver Wave Patterns and Scattered Tokugawa Ietsugu Annual Events: Hollyhock Crests Mid-Edo Period Previously Owned by Tokugawa Yoshinobu Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum The Inari Deity and Late Edo Period ① Hinamatsuri, Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum the Doll Festival ① 24 Black-Sealed Letters of the 15 32 Document Sent from Tokugawa Mid-Edo Period Tominaga Inari Shrine Yoshinobu to the Imperial Court Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Early 19 Century Dated 1867 (Keiō 3) ②③ Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum ① 25 33 Black-Sealed Letters of the Green Bamboo Blind 16 Tokugawa Ieshige First “Horse Day” of the Second Month of Late Edo Period Portrait of 1847 (Kōka 4) (Color on Silk) Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Painting by Reizei Tamechika ① Late Edo Period 34 Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 26 Votive Tablet at the Tominaga Inari Black-Sealed Letters of the Shrine 17 Tokugawa Ieharu By Ōta Nanpo Black-Lacquered Carrying Pole Late Edo Period Dated 1819 ( 2) and a Palanquin in Ajiro Weave with Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tamenuri Lacquer Coating ②③ Previously Owned by / 35 Passed Down in the Obama Sakai Family 27 Stone Tablet with the Character “Tai” Early Edo Period Black-Sealed Letters of the Calligraphy by Kajima Okishige Private Collection / Entrusted at Fukui Tokugawa Ienari First “Horse Day” of the Second Month of Prefectural Wakasa Historical Museum Late Edo Period 1837 (Tenpō 8) Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 18 ① 1: Screens Depicting Iemitsu’s Visit to 36 the Nikkō Tōshōsha Shrine 28 A Pair of Tin Sake Bottles 2: Screens Depicting Visit to the Hie Black-Sealed Letters of the 19 Century Sannō Shrine Tokugawa Ieyoshi Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Early Edo Period Late Edo Period Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 37 The Nikkō Tōshōsha Shrine: ① ②③ Shrine Gong The Hie Sann Shrine: ō ②③ 19 Century 29 Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 19 Black-Sealed Letters of the Black-Sealed Letters of the 38 Tokugawa Iemitsu Offertory Box Late Edo Period Early Edo Period Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Dated 1860 ( 7) Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum ① ① 39 30 20 Offertory Box Black-Sealed Letters of the Black-Sealed Letters of the Tokugawa Iemochi Dated Fifth Month of 1827 (Bunsei 10) Tokugawa Ietsuna Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Early Edo Period Late Edo Period Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 40 ②③ ②③ Sanbonsugi Inari Daimyōjin Oracle Box 31 21 Dated Third Month of 1813 ( 10) Black-Sealed Letters of the Japanese Scissors Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Previously Owned by Tokugawa Yoshimune Mid-Edo Period 1730 (Kyōho 15) 41 Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum A Pair of Lanterns ① Dated 1847 (Kōka 4) Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 22 Black-Sealed Letters of the 42 Tokugawa Ienobu Stone Lanterns Mid-Edo Period Offered by the Members of the New Store at Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Kuramae ②③ Dated Second Month of 1823 (Bunsei 6) Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 43 56 64 A Pair of Foxes, Messengers of the A Pair of Lozenge Trays Lacquered Bridal Furniture with Tominaga Inari Deity Edo Period Scattered Peony, Arabesque, Late Edo Period Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Hollyhock and Chrysanthemum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Patterns in Maki-e 57 Previously Owned by Isonomiya Tomoko and 44 “Kokin” Hina Dolls Kazunomiya Lion Masks By Hara Shūgetsu II 18–19 Century Third Month of 1858 (Ansei 5) Dated 1827·1829 (Bunsei 10·12) Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 65 45 58 Lacquered Doll-Furnishing Set The Flag of the Four Gods Designated National Important Cultural Property with Scattered Peony, Arabesque, Second Month of 1848 (Kōka 5) Furisode with Tasuki Cord and Hollyhock and Chrysanthemum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Chrysanthemum, Wave, and Plum Patterns in Maki-e Pattern 18–19 Century 46 Mid-Edo Period Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Votive Tablet Owned by the Marubeni Corporation Second Month of 1848 (Kōka 5) ① 66 Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Woman’s Palanquin with Scattered 59 Hollyhock Crests, Pine Lozenge, 47 Grayish-Blue Figured Satin Kosode Plum Blossoms, and Arabesque Banners for “Senior First Rank with Patterns Associated with the Pattern in Maki-e on Pear-Skin Tominaga Inari Daimyōjin” “Maple Festival” Chapter of the Tale Ground Offered by Kuniya Genkichi and Kamejirō of Dated 1698 ( 11) Dated Second Month of 1812 (Bunka 9) 19 Century Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum ① ②③ 48 67 Tricolor Curtain 60 Mirror with Three-Leaf Hollyhock 19 Century Pleasures Inside and Outside of the Crest on Turtle-Shell Hexagonal Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Mansion Pattern Ground Early Edo Period with Mirror Box with Scattered 49 Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Hollyhock Crests, Pine Lozenge, Plum Tassels Blossoms, and Arabesque Pattern in 19 Century Maki-e on Pear-Skin Ground Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Dated 1698 (Genroku 11) Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 50 Part III A Pair of Candle-Stands The Splendor of ① Dated Third Month of 1858 (Ansei 5) 68 Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Furnishings and Black-Lacquered Woman’s Palanquin with Plum and Arabesque Pattern and 51 Fashion Scattered Three Diamonds in a Circle Candle-Stand Crests in Maki-e Dated Seventh Month of 1848 ( 1) Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 61 Late Edo Period Black-Lacquered Shell-Matching Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 52 Game Set with Paulownia and ②③ Three Implements for Worship Phoenix Pattern in Maki-e By Murata Seimin Late Edo Period 69 Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Scroll Illustrating Princess Dated Seventh Month of 1825 (Bunsei 8) Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum ③ Sazanomiya’s Wedding Procession to Edo 53 62 Dated 1804 (Bunka 1) Statue of Ebisu Ten-Round Incense Game Set with Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Lion and Peony Patterns in Maki-e on Dated 1661 ( 1) ①② Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Ayasugi Ground 1649 ( 2) 70 Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum 54 Scroll Illustrating the Imperial Lacquered Hina Doll Furnishing Set Princess Kazunomiya’s Wedding with Peony and Arabesque Pattern 63 Designated National Important Cultural Property Procession to Edo in Maki-e Passed Down in the Kajima Text by Seki Yukihiro Family Bridal Furniture with Lions and Peonies in Maki-e on Ayasugi Ground: Dated 1862 (Bunkyū 2) Dated 1827 (Bunsei 10) Incense Tray and Utensils, Teeth- Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Blackening Basin, and Casket ③ 55 By Kōami Nagashige A Pair of Takatsuki Trays 1649 (Keian 2) 71 Hayashibara Museum of Art Book of Designs for Ordered Kimono Edo Period Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum ② Dated 1664 (Kanbun 4) Kawashima Textile Museum 72 Uchikake in White Figured Silk with Seven Treasures Pattern and Pine, Bamboo, Pine, Crane, and Turtle in Circles 19 Century Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum ③

73 Uchikake in White Figured Silk with Seigaiha Wave Pattern and Bouquets 19 Century Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum ①

74 Koshimaki with Collection-of- Treasures Pattern in Reddish-Black Plain Weave Silk 19 Century Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum ②

75 Katabira with Goten Pattern in Chayazome Dye on White Hemp Ground Late 18 – Early 19 Century Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum ①

76 Furisode with Pale-Blue Crinkle Silk with , Cherry Blossoms and Swallow Pattern in Somenui Embroidery Mid-Late Edo Period Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum ③

77 Kosode with Goshodoki Pattern in Purple Silk Crepe Late Edo Period Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum ②

Epilogue: Gold & Silver

78 Red-and-blue-laced Suit of Armor with Small Gold Scales and Unique Shoulder Guards Edo Period Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund

79 Left : 1 Multi-Colored Lacing White Lacing Scale Armor with Small Scale Armor ©Royal Armouries. Silver Scales and Unique Shoulder Right : 78 Red-and-blue- Guards laced Suit of Armor with Small Gold Scales and Edo Period Unique Shoulder Guards Tokyo Metropolitan Edo-Tokyo Museum Photo: Minneapolis Institute of Art