Event
The Tokugawa Shoguns and Kyoto: Treasures from Chion-in and Other Temples and Shrines
Jun 14, 2016 (tue) – Jul 18, 2016 (mon・national holiday)
Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Entrance until 4:30 p.m.)
Closed: Monday(Tuesday if the Monday is a national holiday)
Admission:
Adult 520 yen
University Student 260 yen
http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/project/2016_tokugawa.html
Venue
Kyoto National Museum
http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/index_top.html
Access: 527 Chaya-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, 605-0931, Japan
Tel: 075-541-1151
Hours: 9：30 ~ 18：00/Tuesday ~ Thursday and Weekend
9：30 ~ 20：00/Friday（entry up to 30 minutes before closing.）
Closed: Monday(Tuesday if the Monday is a national holiday)
About
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542–1616), the first shogun of early modern Japan, is most closely associated with Edo (present day Tokyo), where he established a new military government. Lesser known is the extent to which Ieyasu and other Tokugawa shoguns patronized temples and shrines in Kyoto—long the stronghold of Ieyasu’s rival warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598). This exhibition, four hundred years after Ieyasu’s death at age 75, examines how rulers of the new Tokugawa regime protected and supported religious institutions in the ancient capital. It introduces this history through important artworks from Kyoto shrines and temples, especially the major temple of Chion-in, including a pair of seated portrait sculptures of Tokugawa Ieyasu and his son Hidetada (1579–1632) collectively designated as an Important Cultural Property in 2014.
