Rich Veins of Japanese Art －Mining for Hidden Treasures
2025-06-21 – 2025-08-31
Summary
Information about the Exhibition
| Dates | June 21 – August 31, 2025 Closed on Mondays, July 22. (except July 21, August 11) |
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| Opening hours | 10:00 - 17:00 (Last entry: 16:30) Extended Hours July 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, August 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30: 10:00 - 19:00 (Last entry: 18:30) |
| Venue | Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka 4F Galleries |
| Organizer | Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka, Nikkei Inc., NHK Osaka Station, NHK Enterprises, Inc. Osaka Branch Office |
| Sponsorship | Iwatani Corporation Osaka Shoko Shinkin Bank OBAYASHI CORPORATION DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. MOMOTANI JUNTENKAN LTD. |
| Supervised | Yamashita Yuji (Professor, Meiji Gakuin University) |
| Planned in Cooperation with | Asano Laboratories Inc. |
| Admission fee | Adults 1800 yen (advance sales/groups 1600 yen) University / High school students 1500 yen (advance sales/groups 1300 yen) Junior high school / Elementary students: 500 yen (advance sales/groups 300 yen) Member privileges (free admission, discounts) are available for this exhibition * Advance ticket sales: until June 20 (23:59) * Prices include tax. Group prices are for groups of at least 20 visitors. * Persons holding an official Disability Certificate are admitted for half the price of a same-day ticket (including one attendant). Apply at the ticket counter (2F) on the day. (No advance reservation required.) * Certification of eligibility for special rates must be presented before admission for all except regular adult rates. * For this exhibition, regular adult rates apply to Osaka residents aged 65 or older. * The museum may close without notice in the event of disasters or other circumstances beyond our control. |
| Inquiries | Osaka City General Call Center 06-4301-7285 Hours: 8:00 – 21:00 (365 days) |
Works
Ito Jakuchu
Roosters, Hens, and Chicks with Bamboo
Before 1790
Maruyama Okyo
Carp with Plum Tree
1787
Attributed to Iwasa Matabei
Defeating Demons
Edo period (17th century)
Sesson Shukei
Eight Views of Xiaoxiang
Fukushima Prefecture Designated Cultural Property
Muromachi period (16th century)
Fukushima Museum
Shikibu Terutada
Monkeys Playing Among Trees and Rocks
Important Cultural Property
Muromachi period (16th century)
Kyoto National Museum
Tsukishima Monogatari Emaki (Picture Scrolls of Tale of Tsukishima)
Muromachi period (16th century)
Kano Kazunobu
Five Hundred Arhats, Scroll #22, The Six Realms: Hell
Minato City Cultural Property
1854 – 1863
Daihonzan ZOJOJI
Makishima Nyokyu
Kannon Bearing a Fish Basket
1952
Ashikaga Civic Cultural Foundation
Vessel with Flange and Small Perforations Decorated with Human Figure (excavated from the Imojiya Site)
Important Cultural Property / Japan Heritage
c. 3500 – 3000 BCE
Minami-Alps City Board of Education / Furusato Bunka Denshokan Museum
Special Exhibit
Ito Jakuchu
Buddha and the Sixteen Arhats
Hypothetical Digital Reconstruction
2024
TOPPAN Inc.
This screen by Jakuchu thought to have been destroyed in the war, with only a small black and white photo version remaining, has been faithfully recreated right down to the three-dimensional quality of the original impasto, via a fusion of the latest digital technology, and academic scholarship.