EISEI BUNKO MUSEUM

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Past Exhibitions

2024

Early Spring Exhibition 2024

Colors in Chinese Ceramics:
Two-thousand-year history of ceramic colors

Saturday, January 13 – Sunday, April 14, 2024

Early Summer Exhibition

Natural History Studies by the Hosokawa Lords

Saturday, April 27–Sunday, June 23, 2024

Summer Exhibition

Come on, Kuyo-mon!:
Find Hidden Hosokawa Family Crests in the Collection

Saturday, July 27 –Monday (substitute holiday), September 23, 2024

Autumn Exhibition

Exhibition to Commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the Kumamoto University Eisei Bunko Research Center
The World of Letters from Oda Nobunaga

Saturday, October 5 –Sunday, December 1, 2024

2023

Early Spring Exhibition 2023

Superb Swords of the Hosokawa Family
– the National Treasures on display

Saturday, January 14-Sunday, May 7, 2023

Early Summer Exhibition

Tea Ceremony Utensils from the Hosokawa Family Collection:
Sen no Rikyu and Hosokawa Sansai

Saturday, May 20 – Monday, July 17 (National holiday), 2023

Summer Exhibition

Painters loved by Marquis Hosokawa Moritatsu:
Paul Cézanne, Umehara Ryuzaburo, and Yasui Sotaro

Saturday, July 29 – Sunday, September 24, 2023

Autumn Exhibition

Whole Story of the Hidden Treasure “Haseo Zoshi”:
Handscroll collection of Eisei Bunko Museum

Saturday, October 7 – Sunday, December 3, 2023

2022

Spring Exhibition 2022

The Hosokawa Lords and the Matsui Family
―Samurai lords and their senior vassals

Saturday, March 12-Sunday, May 8, 2022

Early Summer Exhibition 2022

World of Sengai
―Humorous and amiable Zen paintings by Sengai-san

Saturday, May 21-Monday, July 18, 2022

Summer Exhibition 2022

Eisei Bunko Museum Exhibition for Children & Families

Saturday, July 30-Sunday, September 25, 2022

Autumn Exhibition 2022

Lacquer Art Collection of Eisei Bunko Museum
―Exquisite masterpieces from the collection

Saturday, October 8-Sunday, December 11, 2022

2021

Early Summer
Exhibition

Ryokan (Part 2):
Poet with the heart and spirit of the Japanese

Saturday, April 24 –Sunday, July 4 August 1, 2021

Summer
Exhibition

Beautiful Equipment of Warriors:
Arms and Armor of the Hosokawa Daimyo Family

Friday, July 23 Tuesday, August 17 –Monday (National Holiday), September 20, 2021

Autumn
Exhibition

Basho: “the Unchanging and the Ever-changing”
Celebrated Works from Kakimori Bunko Collection

Saturday, October 2 –Sunday, December 5, 2021

Winter
Exhibition

“Ancient Chinese and Oriental Art” Returns
with Hosokawa Mirror on display for a limited period

Saturday, December 18, 2021-Sunday, February 13, 2022

2020

The 70th anniversary exhibition of the Eisei Bunko Foundation

Early Spring
Exhibition

“Ancient Chinese and Oriental Art”
with Hosokawa Mirror on display for a limited period

Saturday, February 15–Wednesday, April 15, Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Summer
Exhibition

OKINA
―The world of Noh from the Hosokawa Family Collection―

Thursday, July 23–Sunday, August 30, 2020

Autumn
Exhibition

Highlights of the Hosokawa Collection
―the 50th anniversary in memory of the “Art Lord”, Hosokawa Moritatsu

Saturday, September 12–Sunday, November 8, 2020

Winter
Exhibition

The Unknown Akechi Mitsuhide
―The Hosokawa and the Akechi, warrior lords that supported Nobunaga

Saturday, November 21, 2020–Sunday, January 31, 2021

Early Spring
Exhibition

Four Generations of the Hosokawa Family:
Moritatsu, Morisada, Morihiro, and Morimitsu

Saturday, February 13 ―Sunday, April 11, 2021