2025年02月01日（土） - 2025年04月13日（日）
This exhibition of early-modern and modern-period Japanese works features paintings connected with the poems in Hyakunin Isshu. Hyakunin Isshu (100 poets One Poem) is a anthology collected by Fujiwara no Teika.
During the 13th century, waka master Fujiwara no Teika collected one hundred poems into a single anthology, each by a different poet. In this Hyakunin isshu (100 poets One Poem), the works span verses written from the seventh century to Teika's lifetime. Since the compilation collection is known as Ogura Hyakunin Isshu. Sparkling with the wit of a hundred poets, these historical Top 100 poems are recited with affection even to this day.
This exhibition of early-modern and modern-period Japanese works features paintings connected with the poems in Hyakunin Isshu.
Before and during the Heian period (794-1185), when the imperial court moved to Kyoto, ability to compose seasonal waka was an admired cultural skill. Ikeda Koson's Five Seasonal Festivals is the first painting you see in the first-floor exhibition room. It illustrates some of the customs of the imperial court. Other works such as Nagasawa Rosetsu's Autumn Leaves under a Hazy Moon and Kayama Matazo's Oboro (Haze), convey impressions that changing nature evokes. You will enjoy the paintings more if you think about how long-past poets strove to express fleeting moments that occur during time and the season.
The second-floor exhibition room features waka poems and paintins that are still relevant to the joys and anxieties of romantic love. Finally, enjoy paintings by artists who loved waka poetry and made poets and poetic women the subject of their art. Works here include Uemura Shoen's Poetry of beautiful Women and Kikuchi Keigetsu's Six Immortal Poets.
We hope you enjoy this opportunity to more deeply experience the charm if Hyakunin Isshu, a work that still, centuries after its creation, lives in daily life.
| Title | I Love Hyakunin Isshu |
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| Dates | February 1 (Sat.) 2025 to April 13 (Sun.) |
| Closed | February 18 (Tue.) February 23 (Sun.) for the Karuta Competition March 4 (Tue.) We close at 14:00 on February 22 (Sat.) for the preparation of the karuta competition |
| Opening Hours | 10:00 am - 5:00 pm (last entry 4:30 pm) |
| Admission Fee | General / University student: \1000 (\900) High School Stutdent (age 16-18): \600 (\500) Elementary / Junior high school student (age 7-15): \400 (\350) Disabled person and up to one helper: \600 (\500) *Prices in parentheses are for groups of 20 or more |
| Organizer | Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts & Culture |
| Supported by | Kyoto prefecture, Kyoto City, Kyoto City Board of Education, Kyoto Chamber of Comomerce and Industry |
| Related documents | Leaflet |
Spring Dawn by Yokoyama Taikan
Bijin Eika [Beauty Poem] by Uemura Shōen
Twelve Months of Birds and Flowers folding screens (right screen only of pair) by Yamauchi Shinichi
Ise no Taifu by Tosa Mitsusada
Sunrise, Sea Swell, and Lush Pines by Yokoyama Taikan
Smile by Matsumura Baisō
Receiving the Reward by Kikuchi Keigetsu
Plum Blossoms in December by Tomita Keisen
A Stag Cries for his Mate in Autumn Wilds by Fukada Chokujou
