| Period | June 27, 2024 (Thu) - March 31, 2027 (Wed) |
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| Venue | Haneda Airport |
| Organizers | National Center for the Promotion of Cultural Properties (CPCP); Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd.; Tokyo International Air Terminal Corporation |
| Inquiries | 03-5834-2856 (National Center for the Promotion of Cultural Properties) |
High-resolution facsimile of national treasures and important cultural properties in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum will be on display without glass cases at Haneda Airport in order to make overseas visitors to Japan as well as domestic travelers more broadly familiar with cultural properties. Although cultural properties are normally on display for only limited periods and in limited locations, high-resolution facsimile allow them to be viewed in depth and up close.
The theme of the exhibition “Wings of Japanese Art at HANEDA” is “Japan’s four seasons.” The high-resolution facsimiles on display at Haneda Airport will be changed according to the season. A high-resolution facsimile of Amusements under the Blossoms, works depicting “spring,” will be on display in the 3F International Flight Departure Lobby in Terminal 2. Visitors can enjoy the beauty of Japanese culture and its close connection to the four seasons. In addition, a high-resolution facsimile of Chinese Lion , will be on display on the 4F “Edo Stage” in Terminal 3 (except when events are being held in the space).
Details and display periods of the high-resolution facsimile
| Location | 3F International Flight Departure Lobby, Terminal 2 |
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| Display period | Thursday, February 24, to late May 2026 (tentative) |
The folding screens "Amusements under the Blossoms" depict a cherry blossom viewing scene from around 400 years ago, in the early Edo period.The dancers are women dressed in the latest fashion of the time. Those with swords hung around their waists are women dressed as men. They are probably depicted as flashy performers of Okuni Kabuki, which was popular at that time, and which is the origin of today's Kabuki. The depiction of the dancer with the sole of her foot on display almost seems like a work of stop motion animation. We can almost hear the hand-clapping and cheerful singing that accompanies the sounds of the shamisen.It splendidly captures the Japanese love of nature and joyful appreciation for spring. This work entrances even modern-day viewers and makes us want to sing and dance too.The central parts of the right-hand screen were destroyed during the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Presently, the folding screen is restored with plain paper covering the damaged parts. Based on an image on a glass photographic plate, which is the only media remaining that portrays a perfect image of the original, we have restored the lost parts and created high-resolution facsimiles. The beautiful scene of a party, with well-dressed women under cherry blossoms and the white blossoms of aronia trees, has been restored. Experience a dreamy moment, and drift back 400 years into these noble people's feast under the flowers.
High-resolution facsimile Amusements under the Blossoms
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4F Edo Stage, Terminal 3 *Not on display when events are being held in the space |
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| Display period | Thursday, February 24, to late May 2026 (tentative) |
Kanō Tsunenobu (1636-1713) was a painter of the Kanō school, the largest school of painting in the Edo period, and head of the Kobiki-chō Kanō family. While serving the Tokugawa shogunate, he also had close ties to the Imperial household, frequently participating in the production of wall and door paintings for the Imperial Palace.Tsunenobu's "Chinese Lion," depicting a lion in Chinese style, is designated as an attachment of a National Treasure, the "Chinese Lions" painted by Kano Eitoku, Tsunenobu's great-grandfather. Eitoku's "Chinese Lions" was passed down through the Mōri family, the feudal lords of Chōshū domain（now Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture）, and features two majestic lions. Eitoku was a favorite painterof two rulers of the nation in the sixteenth century, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. This work represents the true essence of the extravagant and courageous Momoyama of that period of Japan.Tsunenobu's "Chinese Lion" is thought to have been painted under the commission of the Mōri family, who had already owned Eitoku's work. Compared to Eitoku's works, the depictions look more charming, but the Tsunenobu's efforts to catch up with his great-grandfather Eitoku are evident. For example, he tried to add a sense of dynamism to the lion's pose and create a sense of spatial depth with the composition of waterfalls and waves. This high-resolution reproduction faithfully reproduces not only the brushwork of the original, but even the aging deterioration of gold leaves.The pair of folding screens "Chinese Lions" was presented to the Imperial Family in 1888 (Meiji 21) by Mōri Motonori, the former lord of the Chōshū domain.
High-resolution facsimile Chinese Lion
About the high-facsimile reproductions on display
The high-resolution facsimile on display consist of works produced and used as part of the Joint Research Project on the Creation and Utilization of High-Resolution Facsimile of Cultural Properties, a joint research project by the CPCP and Canon Inc., and works donated to the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage by the Tsuzuri Project.
This joint research project aimed at providing more people with opportunities to interact with cultural properties and have deeper cultural experiences has been ongoing since October 2018 and has resulted in the creation of fifteen high-resolution facsimile to date. The reproductions enable viewing experiences that would not be possible with the original cultural properties, such as exhibits without glass cases that allow the works to be viewed in detail up close, as well as outreach programs for educational institutions and experiential exhibits combined with video. The technology of the Tsuzuri Project, a joint project by Canon and the Kyoto Culture Association, is utilized to create the high-resolution facsimile. This project combines Canon’s advanced digital technologies for input, image processing, and output with Kyoto’s traditional craftsmanship to create reproductions virtually identical to the original cultural properties in terms of not only their size but also the artist’s brushwork, the bright colors of natural mineral pigments, and even gold leaf and metal mountings.
The Tsuzuri Project is a social contribution project cosponsored by the Kyoto Culture Association and Canon that aims to preserve original cultural properties and utilize high-resolution facsimile of them. Canon’s advanced digital technologies for input, image processing, and output are combined with Kyoto’s traditional craftsmanship to create high-resolution facsimile of historic Japanese masterpieces such as folding screens, painted sliding screens, and picture scrolls, which are then donated. Cultural properties for the project, which was launched in 2007, are selected annually based on two themes. The first theme is reproductions of Japanese cultural properties that have found their way overseas, which are donated to their previous owners. The second theme is reproductions of cultural properties often featured in elementary and junior high school textbooks, which are used as teaching materials to bring history to life in educational settings.
- Tsuzuri Project
- https://global.canon/ja/tsuzuri/
*The original works are not on permanent display. For details, please refer to the website of the Tokyo National Museum (https://www.tnm.jp/).[https://www.tnm.jp/]