| Period | December 6, 2024 (Fri) - January 29, 2025 (Wed) |
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| Place | Saga Prefectural Art Museum |
| Hours | 9:30-18:00 |
| Closed | Mondays Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed from December 29 to January 1 and January 14. * Open on January 13. |
| Admission | Adults ¥1400; * High/Junior High/Elementary School Students and under: Free admission. Please present proof of age when entering the museum. * Persons with disabilities and one caregiver of individuals with disabilities: Free admission. Please present a certificate of disabilities when entering the museum. |
| Website | Saga Prefectural Art Museum https://saga-museum.jp/museum/language/english/ |
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Highlights of the Exhibition
The Momoyama period marked Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s unification of Japan. During this era, urban development flourished with the construction of Jurakudai and Fushimi Castle in Kyoto, and Osaka Castle in Osaka. To support his military campaigns during the Bunroku and Keicho Wars, Hideyoshi also established Nagoya Castle in Hizen, which became a gathering place for renowned warlords. The Nagoya Castle’s grandeur was so remarkable that it was said, “its stone walls surpass those of Kyoto” and “its keep exceeds Jurakudai.”
This special exhibition, “Three Capitals of Momoyama,” introduces Kyoto, Osaka, and Hizen Nagoya, showcasing artifacts related to Hideyoshi and masterpieces by artists of the Momoyama period. For the first time, the Golden Tea Room from the Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum is displayed outside its home institution. Visitors can also enjoy High-resolution Facsimiles of national treasure folding screens, including a projection mapping of Pine Forest, and cutting-edge digital content, “8K Cultural Property” of Scenes in and around Kyoto (Funaki Version). These features bring the cultural and artistic heritage of the Momoyama period vividly to life.
Folding Screen of Hizen Nagoya Castle
Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum
Portrait of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum
The Golden Tea Room (Reproduction)
Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum
Interactive Digital Hands-on Content “8K Cultural Property”
This interactive digital exhibit, created as part of the joint research project “8K Cultural Property Project” conducted by the Tokyo National Museum, NHK and the National Center for Promotion of Cultural Properties (CPCP) showcases 8K 3DCG data of the National Treasure Scenes in and around Kyoto (Funaki Version). This content allows visitors to explore intricate details of the folding screen, where even figures as small as 5 centimeters in the original work are magnified to life-size, offering a vivid and immersive visual experience.
* This digital content is jointly presented by the Saga Prefectural Art Museum and the CPCP.
* Visitors are welcome to take photos and videos of both the “8K Cultural Property” exhibit and the High-resolution Facsimiles of folding screens in this section.
We are conducting the survey to ask the feedback of visitors who experienced this “8K Cultural Property” interactive exhibit in the gallery.
When you have completed the survey, show the confirmation screen to museum staff to receive a free postcard! （While supplies last.)
Interactive Digital Hands-on Content “8K Cultural Property”
The 8K images, displayed on a 70-inch 8K display, allow you to immerse yourself in the intricate details of the artwork, revealing elements not easily seen with the naked eye.
National Treasure
Scenes in and around Kyoto (Funaki Version)
By Iwasa Matabei
Edo period, 17th century
Tokyo National Museum
This joint research project between the Tokyo National Museum and NHK, initiated in 2020, uses cutting-edge 3D scanners and photogrammetry technology to capture cultural properties and create ultra-high-definition 8K 3D CG models. These “8K Cultural Properties” models have been shown at the Tokyo National Museum and in NHK programs and events.
As part of the exhibition "Museum of the Future” held in 2022, the project culminated in immersive presentations using 3D CG models of the National Treasures Scenes in and around Kyoto (Funaki Version) and the Statue of the Bodhisattva Kuse Kannon, and so on, drawing over 90,000 visitors. Starting in 2023, CPCP joined the project, further promoting and expanding the utilization of the “8K Cultural Properties.”
- NHK Website “8K Cultural Properties Project"
- https://www.nhk.or.jp/strl/english/interbee2022/a1.html
A New Way to Experience Folding Screens through High-resolution Facsimiles: National Treasure Pine Forest
Installation of High-Resolution Facsimile of Pine Forest with a projection mapping (Original: National Treasure by Hasegawa Tōhaku, Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century, Ink on paper, Owned by the Tokyo National Museum)
Although folding screens were used in daily life as decorations and partitions since ancient times in Japan, they are rarely seen in modern society. In this gallery, high-resolution facsimiles allow visitors to experience folding screens as they were originally meant to be used – on tatami mats and without display cases. Dynamic video imagery enhances the experience, allowing visitors to expand their imaginations and enjoy these famous paintings with the five senses. We hope you enjoy this new experience of “diving” into masterpieces of Japanese painting.
High-Resolution Facsimile of Wind God and Thunder God/ Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn
Visitors can also view High-resolution Facsimiles of the Important Cultural Properties Wind God and Thunder God Folding Screen and Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn Folding Screen. While the original works were separated into two folding screens for preservation purposes, the facsimiles faithfully recreate their original form as a single set, with paintings on both the front and back of a pair of two-panel screens.
Important Cultural Property
Wind God and Thunder God
By Ogata Korin (1658-1716)
Edo period, 18th century
Color on gold-leafed paper
Owned by the Tokyo National Museum
Important Cultural Property
Flowering Plants of Summer and Autumn
By Sakai Hoitsu (1761-1829)
Edo period, 19th century
Color and silver leaf on paper
Owned by the Tokyo National Museum
Please note:
Use of the High-resolution Facsimiles of three sets of folding screens was made possible through collaboration between the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage and Canon Inc. as part of their "Joint-Research Project on the Utilization of High-resolution Facsimiles of Cultural Properties."
The original work will not be on display.