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The Eisei Bunko Collection Eisei Bunko Museum was established in 1950 by Moritatsu, the 16th head of the Hosokawa family that formerly ruled over the vast Higo-Kumamoto domain and was authorized as a public interest incorporated foundation in December 2009. Moritatsu’s intention was to preserve and carry out research of his own art collection as well as the numerous artworks and historical materials that were handed down through the family for generations. The name “Eisei” is a combination of “Ei” of Eigen-an and “Sei” of Seiryuji (Shoryuji) Castle, both deeply connected to the history of the family. Eigen-an is a sub-temple of the Kyoto Kenninji, where successive generations from Hosokawa Yoriari (1332-91), the founder of the clan and a military commander during the Nanbokucho period, to Mototsune (1482-1554) are buried. Shoryuji Castle was the residence of Hosokawa Fujitaka (Yusai 1534-1610), who is revered as the first generation of the modern line of the Hosokawa family. Eisei Bunko Museum is located in a verdant area of Mejirodai in Bunkyo-ku, where visitors can enjoy the traditional landscape of Musashino. The suburban residence of the Hosokawa family was formerly located in this area, and the museum building had been previously used as “kaseijo” (administrative office) before renovation in the early Showa period. The museum holds nearly 94,000 items of artworks and documents related to the 700 year history of the Hosokawa family and Moritatsu’s private art collection including 8 National Treasures and 32 Important Cultural Properties. The collection consists of various objects such as arms and armor, textiles, paintings, calligraphic works, ceramics, lacquer works, sculptures, historical documents, and modern Japanese paintings, and is highly appreciated as a valuable historical resource worldwide. Research and studies of the collection continue to be carried on today with certain objects entrusted to Kumamoto University (about 58,000 items) and Keio University (about 28,000 items).
EISEI BUNKO MUSEUM
Address 1-1-1 Mejiro-dai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Telephone 03-3941-0850 http://www.eiseibunko.com/
Directions From Mejiro Station (JR):
Take 白(shiro) 61 bus bound for Shinjuku Station West Exit to Mejirodai 3chome bus stop and walk for 5 minutes.
From Zoshigaya Station F10 (Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line): Take 白(shiro) 61 bus bound for Shinjuku Station West Exit to Mejirodai 3chome bus stop and walk for 5 minutes.
From Waseda Station (Toei Streetcar Arakawa Line): Walk for 10 minutes. From Edogawabashi Station Y12 (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line): Walk for 15 minutes from 1a Exit. From Waseda Station T04 (Tokyo Metro Tozai Line): Walk for 15 minutes from 3a Exit.
EISEI BUNKO MUSEUM
Chinese ceramics with their long and glorious history have enchanted Japanese people through the ages, and works of unparalleled quality and quantity have been brought from China to Japan.Eisei Bunko Museum holds more than a hundred ceramic works from the Han through to the Qing
dynasties. Hosokawa Moritatsu (1883-1970), the 16th generation and the founder of Eisei Bunko Museum, started collecting Chinese antique arts including ceramics during his eighteen months travel around Europe from 1926, and continued to enrich his collection by consulting art experts. The ceramic collection of the Hosokawa family also includes excellent tea ceremony utensils called “Karamono”, literally “Chinese things”, cherished by Hosokawa Tadaoki (Sansai) (1563-1645), the 2nd generation and a renowned tea master of the time.
This exhibition traces the history of Chinese ceramics by presenting about fifty pieces from the collection such as “Tripod Dish with auspicious flower design” and “Vase with sgraffito design of peonies”, both Important Cultural Properties.
It has been indeed 17 years since we last held the exhibition that focused on Chinese ceramics, and we are pleased to offer you an opportunity to enjoy the works that have been passed down in the Hosokawa family for generations and the world of Chinese ceramics which Hosokawa Moritatsu adored.
Early Spring Exhibition 2018
Chinese ceramic collection of the Hosokawa family ―Tracing the history of Chinese ceramics through the masterpieces of the collection
February 10 ―April 11, 2018
Tripod Dish with auspicious flower designTang Dynasty, 7th-8th centuryImportant Cultural Property
Chinese ceramic collection of the Hosokawa family ―Tracing the history of Chinese ceramics through the masterpieces of the collection
Period: Saturday, February 11 – Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Hours: 10:00 am to 4:30pm (last entry 4:00pm)
Closed: Mondays except February 12, 2018
Admission fees:Adults: 800(700) yen
Adults 70 and over: 600(500) yen
High school and College Students: 400 yen
*( ) indicate prices for those in groups of 10 or more.
Free admission for
Middle school students or younger
Disability Certificate holder and one extra person accompanying him/her
EISEI BUNKO MUSEUM Address1-1-1 Mejiro-dai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
Telephone 03-3941-0850
http://www.eiseibunko.com/
Vase with sgraffito design of peoniesNorthern Song Dynasty, 11th-12th century
Important Cultural Property
Horse Painted grey potteryNorthern Dynasty, 6th century
Important Art Object
Conjoined Vase with cover with design of Western figures in colored enamels Qing Dynasty, Qian-long Era(1736-95)Important Art Object
Ewerwith peony and peacock design in overglaze enamels and goldMing Dynasty, 16th century
Important Art Object
Eisei Bunko Museum
No. Designation Title Ware PeriodDawn of the Chinese ceramic history: the birth of earthenware1 Jar
Grey potteryHan Dynasty,2nd centuryBC- 1st centuryBC
2 Chinese chess board for three playersGrey pottery
Han Dynasty,2nd centuryBC- 2ndcentury AC
3 Important ArtObject
HorsePainted grey pottery
NorthernDynasty, 6thcentury
Emergence of Three-color glazed pottery4 Daily record of Moritatsu HOSOKAWA's 520-day-
journey in EuropeEarly ShowaPeriod, 20thcentury
5 Tripod Dishwith auspicious flower designThree-color glazed pottery
Tang Dynasty,8th century
6 Dishwith flower designThree-color glazed pottery
Tang Dynasty,8th century
7 Quadripod DishQuatrefoil-shaped with flower designThree-color glazed pottery
Tang Dynasty,8th century
8 HorseThree-color glazed pottery
Tang Dynasty,7th-8th century
9 HorseThree-color glazed pottery
Tang Dynasty,7th-8th century
10 ImportantCulturalProperty
Tripod Dishwith auspicious flower designThree-color glazed pottery
Tang Dynasty,7th-8th century
11 ImportantCulturalProperty
Dishwith flower petal designThree-color glazed pottery
Tang Dynasty,7th-8th century
Early Spring Exhibition 2018Chinese ceramic collection of the Hosokawa family ―Tracing thehistory of Chinese ceramics through the masterpieces of the collection
List of Works
Saturday, February 10 ―Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Please note that exhibits aresubject to change without notice.
No. Designation Title Ware Period12 Important Art
ObjectFemale FigureThree-color glazed pottery
Tang Dynasty,8th century
13 Important ArtObject
Chinese LionThree-color glazed pottery
Tang Dynasty,8th century
14 Important ArtObject
Female FigurePainted pottery
Tang Dynasty,7th-8th century
Song Dynasty ceramics15 Important
CulturalProperty
Vasewith sgraffito design of peoniesWhite glazed pottery
Cizhou Ware Northern SongDynasty, 11th-12th century
16 Ewergourd-shaped with underglaze iron stripesWhite glazed pottery
Cizhou Ware Jin Dynasty,12th-13thcentury
17 Vasewith long neckWhite porcelain
Ding Ware Northern SongDynasty, 11th-12th century
18 Important ArtObject
DishBluish opaque glaze with reddish-purple splashes
Jun Ware Jin Dynasty,12th-13thcentury
Ming Dynasty ceramics19 Vase
gourd-shaped with arabesque in overglaze enamelsJingdezhenWare
Ming Dynasty,17th century
20 Important ArtObject
Ewerwith peony and peacock design in overglaze enamels andgold
JingdezhenWare
Ming Dynasty,16th century
21 Dishwith dragon and peony design in overglaze enamels
Zhangzhouware
Ming Dynasty,17th century
22 Jarmelon-shaped with flowers and birds design in underglazeblue
JingdezhenWare
Ming Dynasty,17th century
23 Vessel Standwith scrolling plant design in underglaze blue
JingdezhenWare
Ming Dynasty,17th century
24 Inkstone Screenwith dragon and cloud design in underglaze blue
JingdezhenWare
Ming Dynasty,17th century
No. Designation Title Ware Period25 Hexagonal Tasse
with phoenix design in underglaze blueJingdezhenWare
Ming Dynasty,17th century
26 Bowlwith dragon designYellow glazed porcelain
JingdezhenWare
Ming Dynasty,16th century
27 Dishwith flower and insect design in overglaze enamels
JingdezhenWare
Ming Dynasty,Tianqi Era(1621-27)
28 BowlCeladon glazed porcelain
LongquanWare
Ming Dynasty,15th century
29 BowlCeladon glazed porcelain
LongquanWare
Ming Dynasty,15th century
30 Incense BurnerKnown as "Moshiobi"Celadon glazed porcelain
Ming Dynasty,15th-16thcentury
31 Incense Burnerwith a lion knob on the lidGreen glazed porcelain
Ming Dynasty,17th century
32 Brushwith porcelain handle decorated with cloud and dragondesign in overglaze enamels
Ming Dynasty,16th-17thcentury
33 Brushwith porcelain handle decorated with cloud and dragondesign in underglaze blue
Ming Dynasty,16th-17thcentury
34 Hossu (Zen priest's fly whisk)with porcelain handle decorated with dragon design inoverglaze enamels
Ming Dynasty,Wan-li Era(1573-1620)
35 FluteWhite porcelain
Dehua Ware Ming-QingDynasty, 17thcentury
Qing Dynasty ceramics36 Lidded Stem Cup
Porcelain glazed with gold enamelJingdezhenWare
Qing Dynasty,18th-19thcentury
37 Important ArtObject
Flower Potswith female Immortals design in overglaze enamels
JingdezhenWare
Qing Dynasty,17th-18thcentury
No. Designation Title Ware Period38 Important Art
ObjectLidded ContainersPeach-blossom red glazed porcelain
JingdezhenWare
Qing Dynasty,Kang-xi Era(1662-1722)
39 Important ArtObject
Conjoined Vase with coverwith design of Western figures in colored enamels(falangcai enamels)
JingdezhenWare
Qing Dynasty,Qian-long Era(1736-95)
40 Guanyi tsun (Avalokitesvara shape) Vasewith plum tree design in underglaze blue
JingdezhenWare
Qing Dynasty,17th-18thcentury
41 BowlGreen glazed porcelain
Qing Dynasty,17th-18thcentury
42 Illustrated catalogue of Three-color glazed pottery 1928
Chinese ceramics in Japanese tea ceremony43 Tea Bowl
with silvery spots (Yuteki Tenmoku type)Jin Dynasty,12th-13thcentury
44 Chinese Tea CaddyBulging base type, known as "Asano"
Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty,13th-14thcentury
45 Chinese Tea CaddyBulging base type, known as "Gyokudote"
Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty,13th-14thcentury
46 Potwith silvery spots (Yuteki)
Jin Dynasty,12th-13thcentury
47 Tea Leaf Potwith flower and plant design in underglaze blue
JingdezhenWare
Ming Dynasty,17th century
48 Tea BowlKonoha (leaf) tenmoku type
Jizhou Ware Southern SongDynasty, 12th-13th century
49 Tea BowlNogime (hare's fur) tenmoku type
Jian Ware Southern SongDynasty, 12th-13th century
No. Designation Title Ware Period50 Tea Bowl
Yellow tenmoku type, known as "Shuko Tenmoku"Yuan-MingDynasty, 14th-15th century
51 Tea BowlYellow tenmoku type
Yuan-MingDynasty, 14th-15th century
52 Water JarGosu-sometsuke typeLozenge-shaped with horse design in underglaze blue
Ming Dynasty,17th century
53 Ewerin shape of pomegranate decorated in underglaze blue
JingdezhenWare
Ming Dynasty,17th century
54 Water Jarin round shape decorated with flower design in underglazeblue
JingdezhenWare
Ming Dynasty,17th century
55 Tea Leaf JarKnown as "Kametsubo"
Yuan-MingDynasty,14th century