Artworks with ties to Nara return for "Nanto Buddhist Painting Exhibition" opening in July at Nara National Museum (Asahi Shimbun)
The Nara National Museum will host a special exhibition in July featuring Buddhist paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Summary
The Nara National Museum has announced a special exhibition titled "Nanto Buddhist Painting: The Revived Beauty of Nara Tempyo," running from July 18 to September 13. The exhibition features a "homecoming" of Buddhist paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, alongside designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties from within Japan.
Key highlights include the "Shaka Ryojusen Seppo-zu," which was kept at Todai-ji until the Meiji era, and a reunion of Buddhist art pieces once belonging to the now-defunct Uchiyama Eikyu-ji. Additionally, the exhibition will display a reproduction of the Horyu-ji Golden Hall mural, capturing its appearance prior to the 1949 fire.
Director Yoichi Inoue expressed his hope to popularize the term "Nanto Buddhist painting," while Anne Nishimura Morse, Curator of Japanese Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, emphasized the significance of seeing these works gathered together for the first time in many years.
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