From Hara Museum ARC, Gunma
Featured in this exhibition are selections of calligraphy and painting from the Hara Rokuro Collection that embody bunga, the quality of refinement and elegance found in classical poetry and literature.
Wang Xizhi watching a goose (part of a set of Landscape of four seasons), XuLin, Ming dynasty
Landscape based on an old Chinese anecdote “Assembly at the Orchid Pavilion”(paintings used for wallpaper and fusuma at Nikko-in Mi’idera temple), attributed to Kano school, four hanging scrolls
These include a series of four hanging scrolls, Landscape of Four Seasons by Xu Lin (Ming dynasty), one of which depicts the story of Wang Xizhi, the Sage of Calligraphy, accompanied by a seven-character poem on the state of mind of a hermit. Assembly at the Orchid Pavilion, a painting in the style of the Kano school, shows Wang Xizhi’s famed poetry gathering of distinguished literati at the Orchid Pavilion.
Book of model handwriting, called “Reiso-dai”, Nara – Muromachi period
Reiso-dai is a collection of model handwriting. Such collections, highly popular during the Edo period, consisted of fragments of sutras and poetry (kohitsu) dating from before the early-modern period) assembled together in the form of hanging scrolls or folding books.
We hope visitors will take this opportunity to enjoy the pleasures of bunga through these and other early-modern masterworks from the Hara Rokuro Collection.
Featured Works
Traditional Art
Landscape based on an old Chinese anecdote “Assembly at the Orchid Pavilion” (paintings used for wallpaper and fusuma at Nikko-in Mi’idera temple), attributed to Kano school, four hanging scrolls, Momoyama – Edo priod / Landscape of four seasons, XuLin, four hanging scrolls, Ming dynasty / Book of model handwriting, called “Reiso-dai”, Nara – Muromachi period and others
Contemporary Art
Jae-Eun Choi, Homage to Mozart, 1988 / Anish Kapoor, Void, 1992 and others
Exhibition
■Kankai Pavilion (Traditional East Asian Art)
Elegant Pastimes – Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection
March 16 (Saturday) – April 24 (Wednesday), 2013
Flowers, Birds and Animals – Selections from the Hara Rokuro Collection
April 26 (Friday) – May 29 (Wednesday), 2013
■Galleries A, B and C (Contemporary Art)
Spinning the Word: Sophie Calle and Miranda July from the Hara Museum Collection
March 16 (Saturday) – June 26 (Wednesday), 2013
Hara Museum ARC
2855-1, Kanai, Shibukawa-shi, Gunma 377-0027
Tel: 0279-24-6585
Hours: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm *last entry 30 minutes before closing
Closed: Thursdays (except March 28 and May 2)
*Closed temporarily in the event of severe weather.
Admission: General (over 12) 1,000 yen; children (over 3) 500 yen; 10% discount for a group of 20 or more.
**Children must be accompanied by an adult
***Combination ticket for Hara Museum ARC and Ikaho Green Bokujo ranch: General 1,800 yen; Children 900 yen; a 100 yen discount with the Hara Museum ticket.
Getting There: By train: Take the Joetsu Shinkansen to Takasaki, change to the Joestu Line, and disembark at Shibukawa. From Shibukawa, ARC is 10 minutes away by taxi or 15 minutes by bus (take the Ikaho Onsen bus to “Green Bokujo Mae”). By car: 8 kilometers (about 15 minutes) from the Kan-etsu Expressway Shibukawa Ikaho Interchange (in the direction of Ikaho Onsen).
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