Talk:Tokugawa Art Museum

Facsimiles?

Is there a reference for the claim: The scrolls are so fragile that they cannot be exposed to air or light, and they are never shown publicly, but facsimiles are exhibited at the museum. ? I wonder since, as far as I know, the original scrolls (or are they facsimiles?) are shown once a year for about a week (holds for the scrolls in the Tokugawa Museum as well as those in the Gotoh Museum). If they were facsimiles, why hide them for most of the year? bamse (talk) 03:07, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

I was just there last week, that was the written explanation. AFAIK the original scrolls are never displayed in public, only a small rooms shows facsimiles and other displays and explanations. I am sure the same thing will apply to the Gotoh Museum. But try to find out, maybe they are displayed once a year although I seriously doubt that. enjoy your visit and let us know. Gryffindor (talk) 15:36, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

On the Gotoh website it says:

主な展示予定品（すべての展示品は会期中展示替の可能性があります）
国宝　源氏物語絵巻　鈴虫一・鈴虫二・夕霧・御法 平安時代・12世紀　＊展示予定期間4月29日（祝）－5月10日（日）

so i hope to see 12th century scrolls and not facsimiles this week. As far as I remember reading somewhere, the Tokugawa Museum has a special showing some time in autumn (November?). bamse (talk) 00:35, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I went yesterday to the Gotoh Museum and indeed, the original scrolls were on display (next to modern 2005 paintings/copies of the illustrations) and pretty much amazing! According to the Gotoh museum website, the scrolls are shown every year for about a week around the Golden Week holidays. I will fix the Gotoh Museum article, which also has some other problems (somebody translated Kaminoge (上野毛) with Ueno it seems...). Concerning the Tokugawa Museum, have a look here. The original scrolls are going to be shown from November 21 to November 29 this year. If you click on previous years in the right column you will see that, at least since Heisei 13, they have been displayed in the Tokugawa Museum - always for around one week in November. Could you please fix the Tokugawa Museum article, The_Tale_of_Genji#Illustrated_scroll and possibly other articles where it says that they are never shown to the public. bamse (talk) 01:20, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Oh wow, I envy you. Must have been pretty impressive. Sure, will fix it. Gryffindor (talk) 11:49, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

You can still see them until May 10 in the Gotoh Museum. bamse (talk) 15:28, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

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I have attempted to select available images that will represent the quality and diversity of the exhibits at Tokugawa bijutsukan. The data for the captions has been taken from the sources on WP Commons translating from the Japanese text where necessary. Dr.khatmando (talk) 13:37, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

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