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Special Exhibition Hall
This special exhibition highlights masterworks from the Yomei Bunko Collection, which comprises of early books and documents from the Konoe clan, one of the five Fujiwara regent families. Featured in this unprecedented exhibition will be eight National Treasures and sixty Important Cultural Properties, including historic works such as the National Treasure-designated Mido kanpaku ki (Records by the Regent of Great Hall [Hojo-ji Temple]) handwritten by Regent Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027) and the Important Cultural Property-designated Letter by Fujiwara Tadamichi, as well as outstanding calligraphic works such as the National Treasures Wakansho (also known as the Konoe edition of Wakan roeishu (Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems)) and Otekagami (Large Album of Exemplary Calligraphy).
KYOTO NATIONAL MUSEUM closes it from May 28 to July 27, 2012.
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The Grand Izumo Exhibition: On the Occasion of the Renovation of Izumo Taisha Shrine and 1300 Years of the Kojiki Chronicle
Saturday, July 28 to Sunday, September 9, 2012
The Collections Hall is being closed.
Due to the construction, The Collections Hall is being closed now.
New Collections Hall will be opened after 2014.
Various historical stone objects can be seen in the premise of the Kyoto National Museum.
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Please note that exhibited works and exhibition schedules are subject to change.
