Feature ExhibitionCommemorating the Completion of Conservation: Legends of the Shakyamuni Hall (Shakadō Engi)

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Description of Exhibition

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Exhibition Title: Feature Exhibition
Commemorating the Completion of Conservation: Legends of the Shakyamuni Hall (Shakadō Engi)

Period: July 8–August 24, 2025
*The artworks will be rotated during the exhibition period.

Venue: Heisei Chishinkan Wing, Galleries 2F-2, 3

Transportation: JR, Kintetsu Railway, Keihan Railway, Hankyu Railway, City Bus / Map

Closed

Mondays, except July 21 and August 11, 2025
July 22, 2025
August 12, 2025

Museum Hours: 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (entrance until 4:30 p.m.)
Open until 8:00 p.m. on Fridays (entrance until 7:30 p.m.)

Admission

Adult	700 yen
University Student (ID required)	350 yen

Admission fee includes admission to all galleries in the Heisei Chishinkan Wing.
Admission is free for high school students and other youths age 0 – 17, seniors over 70, visitors with disabilities and one caretaker, and for Campus Members (including faculty). Please show ID.
Admission for school groups: Admission to the Collection Galleries is free for elementary school, middle school, and high school students on school fieldtrips as well as teachers serving as their guides.

Catalogue: For availability and purchasing information, see Exhibition Catalogues and Related Publications

Description of Exhibition

The temple of Seiryō-ji, in the Saga area of western Kyoto, owns a set of six illustrated handscrolls that describe its legendary origins. Legends of the Shakyamuni Hall (Shakadō engi), designated an Important Cultural Property, vividly depicts stories related to Seiryō-ji’s principal object of worship—a standing sculpture of Shakyamuni Buddha believed to have been brought from China. The scrolls’ richly detailed illustrations showcase ink painting techniques developed by Kano Motonobu (1477–1559), the second-generation leader of the renowned Kano school. Among the many origin story scrolls (engi-e) produced by temples and shrines from the late 1400s onwards, Legends of the Shakyamuni Hall is regarded as a particularly masterful example. In celebration of their recent conservation, completed with support from the Asahi Shimbun Foundation, all six handscrolls are being displayed together in this feature exhibition.

Important Cultural Property. Legends of the Shakyamuni Hall (Shakadō engi), Vol. 3. Attributed to Kano Motonobu (1477–1559). Seiryō-ji Temple, Kyoto (this scene on view August 5–24, 2025).

Important Cultural Property
Legends of the Shakyamuni Hall (Shakadō engi), Vol. 3
Attributed to Kano Motonobu
Seiryō-ji Temple, Kyoto
[this scene on view: August 5–24, 2025]

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