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

 

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General Information

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.

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 standing statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, the temple’s principal object of worship. The scrolls are attributed to Kano Motonobu (1476–1559), the second-generation leader of the Kano school of painting. In celebration of their 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 (1476–1559). Seiryō-ji Temple, Kyoto (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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