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General Information
- Exhibition Title
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Feature Exhibition: Celebrating the Japanese Doll Festival
- Period
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February 15–March 23, 2025
- Venue
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Heisei Chishinkan Wing, Gallery 1F-2
- Closed
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Mondays
*The museum will be open on Monday, February 24, and closed on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
- Museum Hours
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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
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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 Japanese custom of displaying hina dolls on the third day
of the third month began in the Edo period (1615–1868). The
Doll Festival (Hina Matsuri) is known as a day to pray for
the health and happiness of girls, but it originated as a ritual
of purification, when the accumulated defilements from the
daily lives of actual children would be transferred onto
surrogate figurines. These were eventually linked with child’s
play and evolved into the elaborate hina doll sets displayed in
the home.
This exhibition traces the evolution of hina dolls in
Kyoto, beginning with styles popular during the Edo period
and culminating in lavish doll sets featuring elaborate palace
structures.
Hina Dolls, Kyōho bina Type, known as Ōuchi bina
Kyoto National Museum
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