Theater
Theater program: March 1– 21, 2022
Calendar
March, 2022
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- blue Fujiwara Clan's Sutra Container and Sutra Case: The Prayers and Splendor of the Heian Aristocracy
- pink Letters from Sakamoto Ryōma: A Hero's Appeal in the Closing Days of the Tokugawa Shogunate as Told through His Writing
- glay Museum or Theater Closed
Theater is closed on March 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 18, 20, 21, 2022 and every Saturday and Museum's closed day.
Fujiwara Clan's Sutra Container and Sutra Case: The Prayers and Splendor of the Heian Aristocracy
English audio guide available / about 16 min.
This video delves into the historical and artistic significance of three National Treasure-designated sutra receptacles unearthed from the temple complex at Kinpusen, in Yoshino, Nara prefecture. The gilt bronze sutra container and two gold and silver-decorated bronze sutra boxes--one with paired birds and another with Buddhist flowers--originally held sutras that were buried as votive offerings by Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1028), once the most powerful regent in Japan, during a pilgrimage to the sacred mountain site. Through footage of present day Kinpusen and Enryaku-ji on Mt. Hiei, as well documentary evidence provided by Michinaga's diary Mido Kanpaku ki, we discover the historical and artistic significance of these National Treasures. Close up views of the inscriptions and the designs inscribed into these vessels give us a sense of the aspirations of their patron as well as the Pure Land adoration that was so prevalent in the culture of the Heian court.
a scene in "Fujiwara Clan's Sutra Container and Sutra Case"
- Film Schedule
- Where: Heisei Chishinkan Lecture Theater (B1)
- When : 13:00- / 14:00- / 15:00-
For the play-date, please see the above calendar.
Letters from Sakamoto Ryōma: A Hero's Appeal in the Closing Days of the Tokugawa Shogunate as Told through His Writing
English audio guide available / about 19 min.
Sakamoto Ryōma(1836-1867) is one of the most popular heroes of the nineteenth century ― a time when Japan ended its long seclusion and began to enter the modern era. This program examines the appeal of this visionary figure through his letters, which were Sakamoto family and descendants of owners of the Ōmiya Inn in which Ryōma was assassinated.
a scene in "Letters from Sakamoto Ryōma"
- Film Schedule
- Where: Heisei Chishinkan Lecture Theater (B1)
- When : 13:00- / 14:00- / 15:00-
For the play-date, please see the above calendar.
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