July 20, 2023
Keio University
The Keio Museum Commons is pleased to present an exhibition of Zen Buddhist art from the Tokiwayama Bunko Collection and the Keio University collections. Chinese culture, which entered Japan along with Zen Buddhism during the Kamakura period, was highly prized in Zen temples. This culture spread throughout the Japanese landscape, transcending religious frameworks and laying the groundwork for Muromachi culture. This exhibition invites visitors to leisurely enjoy the world of saints and landscapes that Zen monks admired and envisioned, imagining their gaze as it extends across time and space in a state ofgayū.
The Tokiwayama Bunko is a collection whose foundations were laid in 1943 by businessman Tsusai Sugawara, a portion of which is deposited at Keio University. Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Tokiwayama Bunko's founding, this exhibition will feature masterpieces of Muromachi painting from among the deposited works. In addition, works by Ikkyū and Sesshū from the Keio University collections will be displayed for the first time since their donation in 2021.
*Gayū: The act of lying down and viewing a landscape painting, feeling as if one is wandering within that world.
Dates: Monday, October 2–Friday, December 1, 2023 [Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays]
Special Openings: Saturday, October 14 and Saturday, November 25
(Temporary Closures: Monday, October 16 and Monday, November 20)
Venue: Keio Museum Commons (East Annex, Mita Campus)
Hours: 11:00 AM–6:00 PM
Admission: Free
*Some works will be rotated during the exhibition period.
*For details, please check the KeMCo website .
Please see below for the full press release.