The Zen treasures of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, gather at the Tokyo National Museum's Heiseikan Building from October 14 to December 6 — the first Daitoku-ji exhibition in Tokyo, and the first in 41 years. Alongside numerous treasures such as Mokkei's National Treasure "Kannon, Monkeys and Cranes" (in the Daitoku-ji collection) and the National Treasure "Yohen Tenmoku" tea bowl (in the Ryoko-in collection), the exhibition recreates the normally non-public interior of the Sanmon gate — its ceiling still vividly painted by Hasegawa Tohaku — and unveils its principal image and a statue of Sen no Rikyu for the first time.
Special Exhibition: “Daitokuji: A Zen Temple Beyond Compare”
Discover the treasures of Kyoto’s Daitoku-ji at the Tokyo National Museum’s Heiseikan from October 14 to December 6. The temple’s first exhibition in Tokyo—and its first in 41 years—features National Treasures including Mokkei’s Kannon, Monkeys and Cranes and the Yohen Tenmoku tea bowl. Step inside a recreation of the normally closed Sanmon gate interior, with its vivid ceiling paintings by Hasegawa Tohaku, and see its principal Buddhist image and statue of Sen no Rikyu on public display for the first time.
ZEN NIGHT TOKYO
Experience an autumn night of Zen as the Tokyo National Museum garden—normally closed at 5 p.m.—opens for a special evening of sound and light.
Stroll beside the pond amid illuminated autumn leaves and a sea of mist, accompanied by calming “neuro music.” Discover “Brainwave Zazen,” a meditation experience with brainwave monitoring, and “Hyakki Yado,” a sound corridor featuring 3,000 red spider lilies.
Held alongside the special exhibition Daitokuji: A Zen Temple Beyond Compare.
