Special Exhibition: Kyuhaku's Ryukyu Collection

About this event

Held at the Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, the "Special Exhibition: Kyuhaku's Ryukyu Collection" showcases carefully selected works from the collection of Ryukyuan historical materials gathered since the museum's opening. Organized to celebrate the public opening of the Shuri Castle Main Hall, this exhibition allows visitors to experience the distinctive history and culture of the Ryukyu Kingdom through works across a wide variety of fields, including paintings, picture scrolls, lacquerware, dyed textiles, and calligraphy. Highlights include a display where approximately 8 meters of the roughly 13-meter-long "Ryukyu Manners and Customs Scroll" can be viewed at once, as well as a configuration pairing crafts that utilize Ryukyu-specific materials and techniques alongside paintings and calligraphies nurtured through exchanges with China. Displayed items include the "Bird's-Eye View of Shuri and Naha," the "Mother-of-Pearl Dragon Tray" representing Ryukyuan lacquerware, and the "Bingata Kosode" robe that could only be worn by the royal family and nobility. Visitors will also have the opportunity to view side-by-side the calligraphy of Ryukyuan calligraphers and Chinese investiture envoys (Sapposhi). The estimated viewing time is 40 to 60 minutes.

Venue

Kyushu National Museum

4-7-2 Ishizaka, Dazaifu, Fukuoka 818-0118