KYOTO CULTURE ASSOCIATION (NPO) | JAPAN

2013.11.23 - 11.30

Special exhibition of high resolution facsimiles at Seirai-in temple and Reigen-in temple

These two exhibitions are held in temples which are not open to the public usually and both are the sub temples of Kenninji temple. Visitors can be able to appreciate not only the facsimiles, but also their beautiful autumn gardens.

※Reigen-in temple is closed on Monday, November 25.

date ：2013.11.23 - 11.30
Address ： 西来院/Seirai-in　霊源院/Reigen-in
(Komatsu cho, Yamato Oji street Shijho sagaru, Higashiyamaku, Kyoto city *inside the area of Kenninji temple)
Open hour ： Seirai-in temple, 10am to 5pm / Reigen-in temple, 1pm to 6:30pm

*Parking space is limited so please visit the places by using public transportations.

Cultural property, Tenkyu-in temple’s fusuma screens are opened to the public

2013.11.16 - 12.01

Fall season’s special event

“Cultural property, Tenkyu-in temple’s fusuma screens are opened to the public”

Please enjoy temple's important cultural properties and its beautiful autumn garden.

date ： 2013.11.16 - 12.01
Address ： 天球院/Tenkyu-in temple
　　　　　　　（Myoshinji cho 46 Ukyoku, Kyoto city）
Open hour ： 10am to 3pm

2013.11.04

Kyoto Culture Association supporting member’s special event

~Appreciate the high resolution facsimile of the National Treasure “The Wind and Thunder Gods” at Kenninji temple~

We invite KCA’s supporting members to our special event. Meet at our office and enjoy Japanese tea and sweets, then visit Kenninji temple to see the high resolution facsimile of Tawaraya Sotatsu’s “The Wind and Thunder Gods.”
Please contact our office for more information.

High resolution facsimile of Kitagawa Utamaro's masterpiece

2013.10.22 - 11.04

High resolution facsimile of Kitagawa Utamaro's masterpiece in Tochigi city

The high resolution facsimile of Kitagawa Utamaro's masterpiece created by KCA is now displaying at Utamaro festival held in Tochigi city.

Masters of the tea ceremony and their era

2013.10.06 - 10.19

~Special exhibition "Masters of the tea ceremony and their era"~

The special exhibition featuring tea ceremony masters and their collection of tea ceremony utensils.

2013.10.02 - 10.14

~Special exhibition "Senke Jisshoku"-Tea ceremony, the beginning of Japanese beauty-~

The exhibition of Senke Jisshoku, the ten designated artisan families who have created tea utensils with San Senke, three historical households directly descended from the 16th-century tea master Sen no Rikyu, for several hundred years.

2013.09.14

~Galleria Kameoka special event "Calligrapher Kanazawa Shoko, the story of hope"~

The special event of Kanazawa Shoko, a calligrapher with Down syndrome and her mother.

Create original Japanese paper Kyoto Culture Association

2013.06.30

"Create original Japanese paper, washi and appreciate the high resolution facsimiles."

Kyoto Culture Association supporting member’s special event

2013.05.25 - 06.09

"Cultural property, tenkyu-in temple's fusuma screens are opened to the public"

Special event

2013.05.08 - 05.11

Special event, meta-museum "Seek and study the cultural properties"

-the story of who preserves cultural properties as to pass them to the future generation-

2013.05.11 - 05.12

~Special event "Let's make a miniature byobu"~

Join our special event and make a miniature byobu, folding screen in English.
We also display the high resolution facsimile at the event space.

2013.04.26 - 06.30

~Special event "High resolution facsimile of A Game of Go, from the Four Accomplishments will be displayed at Ryoanji temple"~

The high resolution facsimile A Game of Go, from the Four Accomplishments, one of facsimiles created upon Tsuzuri project, will be displayed at Ryoanji temple.

2013.03.30 - 04.14

~Special event "Kosei-in temple ant its beautiful garden are opened to the public"~

2013.03.13

Cultural Property Sommelier wanted!

＜Purpose＞

Kyoto National Museum and Kyoto Culture Association launched the “Learning support program for elementary and junior high school students: using high-resolution facsimiles of cultural properties as leaning materials” to offer children opportunities to be more familiar with Japanese cultural properties and to raise their interests on those assets.
Now we are seeking 5 new students who learn art history at university and graduate schools and who satisfy requirement for Cultural Property Sommelier.

＜Detail＞

We seek university or graduate students who are able to participate in the project from next spring. The schooling will start in April 2013, and teaching at elementary and junior high schools will start in June 2013. There will be some gratuity for activities.

＜Application requirements＞

The requirements for the application are as follows:
・Students of university or graduate schools in Kyoto, who also will be enrolled next year
・Who has or had taken Japanese Modern Art History class
・Whose university or graduate schools must be campus members of Kyoto National Museum
・Who will be able to participate schoolings once a month (Monday)

＜Number of the sommelier＞

About 5people

＜Application period＞

Starting from March 2013 Deadline April 11, 2013

＜Schooling＞