A portion of the 13th-century picture scroll depicting the Battle of Heiji will return to Japan for the first time in 17 years, to be shown at the Nagoya-Boston Museum of Fine Arts, April 11-May 7.
The sister institution to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts opened its doors in Nagoya in April last year. The 7-meter portion of the picture-scroll from the Kamakura Period depicts the dramatic battle in 1159 when the armies of Fujiwara Nobuyori and Minamoto Yoshitomo set fire to the Sanjo Palace of the ex-Emperor Goshirakawa. It has been kept at the Boston Museum since the Meiji Era. Related works remaining in Japan will also be shown as part of the exhibition.
The Nagoya-Boston Museum of Fine Arts is located at 1-1-1 Kanayama-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya, near Kanayama Station on the JR Chuo and Tokaido lines, Meitetsu main line or subway Meijo Line. The museum is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (until 9 p.m. on Fridays) except Mondays. Admission to the picture scroll exhibition is 1,000 yen for adults, 700 yen for senior high school and college students and 300 yen for junior high and primary school students.
An extensive exhibition of Pueblo Indian art will also be held May 30-Oct. 9 at the Nagoya-Boston Museum of Fine Arts.