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Kosanji Temple and Myoe at Kyushu National Museum

START: Oct 4, 2016 END: Nov 20, 2016

A very special exhibition in which the entire collection of valuable treasures of Kyoto’s Kosanji Temple will be on display at the Kyushu National Museum. There will be an accompanying narration of the life of the Kamakura-period holy monk, Myoe’s life (1173~1232). Displays include a painting of Buddha, in front of which he cut off his right ear at the age of 24. Exhibited for the first time in Kyushu is “Chouju-jinbutsu-giga”, literally “Animal-person Caricatures”, Japan’s most famous set of four picture scrolls, or emakimono, from the Heian period, belonging to Kosanji Temple.

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• 10/4 (Tue.) ~ 11/20 (Sun.)
• 9:30~17:00 (L.I.: 16:30)
• General: ¥1,600; HS and Uni.: ¥1,000; ES and JHS: ¥600
• Kyushu National Museum
• 4-7-2 Ishizaka, Dazaifu, Fukuoka
http://www.kyuhaku.jp/exhibition/exhibition_s45.html

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Published: Oct 20, 2016 / Last Updated: Nov 21, 2016

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