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Permanent exhibition
In Kyoto, where both the supporters and opposers of the shogunate were active, valuable materials are always on display based on the idea of understanding the history of the Bakumatsu Restoration from both perspectives.
■Konosuke Matsushita and Ryozen [newly displayed]
We will exhibit valuable materials related to the establishment of the Ryozen Museum and Konosuke Matsushita (Panasonic founder), the first director of the museum.
■ Boshin War Picture Scroll / Shinsengumi soldier List
All three volumes of the spectacular “Boshin War Record Picture Scroll” or three types of “Shinsengumi soldier List” will be exhibited alternately.
■ Permanent main exhibition on the 2nd floor
Zone exhibitions are mainly focused on Ryoma Sakamoto and Shinsengumi / Shogunate.
* On the 1st floor, “the Sword that killed Ryoma”, “Kondo Isami’s sword”, and “Hijikata Toshizo’s sword” are also exhibited, which is a representative collection of the museum.
Social conditions at the end of the Edo period as seen in nishiki-e prints
Famous ukiyo-e prints include elegant portraits of beautiful women by artists such as Suzuki Harunobu and Kitagawa Utamaro, and landscape paintings such as The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido by Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige.
Among ukiyo-e prints, those that are crude, highly colorful, and loud, depicting periods from the mid-Edo period to the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration, as well as the Satsuma Rebellion, the Sino-Japanese War, and the Russo-Japanese War, are called nishiki-e.
Many nishiki-e prints were painted in later years, and are often exaggerated or different from historical fact, but they also serve as a mirror reflecting the historical context in which they were published.
1st period: 22 January to 30 March
2nd period: 1 April to 11 May
Introducing the Ryozen Museum of History, an institution dedicated to exploring the Bakumatsu period and the Meiji Restoration