Exhibitions

  • Exhibition Current

    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.

  • Exhibition Current

    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