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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Kyoto Exhibit 7 Scroll Paintings of Ishiyama Temple Museum of Modern Art

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For those riding the Lake Biwa circuit, or just happen to be near Otsu, this fall there will be a great exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, in Otsu City.

The total seven-volume set of "Ishiyama-dera Engi Emaki," or a scroll painting of the legend of Ishiyama-dera Temple, will be put on display for the first time in October at the Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture.

The seven-volume set of scrolls is made up of 33 scenes with pictures and notes. It measures roughly 110 meters in total length. Each of the scrolls was made in a different period, divided among the Kamakura, Muromachi and Edo Periods.

Information

Museum of Modern Art, Shiga
Tel: 077 543 2111
October 6 to November 25
Note: volumes designated as an Important Cultural Property will only be displayed from October 6 to 14 and November 13 to 25.


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