The Formation and History of The Imperial Collection Sannomaru Shozōkan

Kano Eitoku (1543–1590); Chinese Lions; 16th century; six-panel folding screen; ink and color on gold; Imperial Household Collection.

Hiroshi Asaka
The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozōkan
November 13, 2025: 6:00-7:30PM

807 Schermerhorn Hall

Registration required. 

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The Japanese imperial family has been collecting artworks continuously from the Nara period (710–794), and they have been preserved in the Shōsōin Repository. Various works of fine and decorative art collected since the Meiji Restoration (1868) are respected as gyobutsu (imperial treasures). This talk will introduce the formation and history of the imperial collection and the current state of the Imperial Household Collection.