The Eisei Bunko Collection Eisei Bunko Museum was established in 1950 by Moritatsu, the 16th head of the Hosokawa family that formerly ruled over the vast Higo-Kumamoto domain and was authorized as a public interest incorporated foundation in December 2009. Moritatsu’s intention was to preserve and carry out research of his own art collection as well as the numerous artworks and historical materials that were handed down through the family for generations. The name “Eisei” is a combination of “Ei” of Eigen-an and “Sei” of Seiryuji (Shoryuji) Castle, both deeply connected to the history of the family. Eigen-an is a sub-temple of the Kyoto Kenninji, where successive generations from Hosokawa Yoriari (1332-91), the founder of the clan and a military commander during the Nanbokucho period, to Mototsune (1482-1554) are buried. Shoryuji Castle was the residence of Hosokawa Fujitaka (Yusai 1534-1610), who is revered as the first generation of the modern line of the Hosokawa family. Eisei Bunko Museum is located in a verdant area of Mejirodai in Bunkyo-ku, where visitors can enjoy the traditional landscape of Musashino. The suburban residence of the Hosokawa family was formerly located in this area, and the museum building had been previously used as “kaseijo” (administrative office) before renovation in the early Showa period. The museum holds nearly 94,000 items of artworks and documents related to the 700 year history of the Hosokawa family and Moritatsu’s private art collection including 8 National Treasures and 32 Important Cultural Properties. The collection consists of various objects such as arms and armor, textiles, paintings, calligraphic works, ceramics, lacquer works, sculptures, historical documents, and modern Japanese paintings, and is highly appreciated as a valuable historical resource worldwide. Research and studies of the collection continue to be carried on today with certain objects entrusted to Kumamoto University (about 58,000 items) and Keio University (about 28,000 items).

EISEI BUNKO MUSEUM

Address 1-1-1 Mejiro-dai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Telephone 03-3941-0850 http://www.eiseibunko.com/

Directions From Mejiro Station (JR):

Take 白(shiro) 61 bus bound for Shinjuku Station West Exit to Mejirodai 3chome bus stop and walk for 5 minutes.

From Zoshigaya Station F10 (Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line): Take 白(shiro) 61 bus bound for Shinjuku Station West Exit to Mejirodai 3chome bus stop and walk for 5 minutes.

From Waseda Station (Toei Streetcar Arakawa Line): Walk for 10 minutes. From Edogawabashi Station Y12 (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line): Walk for 15 minutes from 1a Exit. From Waseda Station T04 (Tokyo Metro Tozai Line): Walk for 15 minutes from 3a Exit.

EISEI BUNKO MUSEUM

Chinese ceramics with their long and glorious history have enchanted Japanese people through the ages, and works of unparalleled quality and quantity have been brought from China to Japan.Eisei Bunko Museum holds more than a hundred ceramic works from the Han through to the Qing

dynasties. Hosokawa Moritatsu (1883-1970), the 16th generation and the founder of Eisei Bunko Museum, started collecting Chinese antique arts including ceramics during his eighteen months travel around Europe from 1926, and continued to enrich his collection by consulting art experts. The ceramic collection of the Hosokawa family also includes excellent tea ceremony utensils called “Karamono”, literally “Chinese things”, cherished by Hosokawa Tadaoki (Sansai) (1563-1645), the 2nd generation and a renowned tea master of the time.

This exhibition traces the history of Chinese ceramics by presenting about fifty pieces from the collection such as “Tripod Dish with auspicious flower design” and “Vase with sgraffito design of peonies”, both Important Cultural Properties.

It has been indeed 17 years since we last held the exhibition that focused on Chinese ceramics, and we are pleased to offer you an opportunity to enjoy the works that have been passed down in the Hosokawa family for generations and the world of Chinese ceramics which Hosokawa Moritatsu adored.

Early Spring Exhibition 2018

Chinese ceramic collection of the Hosokawa family ―Tracing the history of Chinese ceramics through the masterpieces of the collection

February 10 ―April 11, 2018

Tripod Dish with auspicious flower designTang Dynasty, 7th-8th centuryImportant Cultural Property

Chinese ceramic collection of the Hosokawa family ―Tracing the history of Chinese ceramics through the masterpieces of the collection

Period: Saturday, February 11 – Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Hours: 10:00 am to 4:30pm (last entry 4:00pm)

Closed: Mondays except February 12, 2018

Admission fees:Adults: 800(700) yen

Adults 70 and over: 600(500) yen

High school and College Students: 400 yen

*( ) indicate prices for those in groups of 10 or more.

Free admission for

Middle school students or younger

Disability Certificate holder and one extra person accompanying him/her

EISEI BUNKO MUSEUM Address1-1-1 Mejiro-dai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo

Telephone 03-3941-0850

http://www.eiseibunko.com/

Vase with sgraffito design of peoniesNorthern Song Dynasty, 11th-12th century

Important Cultural Property

Horse Painted grey potteryNorthern Dynasty, 6th century

Important Art Object

Conjoined Vase with cover with design of Western figures in colored enamels Qing Dynasty, Qian-long Era（1736-95）Important Art Object

Ewerwith peony and peacock design in overglaze enamels and goldMing Dynasty, 16th century

Important Art Object

Eisei Bunko Museum

No. Designation Title Ware PeriodDawn of the Chinese ceramic history: the birth of earthenware1 Jar

Grey potteryHan Dynasty,2nd centuryBC- 1st centuryBC

2 Chinese chess board for three playersGrey pottery

Han Dynasty,2nd centuryBC- 2ndcentury AC

3 Important ArtObject

HorsePainted grey pottery

NorthernDynasty, 6thcentury

Emergence of Three-color glazed pottery4 Daily record of Moritatsu HOSOKAWA's 520-day-

journey in EuropeEarly ShowaPeriod, 20thcentury

5 Tripod Dishwith auspicious flower designThree-color glazed pottery

Tang Dynasty,8th century

6 Dishwith flower designThree-color glazed pottery

Tang Dynasty,8th century

7 Quadripod DishQuatrefoil-shaped with flower designThree-color glazed pottery

Tang Dynasty,8th century

8 HorseThree-color glazed pottery

Tang Dynasty,7th-8th century

9 HorseThree-color glazed pottery

Tang Dynasty,7th-8th century

10 ImportantCulturalProperty

Tripod Dishwith auspicious flower designThree-color glazed pottery

Tang Dynasty,7th-8th century

11 ImportantCulturalProperty

Dishwith flower petal designThree-color glazed pottery

Tang Dynasty,7th-8th century

Early Spring Exhibition 2018Chinese ceramic collection of the Hosokawa family ―Tracing thehistory of Chinese ceramics through the masterpieces of the collection

List of Works

Saturday, February 10 ―Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Please note that exhibits aresubject to change without notice.

No. Designation Title Ware Period12 Important Art

ObjectFemale FigureThree-color glazed pottery

Tang Dynasty,8th century

13 Important ArtObject

Chinese LionThree-color glazed pottery

Tang Dynasty,8th century

14 Important ArtObject

Female FigurePainted pottery

Tang Dynasty,7th-8th century

Song Dynasty ceramics15 Important

CulturalProperty

Vasewith sgraffito design of peoniesWhite glazed pottery

Cizhou Ware Northern SongDynasty, 11th-12th century

16 Ewergourd-shaped with underglaze iron stripesWhite glazed pottery

Cizhou Ware Jin Dynasty,12th-13thcentury

17 Vasewith long neckWhite porcelain

Ding Ware Northern SongDynasty, 11th-12th century

18 Important ArtObject

DishBluish opaque glaze with reddish-purple splashes

Jun Ware Jin Dynasty,12th-13thcentury

Ming Dynasty ceramics19 Vase

gourd-shaped with arabesque in overglaze enamelsJingdezhenWare

Ming Dynasty,17th century

20 Important ArtObject

Ewerwith peony and peacock design in overglaze enamels andgold

JingdezhenWare

Ming Dynasty,16th century

21 Dishwith dragon and peony design in overglaze enamels

Zhangzhouware

Ming Dynasty,17th century

22 Jarmelon-shaped with flowers and birds design in underglazeblue

JingdezhenWare

Ming Dynasty,17th century

23 Vessel Standwith scrolling plant design in underglaze blue

JingdezhenWare

Ming Dynasty,17th century

24 Inkstone Screenwith dragon and cloud design in underglaze blue

JingdezhenWare

Ming Dynasty,17th century

No. Designation Title Ware Period25 Hexagonal Tasse

with phoenix design in underglaze blueJingdezhenWare

Ming Dynasty,17th century

26 Bowlwith dragon designYellow glazed porcelain

JingdezhenWare

Ming Dynasty,16th century

27 Dishwith flower and insect design in overglaze enamels

JingdezhenWare

Ming Dynasty,Tianqi Era（1621-27）

28 BowlCeladon glazed porcelain

LongquanWare

Ming Dynasty,15th century

29 BowlCeladon glazed porcelain

LongquanWare

Ming Dynasty,15th century

30 Incense BurnerKnown as "Moshiobi"Celadon glazed porcelain

Ming Dynasty,15th-16thcentury

31 Incense Burnerwith a lion knob on the lidGreen glazed porcelain

Ming Dynasty,17th century

32 Brushwith porcelain handle decorated with cloud and dragondesign in overglaze enamels

Ming Dynasty,16th-17thcentury

33 Brushwith porcelain handle decorated with cloud and dragondesign in underglaze blue

Ming Dynasty,16th-17thcentury

34 Hossu (Zen priest's fly whisk)with porcelain handle decorated with dragon design inoverglaze enamels

Ming Dynasty,Wan-li Era(1573-1620)

35 FluteWhite porcelain

Dehua　Ware Ming-QingDynasty, 17thcentury

Qing Dynasty ceramics36 Lidded Stem Cup

Porcelain glazed with gold enamelJingdezhenWare

Qing Dynasty,18th-19thcentury

37 Important ArtObject

Flower Potswith female Immortals design in overglaze enamels

JingdezhenWare

Qing Dynasty,17th-18thcentury

No. Designation Title Ware Period38 Important Art

ObjectLidded ContainersPeach-blossom red glazed porcelain

JingdezhenWare

Qing Dynasty,Kang-xi Era（1662-1722）

39 Important ArtObject

Conjoined Vase with coverwith design of Western figures in colored enamels(falangcai enamels)

JingdezhenWare

Qing Dynasty,Qian-long Era（1736-95）

40 Guanyi tsun (Avalokitesvara shape) Vasewith plum tree design in underglaze blue

JingdezhenWare

Qing Dynasty,17th-18thcentury

41 BowlGreen glazed porcelain

Qing Dynasty,17th-18thcentury

42 Illustrated catalogue of Three-color glazed pottery 1928

Chinese ceramics in Japanese tea ceremony43 Tea Bowl

with silvery spots (Yuteki Tenmoku type)Jin Dynasty,12th-13thcentury

44 Chinese Tea CaddyBulging base type, known as "Asano"

Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty,13th-14thcentury

45 Chinese Tea CaddyBulging base type, known as "Gyokudote"

Southern Song-Yuan Dynasty,13th-14thcentury

46 Potwith silvery spots (Yuteki)

Jin Dynasty,12th-13thcentury

47 Tea Leaf Potwith flower and plant design in underglaze blue

JingdezhenWare

Ming Dynasty,17th century

48 Tea BowlKonoha (leaf) tenmoku type

Jizhou Ware Southern SongDynasty, 12th-13th century

49 Tea BowlNogime (hare's fur) tenmoku type

Jian Ware Southern SongDynasty, 12th-13th century

No. Designation Title Ware Period50 Tea Bowl

Yellow tenmoku type, known as "Shuko Tenmoku"Yuan-MingDynasty, 14th-15th century

51 Tea BowlYellow tenmoku type

Yuan-MingDynasty, 14th-15th century

52 Water JarGosu-sometsuke typeLozenge-shaped with horse design in underglaze blue

Ming Dynasty,17th century

53 Ewerin shape of pomegranate decorated in underglaze blue

JingdezhenWare

Ming Dynasty,17th century

54 Water Jarin round shape decorated with flower design in underglazeblue

JingdezhenWare

Ming Dynasty,17th century

55 Tea Leaf JarKnown as "Kametsubo"

Yuan-MingDynasty,14th century