[個展]
茶花　器と花の出合い展(第八回)　挿花 横井和子(淡斎茶花研究会代表)   10月25日(土）～ 11月3日(月)
村田浩一郎　ちゃわん三十撰展　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　11月5日 (水) ～ 11月9日(日)
杉本玄覚貞光　― 不易 ―　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　 11月11日(火) ～ 11月24日(月)
大森礼二作陶展〜さがしもの〜　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　11月26日(水) ～ 11月30日(日)
高取　味楽窯　今昔展　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　12月2日 (火)   ～ 12月7日(日)

※ 各個展最終日は、16:00で終了致します

Part 1: September 6 – October 19, 2025
Part 2: October 25 – December 7, 2025

*The museum will be temporarily closed from Monday, October 20 to Friday, October 24 due to the exhibition change period.

 

Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the practice of chanoyu (the Japanese “Way of Tea” or “Tea Ceremony”) — like Noh theatre and other traditional arts — lost much of its vitality. The revival of tea culture was driven by individuals known as “modern sukisha,” cultivated enthusiasts and patrons who dedicated themselves to collecting fine art, supporting the heads of the major tea schools (iemoto), and organizing major tea gatherings. They purchased works of art from the estate sales of former feudal lords (daimyo) and other old families, formed societies such as the Daishikai and Kōetsukai, and together were a powerful force for the restoration of chanoyu.

Most modern sukisha were active either in the Kanto region (Tokyo and other parts of eastern Japan) or in Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka, and other parts of western Japan). The generally closer relationships that the Kansai sukisha enjoyed with the heads (iemoto) of the three Sen families and the Yabunouchi family — four leading tea school lineages — compared to the Kanto sukisha likely reflected their geographic proximity, all four iemoto being based in Kyoto. Another distinctive feature of the Kansai sukisha community was the large number of elite figures in Kansai’s burgeoning financial and industrial sectors who formally studied the Yabunouchi style.

The term “modern sukisha” covers a wide span of time, with different prominent individuals emerging as central and interacting with each other, in each period. During the era when Nomura Tokuan (birth name: Nomura Tokushichi; 1878–1945; whose collection comprises the heart of this museum’s collection) was active in tea, other leading sukisha included such well-known figures as Masuda Don’ō (birth name: Masuda Takashi), Takahashi Sōan (b.n.: Takahashi Yoshio), Mitsui Taizan (b.n.: Mitsui Morinosuke), Magoshi Kasei (b.n.: Magoshi Kyōhei), Nezu Seizan (b.n.: Nezu Kaichirō), and Hatakeyama Sokuō (b.n.: Hatakeyama Ichisei) in Kantō, and Takaya Sōhan (b.n.: Takaya Tsunetaro), Ōtani Shinsai (b.n.: Ōtani Son’yū), Sumitomo Shunsui (b.n.: Sumitomo Tomoatsu), Yamaguchi Tekisui (b.n.: Yamaguchi Kichirōbē), and Murayama Gen’an (b.n.: Murayama Ryūhei) in Kansai. These sukisha often sat together at tea gatherings, mingling across lines of social position, background and tea school affiliation.

Tokuan’s interactions with other modern sukisha can be glimpsed in his own tea records and in accounts kept by others, as well as in Takahashi Sōan’s book Taishō Sadōki (“Record of Tea in the Taisho Era”) and in the chronicles of tea gatherings held by groups such as the Daishikai, Kōetsukai, Jōenkai, and Takuryōkai.

This exhibition focuses on five people with whom Tokuan had particularly close ties and deep respect — Masuda Don’ō, Takahashi Sōan, Takaya Sōhan, Ōtani Son’yū, and Sumitomo Shunsui — and explores how they interacted through chanoyu. Seven tea gatherings from Tokuan’s records are featured.

The first half of the exhibition presents partial reconstructions of three gatherings in which Tokuan invited Takahashi Sōan to his Kyoto villa, Hekiunsō; and the Kōetsukai tea gathering of 1925, which Tokuan conducted at the request of Masuda Don’ō. The second half of the exhibition presents partial reconstructions of a Jōenkai tea gathering conducted by Tokuan; a Takuryōkai tea gathering he conducted; and a memorial gathering for the third anniversary of Takaya Sōhan’s death, for which Tokuan was in charge of the usucha session.

Through these displays, we hope you will gain a sense of the friendships and cultural exchanges enjoyed between Tokuan and other modern sukisha.


Hours: 10:00-16:30 (admission until 16:00)
Closed: Mondays (Exception: Open Mondays, September 15, October 13, and November 3 and 24.

Closed Tuesdays, September 16, October 14, November 4 and 25)

Admissions: 1,000 yen for adults, 300 yen for students, free admission for junior high school students and younger

*Please be aware that exhibits may be changed due to unforeseen circumstances.
Thank you for your understanding.

 
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