By JIRO TSUTSUI/ Staff Writer
March 14, 2023 at 07:00 JST
The main hall of Hogonji temple in Kyoto’s Yamashina Ward on Feb. 17 (Jiro Tsutsui)
KYOTO—Cultural treasures rarely shown to the public will be on display at 12 locations of a spring exhibition that will run from March through May.
The Kyoto Heritage Preservation Association is hosting the event. The Asahi Shimbun is a special sponsor.
Hogonji temple, which stands in the city’s Yamashina Ward near the border with Shiga Prefecture, will join the event for the first time.
A picture scroll depicting the origin of the temple and other cultural properties will be shown from April 17 to 21 and also from April 29 to May 7.
The Eleven-Faced Kannon statue, the temple’s principal deity believed to have been created by Emperor Tenji, will be displayed on April 17 and possibly on other days.
At Sainenji temple in Shimogyo Ward, “Nirvana (Death) of the Buddha,” one of the few existing Buddhist paintings from the Heian Period (794-1185), will be displayed from April 22 to May 7 for the first time since repair work was completed.
The central government designated it an important cultural property in 2016.
The other facilities taking part in the exhibition are: Reigen-in, which stands on the grounds of Kenninji temple, from March 25 to May 7; Kamigamojinja and Shimogamojinja shrines, as well as Byodoji temple, from April 22 to May 7; Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine and Zuishin-in temple from April 22 to May 14; Chion-in temple’s Ohojo and Kohojo guesthouses from April 27 to May 14; Konkai Komyoji temple from April 28 to May 7; Toji temple’s five-story pagoda from April 29 to May 7; and the Umetsuji family house from May 5 to 14.
Admission to view the exhibits is 1,000 yen ($7.30) for adults and 500 yen for junior and senior high school students per location. The fees are different at some locations.
Revenue from the exhibition will be used to repair and preserve cultural properties.
For details, visit the association’s official website at (http://www.kobunka.com/tokubetsu/index.html).
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