Past exhibitionMuseum of Art, Ehime

弘法大師空海誕生1250年記念国宝高野山金剛峯寺展

Oct 1, 2022 〜 Nov 20, 2022

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ABOUT

来る令和5年（2023）は、弘法大師空海（774～835）のご誕生1250年という大きな節目にあたります。本展はこれを記念し、空海が開いた高野山金剛峯寺の名宝約40件を選りすぐって紹介するものです。唐へ渡り、密教の正統を受け継いだ空海は、弘仁7年（816）、密教の奥義を究める修行の道場として、嵯峨天皇より勅許を得て高野山を開きました。

Themes

Kūkai Kongōbu-ji Temple, Mount Kōya Esoteric Buddhism Buddhist Art National Treasure Temple Treasure Shingon Buddhism Heian

About the venue

Matsuyama, Japan

Museum of Art, Ehime

愛媛県美術館

The Museum of Art, Ehime opened in the grounds of Matsuyama Castle in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan in 1998, as the successor to the Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art (愛媛県立美術館), which opened in 1970. The collection of some 11,900 works includes paintings by Monet and Cezanne, nihonga practitioners Yukihiko Yasuda and Yokoyama Taikan, and yōga masters Nakamura Tsune and Yasui Sōtarō, as well as pieces by local artists, including Sugiura Hisui and Masamu Yanase .

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