In Japan, whose ancient native poetic\ntradition deemed it \u201cthe land where the power inhering in words brings forth\ngood fortune,\u201d poems were words interwoven with prayer, and by reflecting the\nworkings of all creation as well as the subtleties of the human mind, they\ninspired, comforted, and moved their readers. This spirit greatly influenced\nthe formation of the Japanese culture, providing extensive material not only\nfor the language arts but also for painting and the decoration of personal\nimplements, sword fittings, and the like. And this deep connection gave birth\nto the development of what is known as the \u201cAshide\u201d technique, whereby an\noverall theme is suggested through the decorative incorporation of the words\nand phrases of classical poetry into the background design of shikishi,\nceremonial squares of thickened paper that possess an intimate relation to the\nworld of classical poetry, as well as the maki-e adornment of poetry writing\ntables or inkstone cases. The scene depicted in maki-e and metalworking art at times\nis fantastic and gives expression to an imagined world that transcends that of\nthe traditional poetry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the present exhibition, we have matched works in the permanent collection based on, or whose design can give rise to, associations with the classical poetry of the ancients together with the poetry, whether Chinese or Japanese in various forms, to which they are connected. We invite you to peruse the rich world of beauty created by the sublime art of the craftsmen of the Late Edo and Early Meiji period. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":203,"template":"","class_list":["post-204","special_exhibition","type-special_exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","en-US"],"acf":{"spex_mv":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/\u3046\u305f\u8a60\u3080\u3053\u3053\u308d_web.jpg","spex_date_start":"2016\/11\/19","spex_date_end":"2017\/2\/12","spex_date_start_cal":"2016-11-19","spex_date_end_cal":"2017-02-12","spex_contents":false,"spex_pdf":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/special_exhibition\/204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/special_exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/special_exhibition"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}