Treasures of samurai present in the Moscow Kremlin Museums
ARTinvestment.RU   30 апреля 2008

For the first time the Moscow Kremlin Museums, will present a collection of Russia's oldest museum collections in Japan - the Tokyo National Museum - in the exhibition «Camurai. Treasures of the military aristocracy of Japan »

first time, the Moscow Kremlin Museums, will present a collection of Russia's oldest museum collections in Japan - the Tokyo National Museum - in the exhibition «Camurai. Treasures of the military aristocracy of Japan ». The exhibition opens May 23 in Odnostolpnoy Chamber of the Patriarch Palace and Exhibition Hall of the Assumption belfry.

This exhibition - the result of more than four years of work between the two famous museums, and one of the major projects of long-term program «Royal and Imperial treasures in the Moscow Kremlin», in which in 2004-2007 were shown in Moscow exhibition of collection of the Louvre, the Vienna Art History Museum, Dresden Green Body, the State Hermitage Museum and the Beijing Imperial Palace.

A new exhibition in the museums of the Kremlin devoted to one of the most attractive pages of Japanese history - the culture of samurai nobility, which has had an enormous influence on the development of Japanese art in general. To display in Moscow, was selected over 70 sites, introducing viewers to the culture of samurai and covering the period from X to the beginning of XX century - the oldest blades, helmets, armor, masks and costumes Theater But, rare items of applied art, used during tea ceremony, women's attire, bride dowry nobles known samurai clans, and others.

Among the exhibits are works by having the status of national treasure or object of cultural heritage sites of particular importance, many of them are included in the collections of famous samurai clan or previously belonged to the imperial family. These works are rarely leave the territory of Japan, and Moscow, viewers will have a unique opportunity to see the monuments of art culture of Japan at the highest level.

The first section, which is on display in the exhibition hall of the Assumption belfry will be presented to the weapons and armor samurai. Blades and swords in scabbards demonstrated the highest skills of the medieval Japanese weapons and strike perfect shape. Among the main exhibits - three sets of samurai armor (one of them has the status of cultural heritage sites of particular importance).

The exhibition will be shown sets of horse equipment - saddle and stirrups, as well as rare surviving examples of dzimbaori - «nalatnikov», to wear over armor.

The second section of the exhibition is presented in the House Odnostolpnoy Patriarch Palace, will be devoted to the culture of the military aristocracy, formed largely under the influence of Zen Buddhism. The exhibition will feature magnificent shitye gold costumes theater but to demonstrate the incredible possibilities of artistic weaving and embroidery of Edo period.

An important part of practice was dzenskih tea ceremony. Japanese military to know in their castles invited famous masters of tea ceremony, and also collected rare samples of items for her - bronze vessels, enamels and ceramics, imported from China, which is often attributed to their own names.

In contrast to the official, lives in the front yards of noble samurai, guided by the ancient culture of China, in the private rooms of women's aesthetic taste has been the center of the court culture of the city of Kyoto - the old capital of Japan, the cult of the revival of traditions of literature and art of Japan the period Heyan. In this section, the exposition will be presented to the luxurious women's suits Edo period, lacquer items, in particular, cosmetic and toilet kits, part of the dowry of the bride of noble kind of Tokugawa.

The exhibition is richly illustrated catalog published articles of staff Tokyo National Museum and an extensive background apparatus, prepared by Russian specialists.

Source: GZT.ru