Special Exhibition“Exhibiting Collections in Modern Kyoto”
Early Kyoto Expositions, the Nishi Hongwanji Collection Exhibition, the BuddhistChildren’s Museum, and the Hirase Conchological Museum

September 17th to November 23th, 2022
RYUKOKU MUSEUM, RYUKOKU UNIVERSITY
Notes• The list numbers correspond to the exhibition labels.
• Not all the works of this list will be exhibited at the sametime because of the exhibition rotations.
First half: 9/17 – 10/16, Second half: 10/18 – 11/23

Section 1: Early Kyoto Expositions
No. Title / Artist
12

Dragon in the Clouds (One of Two Cedar Doors)
Maple Forest Deer (Back Side of One of Dragon in the Clouds's Two CedarDoors)

DateLocation and Owner

Exhibition term

Edo period (19th century)

Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

9/17 – 10/16

Edo period (19th century)

Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

10/18 – 11/23

3

Tiger Image (One of Two Cedar Doors)

Edo period (19th century)

Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

9/17 – 10/16

4Maple Forest Deer (Back Side of One of Tiger Image’s Two Cedar Doors)

Nara period (8th century)

Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

10/18 – 11/23

5Tagajō Old Tile

Meiji 3 (1870)

Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

6The Situation in Western Countries (Seiyō jijō ) (First Volume)

Meiji 3 (1870)

Ryukoku University Library

7

Exposition Regulations

Meiji 3 (1871)

Kyoto Women’s University Library

8

Exposition Catalog

Meiji 4 (1871)

Kyoto Women’s University Library

9

Exposition Catalog

Meiji 3 (1870)

Amagasaki City Museum of History

Meiji 5 (1872)

Hongwanji Shiryō Kenkyūsho

10Diary of Abbot's Manager (shitsuji ), entry from twenty-eight day of the sixth
month of Meiji 3 (1870)

11Ticket (Hongwanji, Chion-in, Kennin-ji)

Meiji 5 (1872)

Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives

12

Exposition Notice

Meiji 5 (1872)

Kyoto Women’s University Library

13Ordinance

Meiji 5 (1872)

Kyoto Women’s University Library

14

Exposition Item Catalogue No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4

Meiji 5 (1872)

Ryukoku University Omiya Library

1873

Amagasaki City Museum of History

1981

Private collection

Meiji 5 (1872)

Kyoto Women’s University Library

Meiji 5 (1872)

Doshisha University Library

Meiji 5 (1872)

Kyoto Women’s University Library

15

16171819

The guide to the celebrated places in Kiyoto & The surrounding places for theforeign visitors (English Kyoto Guidebook)
The guide to the celebrated places in Kiyoto & The surrounding places for theforeign visitors (English Kyoto Guidebook) Reprint
Exposition Items"Entrance to One of the Exhibitions at Kioto,” The Far East (16 September1872) vol. 3, no. 8
Exposition Items Catalogue - Daily Items Supplement - At the Three Temples
Hongwanji, Chion-in, and Kennin-ji - Nos.1 – 5

Text: 9/17 – 10/16
Cover: 10/18 – 11/23

20

Exposition News nos. 1 and 2

Meiji 5 (1872)

Kyoto Women’s University Library21

Exposition News no. 1Meiji 5 (1872)

Amagasaki City Museum of History

22

Buddhist Treasures for Hongwanji Buddhist Services

Meiji 5 (1872)

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

23

Image of Head Temples’ Buddhist Services Open to the Public

Meiji 5 (1872)

Amagasaki City Museum of History

24

Kyoto Exposition Fan (Permanent Exposition)

1873

Hongwanji Shiryō Kenkyūsho

25

A Collection of Curiosities from Past and Present by UTAGAWA Kuniteru II

Meiji 5 (1872)

Amagasaki City Museum of History

9/17 – 10/16

26

Exposition Viewing by TOYOHARA Kunichika

Meiji 5 (1872)

Amagasaki City Museum of History

10/18 – 11/23

27

Crowd of Exposition Visitors at Former Site of Shōheizaka by Shōsai Ikkei

Meiji 5 (1872)

Kobe City Museum

9/17 – 10/16

Meiji 5 (1872)

Kobe City Museum

10/18 – 11/23

DateLocation and Owner

Exhibition term

28

Crowd of Exposition Visitors in Cathedral at Former Site of Shōheizakaby Shōsai Ikkei

9/17 – 10/16, thenphoto panel

Section 2: The Nishi Hongwanji Collection Exhibition
No. Title / Artist
1

Hongwanji Collection Exhibition General Catalogue

1875

Ryukoku University Library2

Hongwanji Collection Exhibition General Catalogue

1875

Private collection

3

Silver Peacock FigurineMeiji 5 (1872)

Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

4

Evaluation Certificate and Precautions

1866

Sennō-ji, Kyoto

5

Old Image of Amida Tathagata

Edo period(18〜19th century)

Sennō-ji, Kyoto
Right Side/Morning
Festival: 9/17 –6

Tsushima Festival Folding Screen

Edo period(18〜19th century)

Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

10/16
Left Side/Evening
Festival: 10/18 –
11/23

7

Hongwanji Collection Exhibition Items Catalogue

1890

Kansai-kan, National Diet Library

10/25 – 11/23

8

Nishi Rokujō Hongwanji Collection Exhibition Catalogue of Display Items

1890

Kansai-kan, National Diet Library9/17 – 10/16

9Honpa Hongwanji Collection Exhibition List

1890

Private collection

10

Head Temple Monthly News1890

Ryukoku University Library

11

List of Buddhist Treasures

1890

Private collection

12

The Treasures of the Temples of Shinran's Twenty-Four Disciples

1890

Ryukoku University Library

13

Gobunshō Letters (Letters of Rennyo)

Muromachi period(15th century)

Kyōgyō-ji, Hyogo

Edo period

14

Simplified-stole type monk's robe (Wagesa) with Gold Brocade on Red Silk

15

Nishi Hongwanji Treasures Photo Album1898

Ryukoku University Library

16

Nishi Hongwanji Treasures Photo Album1898

Sennō-ji, Kyoto

17

Hongwanji’ s Official Organ (Kyōkai ichiran )1899

Ryukoku University Library18

Shrine and Temple Artwork Catalogue with Imperial Household Ministry Seal

1886

Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives

9/17 – 10/16

19

Inspection Report of the Treasures of Shrines, Temples, and People (Copy)

1887

Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives

10/18 – 11/23

20

Shōshinge text

21

Gobunshō Letters (Letters of Rennyo)

22

Diary Supplement of the Bureau of Internal Affairs , 8 September 1880 Entry

1880

Hongwanji Shiryō Kenkyūsho

9/17 – 10/16

23

Diary Supplement of the Bureau of Internal Affairs , 13 September 1880 Entry

1880

Hongwanji Shiryō Kenkyūsho

10/18 – 11/23

24

Close Attendant Diary , 10 August 1886 Entry

1886

Hongwanji Shiryō Kenkyūsho

9/17 – 10/16

25

Close Attendant Diary , 21 August 1888 Entry

1888

Hongwanji Shiryō Kenkyūsho

10/18 – 11/23

26

Ryukoku Weekly

1880

Ryukoku University Library

27

Letter Appointing Gekan Kuki Saburō as Goban

1880

Private collection

28

Display Certificate

1880

Private collection

29

Evaluation Certificate

1880

Renshō-ji, Toyama

30

Title Label

1880

Renshō-ji, Toyama

31

Ten-character Name [for Amida Buddha] ( Kimyō jinjippō mugekō nyorai )32

Catalogue of Buddhist Treasures on Display at Collection Exhibition

1880

Private collection

33

Catalogue of Buddhist Treasures on Display at Collection Exhibition

1880

Private collection

34

Honoring Ancestors Album (Tsuienchō )1880

Ryukoku University Library

35

Catalogue (Hongwanji Sale Catalogue), April 1913, 1st Bidding

1913

Senshō-ji, Fukui

36

Catalogue (Hongwanji Sale Catalogue), April 1913, 2nd Bidding

1913

Kyōshō-ji, Oita

37

Catalogue (Hongwanji Sale Catalogue), May 1913, 3rd Bidding

1913

Kyōshō-ji, Oita38Catalogue (Hongwanji Sale Catalogue), November 1913, 4th Bidding

1913

Senshō-ji, Fukui

39

Preview Viewing Ticket, March 1913, 1st Bidding

1913

Private collection

40

Preview Viewing Ticket, April 1913, 2nd Bidding

1913

Kyōshō-ji, Oita

41

Preview Viewing Ticket, November 1913, 4th Bidding

1913

Senshō-ji, Fukui

42

Otani Family Collection Photo Album1913

Ryukoku University Library

43

Portrait of Shinran (Bone Ink Image)

44

Relic Stupa

45

Jitsunyo’s Letter

46

Rennyo’s Bones

47

Renshi Rosary (Including Fukusa Textile)48

Certificate

1875

Yōgan-ji, Fukui

49

Evaluation Certificate (Portrait of Shinran - Bone Ink Image)

1880

Yōgan-ji, Fukui

50

Evaluation Certificate (Rennyo’s Bones)

1880

Yōgan-ji, Fukui

51

Evaluation Certificate (Rosary Worn by Rennyo)

1880

Yōgan-ji, Fukui

52

Display Certificate

1880

Yōgan-ji, Fukui

53

Draft Regulations for the Buddhist Items Collection Exposition

1879

Yōgan-ji, Fukui

54

Paris Expo Admission Ticket "Exposition Universelle de 1899"

1899

Yōgan-ji, Fukui

55

Portrait Photograph of FUJIEDA Takutsū

Meiji period (20th century) Yōgan-ji, Fukui(18〜19th century)

Muromachi period(15th century)
Muromachi period(15th century)

Edo period(18〜19th century)

Muromachi period(15th century)
Edo to Meiji period(19〜20th century)
Muromachi, dated 1499
(Meiō 8)
Muromachi period(15th century)
Muromachi period(15th century)

Kyōgyō-ji, Hyogo

Hōkō-ji, Kyoto
Hōkōi, Kyoto

Renshō-ji, Toyama

Yōgan-ji, Fukui
Yōgan-ji, Fukui
Yōgan-ji, Fukui
Yōgan-ji, Fukui
Yōgan-ji, Fukui

Section 3: The Buddhist Children’s Museum
No. Title / Artist
1

Nobumasa Fujii’s History of Buddhism Lecture Notes (Transcribed by NAKAIGendō)

DateLocation and Owner

Meiji period (19th century) Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

2

Diploma (Bungaku-ryō Advanced Course, NAKAI Gendō)

1899

3

Graduation Thesis (NAKAI Gendō)

Meiji period (19th century) Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

4

Diploma (Takanawa Buddhist University, NAKAI Gendō)

1902

5

NAKAI Gendō Album

6

Letter of Resignation from Position of Missionary to the United States ofAmerica (NAKAI Gendō)

Meiji to Shōwa period(19〜20th century)

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka
Shōfuku-ji, OsakaShōfuku-ji, Osaka

1902

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka
Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

7

Passport (NAKAI Gendō)

1902

8

Seattle Buddhist Service PhotographMeiji period (19th century) Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

9

NAKAI Gendō, Critical Edition of the Kyōgyōshinshō

1920

10NAKAI Gendō, Critical Edition of the Kyōgyōshinshō (Manuscript)

11“Pistol Kenji Preliminary Ruling," Osaka mainichi shinbun , 27 June 1926,
evening edition, p. 2.

Taishō period(20th century)

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka
Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

1926

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

12

Correspondence between NAKAI Gendō and Ōnishi Seijirō

1926

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

13

Shinran-ism

1925

Ryukoku University Library

1930

HINO Yoshifumi

1926

Boston Public Library1415

The Museum vol. 3, no. 1 (Monthly Magazine of the Newark MuseumAssociation)

Boston Evening Transcript (Newspaper), 31 March 1926, Copy

Exhibition term

16171819

Boston Evening Transcript (Newspaper), 7 April 1926, Copy

Photograph of Workshop “Hinamatsuri" for “Children in Japan” Exhibition atNewark Museum“The Dolls Sent in Return for the Hina Dolls Sent from Japan Are ComingSoon,” Front Page of Chūgai nippō , 25 May 1927
Prospectus and Regulations for the Buddhist Children's Museum with The Storyof the Children's Museum

1926

Boston Public Library

1930

HINO Yoshifumi

1927

Ryukoku University Library1928

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

20

Promotional Leaflet for the Buddhist Children's Museum

1928–1931

HINO Yoshifumi

21

US Postcards of US-Japan Goodwill Mission (Including Bag)

1931

HINO Yoshifumi

22

Buddhist Children's Museum Brochure

1941

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

23“Graphic: Buddhist Children's Museum," Hakubutsukan kenkyū vol. 7, no. 3

1934

Private collection

24“Metal of Honor from London," Kodomo shinbun , no. 45

1936

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka25

Matsukawa Baiken Correspondence

1936

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

26

Letter from a Sunday School in Sakhalin

1924

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

27

Child Picture Gifted from Abroad

1929–1935

Ryukoku University Library

28

Great Religious Exposition Poster

1930

Private collection

29

Chinese Child Picture

ca. 1929

Ryukoku University Library

30

Child Picture from Boston, USA

ca. 1929

Ryukoku University Library

31

Circulating Library Box Used at the Hokkai Children's Book Museum

ca. mid-1920s to mid-1940s Kōtoku-ji, Hokkaido

32

Seal of the Hokkai Children's Book Museum

ca. mid-1920s to mid-1940s Kōtoku-ji, Hokkaido33

Rotogravure Edition New York Illustrated Donated to the Hokkai Children'sBook Museum

1914

Kōtoku-ji, Hokkaido

34

Annual Bulletin of the Buddhist Children's Museum

1929–1933

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

35

Buddhist Children’s Museum Bulletin

1934

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

36

Children’s Newspaper (Kodomo shinbun )ca. mid-1920s to mid-1940s Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

37

Doll Sent in Return (President Lincoln)

mid to late 1920s

Ryukoku University Library

38

Doll Sent in Return (American Indian Chief Massasoit)

mid to late 1920s

HINO Yoshifumi

39

Doll Sent in Return (President Washington)

mid to late 1920s

Ryukoku University Library40

Doll Sent in Return (American Indian Woman)mid to late 1920s

HINO Yoshifumi

41

Doll Sent in Return (John Alden)

mid to late 1920s

Ryukoku University Library

Date

Location and Owner

Section 4: The Hirase Conchological Museum
No. Title
1

Kyoto Poultry News

1894–1895

Tatsuno City Board of Education

2

Hirase Seed and Poultry Farm Sales Catalog

1895

Tatsuno City Board of Education

3

Kyoto Exposition Items Catalogue no. 6 (in one volume)

1897

Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives

4

Kyoto Exposition Items Catalogue no. 7 (in one volume)

1897

Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives

5

Kyoto Exposition Items Catalogue no. 12

1899

Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives

6A Guide to Collecting Invertebrates for Scientific Specimens

1897

Nishinomiya Shell Museum

7

Shellfish Specimen Shipping and Receiving Note

1896–1905

Nishinomiya Shell Museum

8

Minerals in Hyogo Prefecture

Meiji period (19th century) Tatsuno City Board of Education

9

Letter to Ōue Uichi (By Hirase Yoichirō, 26 April 1904)

1904

Tatsuno City Board of Education

10

Shellfish Guide1896

Tatsuno City Board of Education

11

Catalogue of Japanese Shellfish

1899

Tatsuno City Board of Education

12

Shellfish Catalogue

1899

Tatsuno City Board of Education

13

Reference Shellfish Catalogue

1900

Tatsuno City Board of Education

14

Shellfish Catalogue

1899

Tatsuno City Board of Education

15

Shellfish Guide1898

Tatsuno City Board of Education

16

Shellfish Exhibition Flyer

1880

TADA Akira

17

Shellfish Exhibition Album

1880

Nishinomiya Shell Museum

18

Shellfish Exhibition Album1880

TADA Akira

19

Hirase Conchological Museum Shellfish Exhibition Poster

1880

TADA Akira

20

Hirase Conchological Museum Photography Album1915

Nishinomiya Shell Museum

21

Hirase Conchological Museum Photography Album1915

TADA Akira22Admission Ticket

1913-1915

TADA Akira

23

Hirase Conchological Museum Poster

ca. 1913

TADA Akira

24

Hirase Conchological Museum Poster

ca. 1914

TADA Akira

25

Specimens “A Series of Four Japanese Common Snails”

1913

Kyoto University Museum

26

Snail Model

27

Shellfish Exhibition Commemorative Postcards

1913

TADA Akira

28

Shellfish Exhibition Commemorative Postcards

1913

TADA Akira

29

Shellfish Exhibition Commemorative Postcards

1913

TADA Akira

30

Shellfish Exhibition Commemorative Postcards

1880

TADA Akira

31

Shellfish Exhibition Commemorative Postcards

1880

TADA Akira

32"Around the World: Shellfish Exhibition” Display Catalogue

1913

TADA Akira

33

Illustrations of a Thousand Shells

1914–1921

TADA Akira

34“Around the World: Shellfish Exhibition” Poster

1913

TADA Akira

35

Shellfish Specimen (In Maki-e Box)

36

Hirase Conchological Museum Flyer

1913

TADA Akira

37

Hirase Conchological Museum Bookmark

1913

Nishinomiya Shell Museum

38

Guide to the Hirase Conchological Museum

1914

Nishinomiya Shell Museum

1913

TADA Akira

39

Hirase Conchological Museum Opening Commemorative Postcard (IncludingBag)

Taishō period(20th century)

Meiji to Taishō period(20th century)

Kyoto University MuseumNishinomiya Shell Museum

Exhibition term

40

Postcard Commemorating the One Year Anniversary of the Hirase ConchologicalMuseum (Including Bag)

1914
Meiji to Taishō period

TADA Akira

41

Stoneware, Agates, Fossils, and Ornaments (Probably for Sale)

42

Hirase Conchological Museum List

1879

TADA Akira

43

A Thousand Japanese Shells

1880

TADA Akira

44

Shellfish Handbook

1879

TADA Akira

45

Shellfish Journal

1907–1915

TADA Akira(20th century)

Nishinomiya Shell Museum

List of Photo Sources
No. Title

Owner
The Far East vol. 3, no. 8

1

The Nishi Hongwanji Venue (First Kyoto Exposition)

2

The Nishi Hongwanji Venue (First Kyoto Exposition)

Nagasaki University Library

3

Nishi Hongwanji’s Shoin

Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

4

The Chion-in Venue (First Kyoto Exposition)

5

The Kennin-ji Venue (First Kyoto Exposition)

6

Yushima Seidō Exhibition Commemorative PhotographTokyo National Museum (Image: TNM

7

The Oyuka of Nishi Hongwanji’s Shiroshoin

Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

8Shichijō Station’s Large Arch

9

Illustrated London News 19
October 1872

The Far East vol. 3, no. 4

Doshisha University Library

Ryukoku University Library
Tenri University’s Tenri Central Library

Tsuienchō , October 1910

Installation of Tsushima Festival Folding Screen at Nishi Hongwanji’s

Nishi Hongwanji, Kyoto

Celebration of Shinran’s Birth10

Nishi Hongwanji’s Shiroshoin

Tsuienchō , October 1910

11

Nishi Hongwanji’s Kō-no-ma

Tsuienchō , October 1910

12

Entrance/Exit to Nishi Hongwanji’s Kō-no-ma

Tsuienchō , October 1910

13

Exhibition of Buddhist Treasures for the 400th Death Anniversary of Rennyo

14

Nishi Hongwanji's Kitakoji Gate

Tsuienchō , October 1910

15

In Front of Nishi Hongwanji's Goeidō Gate

Tsuienchō , October 1910

16

“Busy Bidding" (Part 1), Kyōto hinode shinbun (3 April 1913, page 7)

Kyoto Institute, Library and Archives

17

Portrait of the NAKAYAMAs (Sekkan and Sonkan)

Kyōgyō-ji, Hyogo

18

OKAKURA Kakuzō (Tenshin) Portrait PhotographTenshin Memorial Museum of Art,

19

Ernest Francisco Fenollosa Portrait Photograph

20

Sennō-ji, Kyoto

Fenollosa: The Far Eastand American CultureGroup Photograph (In Front of Entrance of the Buddhist Children's Museum, ca.

SHIMIZU Masaaki1938)

21

Bungaku-ryō Students and Teachers Group Photograph (June 1897)

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

22

Portrait of NAKAI Gendō (As a Student, Chion-in, 13 June 1898)

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

23

Bungaku-ryō Students Group Photograph (Chion-in, 13 June 1898)

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

24

Portrait Photograph of NAKAI Gendō (As a Missionary, July 1903)

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

25

Group Photograph (Senshōsha, July 1909)

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

26

27

28

Workshop “Hinamatsuri” for “Children in Japan” Exhibition at Newark Museum

HINO Yoshifumi(March 1930)
Dolls Sent in Return Decorating Hinadan Doll Platform (Kyoto Women’s Higher

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

Technical College, 14 October 1928)
Welcome Party for Dolls from the United States (Kyoto Women’s Higher

Shōfuku-ji, Osaka

Technical College, 14 October 1928)

29

Portrait Photograph of NAKAI Gendō (As Library Director, March 1929)

Ryukoku University Library30

Buddhist Children's Museum Floor Plan and Garden

Ryukoku Museum

31

Buddhist Children's Museum Exhibition RoomHINO Yoshifumi

32

Exhibition term

Welcome Party for Dolls from the United States Hosted by Sapporo Sunday

HINO Yoshifumi

School Federation (Sapporo Betsuin)

33

Group Photograph of the “Morning Room Study Group” (Asa-no-kai; 1935)HINO Yoshifumi

34

Exhibition at Chiyoda High School for Girls (1934 June)

HINO Yoshifumi

35

Heading to School (1982)

The Kyoto Shimbun

10/18 – 11/23

36

Hino Daishin Explaining a Display to Young Children (1982)

The Kyoto Shimbun

9/17-10/16

37

Full View of the Hirase Conchological Museum

Hirase Conchological Museum

38

Hirase Family Group PhotographNishinomiya Shell Museum

39

Distant View of Awaji Island’s Fukura

Ryukoku Museum

40

The Paths of Organizations Started by Hirase Yoichirō

Ryukoku Museum

41

Commemorative Photograph: Heading to Collect in Ryūkyū

42Collectors who Helped Hirase Yoichirō

Nishinomiya Shell Museum

43ŌUE Uichi Portrait PhotographTatsuno City Board of Education

44

Shellfish Exhibition Contributors

45

Hirase Conchological Museum’s 1st Floor Exhibition Room

Kairuigaku zasshi vol. 18,
no. 3

Nishinomiya Shell Museum

Shellfish Exhibition Album

Nishinomiya Shell Museum

Hirase Conchological46

Hirase Conchological Museum’s ShopMuseum Photography
Album

47

Hirase Conchological Museum’s 1st Floor Exhibition Room48

The Hirase Conchological Museum Today

Hirase Conchological Museum
Opening Commemorative Postcard
Ryukoku Museum