Special Exhibition
Masterpieces from theHatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art
Noh, Chanoyu, and Rinpa

October 9–December 5, 2021, Heisei Chishinkan Wing
The Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art, located in the quiet
neighborhood of Shirokanedai, Tokyo, was opened in 1964 to house the collectionof Ebara Corporation founder Hatakeyama Issei (1881–1971). In addition to being
a successful industrialist, Hatakeyama was also a student of the Noh theater, atea practitioner, and an avid art collector, for which reason he is better known in
cultural circles by his artistic sobriquet of Sokuō.

National Treasure
Evening Bell from Mist-Shrouded Temple
Attributed to Muqi (dates unknown)
Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art,on view November 9–December 5, 2021

This is the ﬁrst comprehensive exhibition ever held in the Kansai region toshowcase the Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art’s important holdings.
The museum houses approximately 1,300 works of Japanese, Chinese, andKorean art, including six National Treasures and thirty-three Important Cultural
Properties with a focus on prized tea utensils. The collection includes works withstrong ties to Hatakeyama’s hometown of Kanazawa, costumes and masks fromthe Noh theater that helped to foster his tastes and aesthetic sensibilities, as
Important Cultural Property
Shouldered (Katatsuki) Tea Container, Named “Aburaya”
China, Southern ware, possibly Fujian province; glazed stoneware
Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art

well as legendary ensembles of utensils use in tea gatherings, exemplifying hispassion for and enjoyment of Japanese traditional culture. Hatakeyama’s ideals
are perhaps best encapsulated by his collector’s seal reading, Sokuō yoshū aiganImportant Cultural Property
Ido Tea Bowl, Named “Hosokawa”
Korea, glazed stoneware
Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art(“Sokuō’s Cherished Pleasures, Oﬀered to the People”). This phrase exempliﬁes
his philosophy that art objects should not be monopolized by the few but sharedwidely with those who appreciate them.
Finally, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those whogenerously lent valuable works to this exhibition, as well as to the many people
who helped make it happen.

Hatakeyama Sokuō (Issei, 1881–1971) attending agathering of the Kōjitsukai on March 15, 1955. Reprinted
from Mino Susumu, Mucha mo cha (Tankosha, 1987).

Important Cultural Property
Calligraphy, “Kokei” (Buddhist Name)
By Shūhō Myōchō (1282–1337)
Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art, on view October 9–November 7, 2021

Important Cultural Property
Vase, Named “Karatachi”(Trifoliate Orange)
Iga ware; stoneware with ash glaze
Hatakeyama Memorial Museum ofFine Art
Noh Mask, Okina (Hakushiki Jō)Attributed to Fukurai (dates unknown)
Wood with pigments
Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art,on view October 9–November 7, 2021
Important Art Object
Flowering Trees of the Four Seasons (left screen)
By Watanabe Shikō (1683–1755)
Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art, onview October 9–November 7, 2021

Noh Costume, Atsuita Karaori (Man’s Robe) with Alternating
Blocks of Stylized Flowers and Dwarf Bamboo Plants
Silk twill with ikat-dyed warps and silk and gold supplementary
weft patterning (karaori)
Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art, on view October 9–
November 7, 2021

(By Furiya Tetsuo, Curator of Ceramics; translation by Melissa M. Rinne)

Important Cultural Property
Kokin wakashū (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems)
over Underpaintings of Plants and Flowers of the Four Seasons, detail
Calligraphy by Hon’ami Kōetsu (1558–1637), painting by Tawaraya
Sōtatsu (dates unknown)
Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art, on view November 9–
December 5, 2021

Upcoming
Exhibitions

Important Cultural Property
Lotus Sutra
Kyoto National Museum, on view January 2–February 6, 2022

Tiger and Bamboo. By Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716)
Kyoto National Museum, on view January 2–February 13, 2022