DATE:		April 24 - May 27, 2007 9:30-18:00 Closed on Mondays (Except on April 30) *Open till 20:00 on Fridays during this exhibition (Last admission at 19:30)
PLACE:		Kyoto National Museum at 527 Chaya-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
DIRECTION:		City Bus #206, #208, or #100 to Hakubutsukan Sanjusangendo-mae
TEL:		81-75-525-2473
ADMISSION:		Adults - 1,200 yen (1,000 yen for advance tickets, 900 yen for groups) High School/University Students - 800 yen (600 yen for advance tickets, 500 yen for groups) Elementary/Middle School Students - 400 yen (300 yen for advance tickets, 200 yen for groups) *Group discounts apply to 20 or more people
TEXT:		This world is my world, for the full moon never seems to wane. This poem was written in 1018 by Fujiwara-no-Michinaga (966-1027), the most powerful nobleman in the Heian period (794-1185). It tells of him enjoying the world of Heian nobles when it was at its peak. It is a widely known poem in Japan.  This exhibition showcases diaries of nobles from this time, including Fujiwara-no Sanesuke’s Shoyuki and Fujiwara-no-Yukinari’s Kozei Kyoki (aka Gonki), not to mention Michinaga’s Mido Kanpaku ki. Fujiwara-no-Michinaga’s courtly splendor and Pure Land faith is presented with approximately 140 items, including Chinese Song-dynasty Buddhist paintings, scriptures and ceramics, Japanese Buddhist paintings and scriptures related to Pure Land faith and the concept of mappo, Heian crafts and Buddhist statues from Michinaga’s era, relics from Mt. Kinpu’s mound and documents related to the mounds around Kyoto, as well as eave tiles excavated from Jomyo-ji and Hojo-ji, the two temples that Michinaga built.