Dogs at theTOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM - Exhibitions Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Feature Exhibition of the New YearAuspicious Symbols (Asian art)

Feature Exhibition of the New Year
Dog and Auspicious Symbol Art

Room T1 and T2, Honkan (Japanese Gallery) Monday, January 2 - Sunday, January 29, 2006








Morning Glories and Puppies (Detail), By Maruyama Okyo, Edo period, dated 1784
The Museum celebrates the year of the dog featuring artworks depicting dogs, which have been very familiar to the Japanese people. Pine, bamboo, plum, cranes, tortoise, lions, peony, and Mt. Fuji also appear as good luck motifs.























TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM - Exhibitions Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Feature Exhibition of the New YearAuspicious Symbols (Asian art)