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		•The Twelve Devas and the Landscape Screen January 4 – February 1, 2004
			This exhibition represents a special opportunity to see elegant masterworks of the Heian period. The Twelve Devas, originally used in religious ceremonies at the imperial court, represent the height of late Heian Buddhist painting. The landscape screen shown here is the only extant screen painting dating from this time.
		•Calligraphy by Emperors January 4 – February 1, 2004
			Elegant letters written by early Japanese emperors, evoking various sentiments of happiness, anger, and surprise, and reflecting the social conditions of the time, are on display in this exhibition
		•Lions and Lion Dogs January 4 – March 28, 2004
			This annual exhibition of lion and lion-dogs focuses on examples from the Kamakura period. Highlights include works by the sculptor Tankei (1173-1256), who pioneered a new style of these guardian images
		•Japanese Dolls and the Doll Festival February 14 – April 4, 2004
			Hina dolls will be highlighted in this annual spring display. A variety of Japanese dolls, including gosho ningyo, kamo ningyo, and costume dolls, will also be shown.
		•Treasures of a Great Zen Temple--The NANZENJI April 6 - May 16, 2004
			Nanzen-ji, the historical head Rinzai Zen temple of the Nanzenji branch, was designated above the Gozan temples (the five major Rinzai Zen monasteries) by Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. This exhibition features treasures from this highest-ranking Zen temple, such as the prayer written by Emperor Kameyama (designated a National Treasure) and screen paintings from the Central Hall originally from an imperial palace (National Treasure).
		•Mysterious Landscapes and the Korean Edition of Yuzhi Bizangquan from the Nanzen-ji Sutra Collection April 6 - May 16, 2004
			Included in the collection of the entire Buddhist canon from Nanzen-ji are nineteen volumes (scroll seventeen missing from an original set of twenty volumes) of the Korean edition of the renowned Yuzhi Bizangquan (works by the second Northern Song emperor Taizong (r. 976-997).) See these exquisite printed volumes from the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392) with detailed woodcut illustrations modeled on first Chinese Northern Song edition.
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