Spring Festival: A Symphony of “Sakura” and Art

Funada Gyokuju, Flowers (Image of Evening), 1938, (left) and Kawai Gyokudō, Parting Spring, 1916.

Kawai Gyokudō, Parting Spring, 1916. (Right half of a pair of six-panel folding screens)

Kawai Gyokudō Parting Spring, 1916. (Left half of a pair of six-panel folding screens)

Kikuchi Hōbun, Fine Rain on Mount Yoshino, 1914. (Right half of a pair of six-panel folding screens)

Kikuchi Hōbun, Fine Rain on Mount Yoshino, 1914. (Left half of a pair of six-panel folding screens)

A section of Atomi Gyokushi’s 25-panel, 12-meter long Ōka zukan (Scroll of Cherry Blossoms), featuring 40 rare species of sakura.

Tsurumi Kaori, who curated the sakura corner of the exhibition.

Visitors relax in front of the museum in 2018. During the Spring Festival season, a food truck sells refreshments in the museum’s front yard. A special Spring Festival Talk Rally will take place in both Japanese and English on April 5.