Special Exhibition Doll Festival of the Owari Tokugawa Family 2019
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The doll festival, also known as the "Peach Blossom Festival," involves the display of the Emperor and Empress doll, three female attendants and five musicians, and various other dolls and miniature accessories, constituting a resplendent annual observance that announces the arrival of spring.
The dolls and doll accessories that were made to order for the princesses of the Owari Tokugawa family have been passed down to the Tokugawa Art Museum and all of them boast a high quality that is befitting of the senior line of the three branches of the Tokugawa family. Particularly stunning are the accessories bearing individual family crests, which are miniatures of the actual wedding trousseaus of the princesses rendered in truly amazing intricacy and delicate beauty. Another highlight is the collection of Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa–era displays overflowing with dolls and accessories and reaching as much as two meters high by seven meters wide. Here, we introduce this world of the Doll Festival reaching heights of luxury and elegance achievable only in such a household of the daimyō elite.
Overview of the Exhibition
| Period | ～ |
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| Hours | 10:00am to 5:00pm (Admittance until 4:30pm) |
| Closed Days | Every Monday (or the following day if a national holiday or substitute holiday falls on a Monday) |
| Admission Tickets |
Adults: 1.400yen (including the admission to "Enjoying Hina Dolls --The Doll Festival in the Established Families--" at the Hōsa Library exhibition rooms.) |
| Reference Material |
Flyer（PDF：3.4 MB）［更新日:
］ Handout（PDF：1.3 MB）［更新日: ］ |