EXHIBITIONS SCHEDULE AND CALENDER OF EVENTS
The NAGASAWA Ichiro Retrospective Exhibition
"Looking through Buddha"
Session丗 September 18. (Thu.) - October 5 (Sun.), 2003
Closed on Mondays
Hours丗 10:00-17:00 (entry by 16:30, exceptionally open on September 18. at 15:00)
Place丗 Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music
Admission丗 free
This exhibition focuses mainly on the progress of the research by the Division of Conservation and Restoration Techniques for Sculpture. A series of X-ray pictures shows the inside of Buddhist statues which is invisible from the outer surface. It reflects the development and undergoing of the statues including Buddhist statues introduced from foreign countries and sculptures made in the early Meiji period in Japan.
Observation of the statues' inner side makes it possible to imagine the enthusiasm and contemplation of sculptor.
Scientific investig