Activity Offer: Heritage Hideaway ＜Official Website Exclusive＞
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Guests making reservations on the official hotel website to stay within the following dates can view the exhibit of the Eisei Bunko Museum, go for a walk in the Higo-Hosokawa Garden, and enjoy traditional Japanese garden.
◆Eisei Bunko Museum ◆
– Summer Exhibition 2025 –
Elegant Utensils from the Scholar’s Study:
Beauty of the Four Stationery Treasures
Period：Saturday, July 5 – Sunday, August 31, 2025
Closed：Mondays except July 21 and August 11, 2025
Closed on July 22 and August 12, 2025
Opening hours：10:00am to 4:30pm (last entry 4:00pm)
In China, the brush, inkstick, inkstone, and paper essential for writing and painting evolved over a long period and were valued by scholars as “Bunboshiho”. The term “bunbo” originally referred to a study for writing poetry and reading, where these essential items were particularly cherished as “shiho (four treasures)”. They were treasured not only for their practical use but also for their cultural value, and their materials and decorations became objects of appreciation. Hosokawa Moritatsu (1883-1970), the founder of Eisei Bunko, was one of the connoisseurs fascinated by Bunboshiho. He became familiar with Chinese classical literature since childhood, developed an interest in Chinese ceramics and Buddhist statues, and collected stationery. In his later years, Moritatsu is said to have had an inkstone and brush ready after dinner every day so that he could enjoy calligraphy. This exhibition presents a selection of stationery from his collection in the Eisei Bunko used in the process of “rubbing inkstick on an inkstone and writing on paper with a brush.”
The exhibition also features smoking utensils such as tobacco pouches used to contain shredded tobacco. Their portable style was established as smoking became common in the Edo period. Please enjoy the exquisite decoration using various techniques and unique materials.
Special tickets are available to experience Japanese culture.
・Eisei Bunko Museum admission ticket
・Eisei Bunko Museum pamphlet
・Matcha green tea and sweets at Shoseikaku, Higohosolawa garden resting room ”Tsubaki”
・Leaflet explaining the exhibition
・Pamphlet of Higo Hosokawa Garden
■Eisei Bunko Museum Official Website
■Higo Hosokawa Garden (Admission free)
Opening hours:
From Feb. to Oct.: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. (The last admission is at 4:30 p.m.)
From Nov. to Jan.: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (The last
admission is at 4:00 p.m.)
