Activity Offer: Heritage Hideaway ＜Official Website Exclusive＞
Select from step 2 of the reservations page, "Add-Ons."
Guests making reservations on the official hotel website to stay within the following dates can view the early summer exhibits of the Eisei Bunko Museum, go for a walk in the Higo-Hosokawa Garden, and enjoy traditional Japanese garden.
◆Eisei Bunko Museum ◆
– Early Spring Exhibition 2025–
Japanese Ceramic Collection of Eisei Bunko Museum
Period: Saturday, January 11 –Sunday, April 13, 2025
Closed: Mondays except January 13 and February 24, 2025
Closed on January 14 and February 25, 2025
Eisei Bunko Museum houses a wide range of Japanese ceramics in its collection. Yatsushiro ware, (also known as Koda ware or Hirayama ware) was first produced in Koda, Yatsushiro City in Kumamoto Prefecture by a pottery called Sonkai (Agano Kizo), who was invited by Hosokawa Tadaoki, the 2nd head of the Hosokawa family. Yatsushiro ware is known for its decorative technique in which a design is inlaid with clay on the ceramic body, and it was a popular gift for the shogun’s envoys as the product of the official kiln patronized by the Kumamoto clan.
Kawai Kanjiro (1890-1966) was a potter who was active from the Taisho to Showa periods. His early works following the style of ancient Chinese ceramics attracted attention, and he learned much from the Chinese ceramic collection of Hosokawa Moritatsu (1883-1970), the founder of the Eisei Bunko Museum. Kanjiro later became a member of the ‘Mingei movement’, which led to a significant change in his style.
We present Yatsushiro ware and the works by Kawai Kanjiro for the first time in about 20 years in this exhibition. Please take the opportunity to visit our museum and discover their charms.
Special tickets are available to experience Japanese culture.
・Eisei Bunko Museum admission ticket
・Eisei Bunko Museum pamphlet
・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.)
