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Back in Roppongi after twenty years
The museum last showed the National Treasure Choju-giga at its Roppongi opening exhibition in 2007; it returns for the 20th anniversary.
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Part of the ceramic copy of the first Choju-giga scroll at the Garden of Fine Arts, Kyoto, March 2017; not the original and not this exhibition. · Report image rightsTokyo · JapanArt exhibitions
2027.09.15 — 2027.10.24 · Coming soon
The frogs and rabbits are back in Tokyo.
Choju-giga (provisional title): Suntory Museum of Art Roppongi 20th Anniversary
Choju-giga, a 12th-century Heian set of four scrolls and a National Treasure, shows frogs, rabbits and monkeys playing like people, and is the best-known and best-loved National Treasure scroll in Japan. For the 20th anniversary of its move to Roppongi, the Suntory Museum of Art shows it again from 15 September to 24 October 2027, twenty years after its 2007 opening exhibition, alongside Kozanji temple’s other National Treasure scroll, the Kegon-shu Soshi Eden, to tell how the scrolls survived fires and wars. Scrolls and scenes change during the run; prices are not yet published.
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Suntory Museum of Art (Tokyo Midtown Galleria, 3F)2027.09.15 — 2027.10.24Art exhibitionsTicket required
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Frogs and rabbits that wrestle
In these four Heian scrolls, frogs, rabbits and monkeys play and wrestle like people; it is the best-known and best-loved National Treasure scroll in Japan.
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Scrolls that survived fire and war
At some point the scrolls reached Kozanji temple in Kyoto and survived fires and wars; the show tells that story alongside the temple’s other National Treasure scroll, the Kegon-shu Soshi Eden.
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- Lovers of Japanese scrolls and animal pictures
- Anyone spending a day around Roppongi’s museums
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Scrolls and scenes change during the run; check dates for the scenes you want.
Closed on Tuesdays.
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Dates & times
2027.09.15 — 2027.10.24Wednesday 15 September to Sunday 24 October 2027. The museum normally opens 10am–6pm, until 8pm on Fridays, last entry 30 minutes before closing, closed on Tuesdays; confirm this show’s hours when published.
Asia/TokyoMore programme details
- Back in Roppongi after twenty years
- Frogs and rabbits that wrestle
- Scrolls that survived fire and war
Venue & travel
Suntory Museum of Art (Tokyo Midtown Galleria, 3F)The museum is on the third floor of the Tokyo Midtown Galleria, 9-7-4 Akasaka, Minato: directly linked to Exit 8 of Roppongi station on the Oedo line and by underground passage to the Hibiya line, or about 3 minutes from Exit 3 of Nogizaka station on the Chiyoda line. There is no museum car park.
Entry & companions
Prices are not yet published; junior high school students and younger are free. From 10 to 11am the only way in is the Galleria entrance on the first floor of Tokyo Midtown, as the shops open at 11. Scrolls and scenes change during the run, so not everything is on view on any one day.
Tickets & access
Tickets to be announced · free for junior high and younger
Confirm accessibility services and companion policies with the organiser before travel.
Sources & image credits
Dates and entry details refer to this edition; individual sessions may differ.
Japonist · CC BY-SA 4.0 Image source
Suntory Museum of Art
Part of the ceramic copy of the first Choju-giga scroll at the Garden of Fine Arts, Kyoto, March 2017; not the original and not this exhibition.
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