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To Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of the Opening of the Raku Museum
RAKU: A Legacy of Japanese Tea Ceramics

2 September – 24 December 2023

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Special Exhibition: A Selection of Works by Raku Successive Generations
The Enduring Light in the Soul of the Tea Bowl Maker

28 April – 27 August 2023

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New Year Exhibition
Chronicling Spring through Raku Ceramics

7 January 2023 - 23 April 2023

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Special Exhibition: Raku Successive Generations
Following, Challenging, Transcending: The Roots and Legacy of the Rikyū Style

27 August - 25 December 2022

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Special Exhibition: Raku Successive Generations
Every Tea Bowl Tells a Story

29 April – 21 August 2022

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New Year Exhibition
Creatures Real and Creatures Imagined: Auspicious Animals in the History of Raku Ceramics

8 January – 24 April 2022

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Special Exhibition: Raku Successive Generations
The Colours of Japan - The World of Red and Black

28 August - 24 December 2021

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Special Exhibition
Three Generations of Tamamizu Ware

15 May - 22 August 2021

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Exhibition: Softness and Warmth

6 January - 9 May 2021

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Autumn special exhibition
Teabowls by Successive Generations of the Raku Family:
An Unbroken Thread of Creative Reinvention

12 September – 24 December 2020



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Special Exhibition - A selection of works by Raku successive generations -
Function and Beauty - A Multiplicity of Ceramic Forms –

14 March - 6 September 2020

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New Year Exhibition - Selection of works by Raku Generations -
Steeped in Poetry

5 January - 8 March 2020

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Autumn Special Exhibition
Mirrors into the Soul
-Raku Tea Bowls through the Ages-

24 August - 24 December 2019

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Summer Exhibition - What is Raku?
Tea Bowls - Texture - Warmth

6 July – 18 August 2019

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Spring Special Exhibition - a selection of works by Raku successive generations:
Reflecting on Mount Fuji

16 March – 30 June 2019

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New Year Exhibition
Raku Ware Across the Generations:
All Change – Period, Reign, Year, Generation

14 December 2018 – 10 March 2019

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40th Anniversary of the Raku Museum
Autumn Special Exhibition
Kōetsu Kō - Thoughts on Kōetsu

2 September – 9 December 2018

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40th Anniversary Summer Exhibition
What is Raku? Red, Black and Fire

30 June – Sunday 26 2018

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40th Anniversary Special Exhibition
The wabi of Raku and the yūgen of Noh: the aesthetics of form

17 March – 24 June 2018

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40th Anniversary of the Raku Museum
New Year Exhibition: From the Collection of the Raku Museum

6 January – 11 March 2018

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Autumn Special Exhibition
Raku in Russia
Masterpieces exhibited at the Hermitage and Pushkin Museums

30 September – 24 December 2017

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Summer Exhibition
What is Raku?
RAKU WARE – One of the Most Traditional Japanese Ceramics

1 July – 24 September 2017

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Spring Special Exhibition Tea Tie Bowl Bond

4 March – 25 June 2017

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Winter Exhibition Raku: Vessels Born for Tea

3 December 2016 – 26 February 2017

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To celebrate the designation of a black Raku teabowl Aoyama by Raku Dônyû as an Important Cultural Property
Raku Dônyû III : Nonkô

10 September – 27 November 2016

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Summer Exhibition for Parents and Children
Series: What is Raku?
Discovering Raku

2 July – 28 August 2016

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RAKU: Chôjirô and 14 Generations of Kichizaemon Successors

12 March – 26 June 2016

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New Year Exhibition: Selected Works by Raku Generations
INTIMATE FORM

5 January – 6 March 2016

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Autumn Special Exhibition
RIMPA 2015 (Rimpa 400 Year Celebration Festival)
The Kôetsu Factor:
Teabowls by Hon’ami Kôetsu and the Legacy of his Genius

5 September – 23 December 2015

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Rimpa 2015 Celebrating 400 Years of the Rimpa School The Raku lineage and the legacy of its Hon’ami and Ogata 
family ties:
Restraint and Freedom in the Embracing of Decoration

7 March – 2 August 2015

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Special Exhibition
350th Anniversary of the Birth of Raku Sônyû Revisiting the Roots of Raku
Raku Sonyu V and
Donyu III, Ichinyu IV, Ryonyu IX, Kichizaemon XV

10 December 2014 – 1 March 2015

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Raku Sonyu and Ogata Kenzan
Kariganeya and Creative World of Genroku Period Kyoto

12 September - 7 December 2014

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Summer Exhibition for Parents and Children Series: 'What is Raku?' - Tezukune Hand Moulding and Wheel Throwing

26 July – 7 September 2014

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Spring Special Exhibition
The Standard Edition: Raku Successive Generations
450-Year History of Raku Ware - Tradition and Innovation.

8 March – 21 July 2014

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New Year Exhibition: Selected Works of Raku Generations
Zodiac Calender – Animals of the New Year: Auspicious Symbols in Everyday Scenery and Poetic Narratives.

7 January – 2 March 2014

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Special Autumn Exhibition
Rikyû Shôan Genpaku: The Founding Era of the Sen Family
With the first public exhibition of the restored Fusuma-e with Pine Trees and Bridge Design by Hasegawa Tôhaku

29 October – 23 December 2013

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Summer special exhibition
Exhibition for Parents and Children: What is Raku? Series Raku Teabowl: Grasping a microcosm of the universe in one's palms

13 July– 1 September 2013

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New ExhibitionPublication
Launch and Exhibition to launch The Standard Edition of Raku Successive Generations by Raku generations

9 March – 7 July 2013

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New Year exhibition
Spring Festival – a selection of works by Raku generations

6 January – 3 March 2013

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New Year exhibition
In Praise of Surfaces - Raku Teabowls, Iron Kettles, Lacquered Tea Caddies'

8 September – 24 December 2012

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Summer Exhibition for Parents and Children
Series: What is Raku?
Feel the Season! Summer and Chanoyu

30 June – 2 September 2012

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New Year Exhibition
‘IKi’ Taste of Kyoto – Raku’s New Year Decoration

10 March – 24 June 2012

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New Year Exhibition
‘IKi’ Taste of Kyoto – Raku’s New Year Decoration

7 January – 4 March 2012

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Autumn Special Exhibition
Raku, Eiraku and Ninsei : Ceramic Families of Kyoto Exponents of WABI and MIYABI

4 September - 23 December 2011

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Summer Exhibition for Parents and Children What is Raku? Series
The Amazing Origin of Raku Ware A Colourful Chinese Origin of Raku Ware

9 July – 28 August 2011

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Raku Successive Generations and Their Contemporaries:
A Selection from the Museum Collection featuring celebrated masterpieces by Chôjirô, Kôetsu, Dônyû and other Raku generations

19 March – 3 July 2011

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To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Raku Kichizaemon XV
Part Ⅱ : From “Tenmon” to today

11 September – 12 December 2010

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To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Raku Kichizaemon XV
Part I : From the Succession to “Tenmon”

11 September – 12 December 2010

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Spring Special Exhibition
Raku Successive Generations: Selected Works from the Raku Museum Collection

27 March – 6 June 2010

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Chanoyu : New Year Celebrations
- Selected works by Raku successive generations

7 January - 22 March 2010

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Special Exhibition
To commemorate the designation as the Important Cultural Property of Two-colour glazed Lion Figure by Chôjirô I
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A Selection of Kyoto wares - Wabi and Miyabi

8 September - 20 December 2009

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Raku Museum 30th Anniversary Special Exhibition
Featuring Screen Paintings of natural landscapes by Tôhaku Hasegawa and Unkoku Tôeki, together with a selection of works chosen by Raku Kichizaemon XV

10 September - 21 December 2008

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Genpaku Sôtan and Raku tea bowls

11 September - 16 December 2007

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Kôetsu and Dônyû

12 September - 26 November 2006

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Noh, Chanoyu and Raku tea bowls - Wabi and Yûgen

8 September - 19 December 2004

25th Anniversary of the Raku Museum
Father and Son - Kakunyû XIV and Kichizaemon XV

7 September - 21 December 2003

Hand-shaped Tea Bowls : Taste of Tea Masters

12 September - 17 December 2000

400 Years after Sen Rikyû's death
RIKYU

Part I 6 March - 24 May 1990
Part II 1 June - 29 July 1990

FROM KOETSU TO NOW

1 October - 15 November 1985

20th Anniversary of the Raku Museum 400 Years after the birth of Dônyû III, detto Nonkô DONYU III - NONKO

1 October - 15 November 1998

400 Years after Chôjirô's Death
CHOJIRO

7 October - 15 November 1988


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