An exhibition of The Beauty of the Imperial Household in Connection with Yamanashi: The Masterpieces of the Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan has been held at the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art in the city of Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan from April 26 through June 1, 2025. https://shozokan.nich.go.jp/en/; https://www.art-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/. The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan is temporarily closed from May 7, 2025 to expand its facilities.
Chinese Lions Regal presence of roaring lions, the originals were drawn by Kano Eitoku and Kano Tsunenobu and owned by The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan, https://tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp/en/gallery/
The right screen by Kano Eitoku, Momoyama period, 16th century and the left screen by Kano Tsunenobu, Edo period, 17th century, Image courtesy of Canon, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Yamanashi, 5/29/2025
In the garden of the Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art:
The Big Apple No. 45 by Masaaki Sato, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Kofu, Yamanashi, 5/29/2025
https://etsuo.tokyo/2022/06/; https://yamanashietsuo.net/masaaki-sato-exhibition/; https://yamanashietsuo.net/the-big-apple-no-50/; https://www.masaakisato.com/
Maple trees, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum, Kofu, Yamanashi, 5/29/2025
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_palmatum, https://www.gardenia.net/plant/acer-palmatum-atropurpureum
https://www.art-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/park/, https://www.art-museum.pref.yamanashi.jp/english/