Kyuhaku Spring Tour
Let’s Look for Flowers!
Spring has brought flowers to every corner of Kyushu National Museum (Kyuhaku for short). These
flowers can even be found in the motifs and designs on works displayed in the Cultural Exchange
Exhibition Hall on the fourth floor! Why not try looking for them yourself?
Frolic among flowers both outside the museum and inside our exhibition halls, to enjoy spring to
the fullest at our museum.



Exhibition Period: |
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12 March 2024 (Tues) – 12 May 2024 (Sun) |
Venue: |
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Cultural Exchange Exhibition Hall (4F) |
Tickets: Cultural Exchange Exhibition Hall (Permanent Exhibition) |
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Adults | 700 yen |
University students | 350 yen |
High school students, visitors above 18, and seniors above 70 | Free of charge |
* For more information on ticket prices, please refer to this page.
Exhibition Highlights

Dish depicting poppies in overglaze enamels
Nabeshima ware, 18th century
Tanakamaru Collection
Created in the Saga domain as a gift to the Tokugawa shogunate, this dish is one of the best examples of colored Nabeshima ware from the early 18th century. Characterized by its attractive compositions, skillfully painted, this type of porcelain never looks old. The flowers depicted on this dish are the same species as modern poppies.

Deep earthenware bowl
From Tanabu-Shinanoki, Aomori
Jōmon period, 3,000–4,000 years ago
Kyushu National Museum
Dating from the late Jōmon period, this earthenware was excavated from Mutsu City in Aomori Prefecture. The popular image of pottery dating from this period is that of rope impressions made on the surface. However, with its interlocking motifs and undulating mouth resembling a giant flower, this piece is so stylish and beautiful that it is hard to believe it was made 3,000 years ago.

Murrine glass beads
Venice (Italy), 20th century
Kyushu National Museum
Millefiori is the Italian name of a mosaic glass bead produced on Murano Island in Venice. Meaning “a thousand flowers”, they were crafted in the Eastern Mediterranean region from the 1st century BCE to the 1st century CE. Murrine is one type of millefiori. Once the ancient glass-making techniques were restored in seventeenth-century Venice, these beads became popular in Europe.
Exhibition period: from 2 April (Tues)

Gilt-lettered indigo-dyed paper scroll of the Lotus Sutra, “Universal Gateway” chapter
Heian period, 12th century
Kyushu National Museum
This gorgeous rendition of part of the Lotus Sutra was produced at great expense by a 12th century nobleman. Sudhana, a boy seeking enlightenment, sits upon massive lotus flowers made of gold and silver leaf. The 3 characters of the Japanese title on the binding are also written above a lotus seat, all made of metal on a basket-weave ground.
Exhibition period: from 2 April (Tues)

Fragment of chintz printed with rose and lilac motifs
Mulhouse (France), early 19th century
Kyushu National Museum
Here is a Western chintz fragment with lilacs and roses on a thinly striped beige cotton ground. Originally from India, chintz was an important item in overseas trade from the 15th to 17th centuries. As it gained popularity in Europe, chintz was tailored to local tastes by using European printing techniques. Gorgeous Western chintz prints have also attracted people all over the world.
Exhibition period: from 16 April (Tues)
Participants can win a special sticker!
Snap pictures of flowers at Kyuhaku!

To participate, please post your pictures of items
with flower motifs
and
designs, or of actual flowers within our premises, on X (formerly
Twitter),
or submit them in through our online form.
Participants will receive a special sticker as a token of
appreciation!
(Eligibility: Please submit or post 1 or more photographs,
submitting no
more than 1 post per day.)
For more details, please refer to the panel displays in the Entrance
Hall
(1F) or at the entrance of the Cultural Exchange Exhibition Hall
(4F).

You are welcome to submit pictures of exhibition items
with flower motifs and designs from Dazaifu Tenmangu Museum .
Kyushu National Museum and Dazaifu Tenmangu Museum combination ticket 1000 yen
(Details)
(Details)
Activity period:
12 March 2024 (Tues) – 12 May 2024 (Sun)
Participation:
Free of charge (Please note that you will need a ticket to enter the Cultural Exchange Exhibition Hall)
How to participate:
① Snap pictures of flowers in the Cultural Exchange Exhibition
Hall (4F) or within the museum premises.
② Post your pictures on X
(formerly Twitter), or submit them
through our online form
(in Japanese only)!
③ For those posting on X (formerly Twitter), please follow our
official Kyushu
National Museum account, and include the hashtag
#春のきゅーはくin
your post.
④ Head over to the Information Counter on either the first or
fourth floors. Please show our staff your post on X (formerly
Twitter), or the confirmation email (for submissions through our
online form) to receive a sticker.
Where to receive your sticker prize:
The Information Counters on 1F or 4F
Notice:
・Each participant is eligible to receive up to 1 sticker per
person per day.
・Please note that in order to receive a sticker, you will be
required to either post photo(s) of flowers on X (formerly
Twitter) or submit the picture(s) through our online form. The
photo(s) of the flowers should be taken within the Cultural
Exchange Exhibition Hall (4F) or within the premises of Kyushu
National Museum.
・There are times when the Information Counter is crowded. Please
be ready to show your phone screen to our staff before making
your way over to the Counter.
For inquiries, please contact:
Kyushu National Museum, Public Relations Division 092-929-3272 (only in Japanese), or leave a message through our contact form.