文もん部ぶ省しょう美び術じゅつ展てん覧らん会かい

noun

Bunten exhibition; Ministry of Education Art Exhibition

Historical annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education, precursor to the modern Nitten (日展). Often referred to by its abbreviation 文展 (ぶんてん).

See also: 文展 (ぶんてん)

• 文もん部ぶ省しょう美び術じゅつ展てん覧らん会かいは、戦せん前ぜんの日本にほん美び術じゅつ界かいで最もっとも権けん威いのある展てん覧らん会かいの一ひとつだった。

  The Bunten exhibition was one of the most prestigious art exhibitions in prewar Japan.

• この作さく品ひんは、昭しょう和わ初しょ期きの文もん部ぶ省しょう美び術じゅつ展てん覧らん会かいで特とく選せんを受じゅ賞しょうした。

  This work won a special prize at the Bunten exhibition in the early Showa period.