文ぶん展てん

noun

Bunten exhibition; Ministry of Education art exhibition

Abbreviation of 文部省美術展覧会. Refers to the historical art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education, which was the predecessor of the modern Nitten (日展) exhibition. Used in historical and art contexts.

See also: 文部省美術展覧会 (もんぶしょうびじゅつてんらんかい)

• 文ぶん展てんは、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 was one of the most prestigious exhibitions in the prewar Japanese art world.

• 彼かれの作さく品ひんは大たい正しょう時じ代だいの文ぶん展てんで入にゅう選せんした。

  His work was selected for the Bunten exhibition in the Taisho era.