Kodo, “Way of incense” is the art of appreciating Japanese incense, and is counted as one of the three Classical Japanese arts of refinement, along with Kado for flower arrangement, and Sado for tea and the tea ceremony. Originating in the mid-Muromachi period, the art of “Kodo” overcame the upheavals of the Warring States period Read More
Category: Art
Special Exhibition “Gem” at National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno
The earth is full of colourful and beautiful stones and we can learn how the beautiful stones are mined and how they become fine jewelry at last in this exhibition. 1st part The 1st part is to know the basic knowledge about the rough stones which could become gems. Most of the precious Read More
The Reproduction of Shosoin Treasures
Shosoin is very familiar with most Japanese people because we learned about it in Japanese history class at our elementary schools. Shosoin is a huge storehouse in Nara to keep national treasures and we have Shosoin is a storehouse in Nara to keep national treasures, and we have seen some of them as pictures in Read More
Johannes Vermeer and the Masters of the Golden Age of Dutch Painting from the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Many people know or have seen one of the famous Vermeer paintings, “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window” In 1979, X-ray images of this painting disclosed a Cupid painting on the background wall. At that time, it was thought Vermeer had covered the Cupid by himself. However, the recent research in 2019 Read More