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Japonism and Art Nouveau Phases of Japonism in Western Decorative Art -Masterworks from the collection of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts

I saw this exhibition at Panasonic Museum in Shiodome. The Budapest Museum has a great collection of Ceramics and Glassworks. This exhibit focuses on these arty craftworks produced from the late 19c to the early 20c and tries to describe how big influence came from the traditional Japanese ceramic works. All works in this exhibition Read More

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The 1400th Memorial for Prince Shōtoku HORYUJI — Prince Shōtoku and Treasures of Early Buddhist Faith in Japan

Prince Shotoku (574-622) has been well known as one of the most clever politicians and intellectuals in Japan, and still now lots of Japanese respect him. Prince Shotoku had a deep faith in Buddhism and contributed to Japanese culture and society, and he established a social system with a “Seventeen Article Constitution” for Japan. HORYUJI Read More

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The Treasures of Mitsubishi Collection: The Mitsubishi 150th Anniversary Exhibition

I saw “The Treasures of Mitsubishi Collection: The Mitsubishi 150th Anniversary Exhibition” at Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo. The Mitsubishi Group is one of the biggest group of Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries including mining, shipbuilding, telecom, financial services, electronics, automotive, and more. The founder of Mitsubishi is Iwasaki Yataro (1835-1885) and the company was Read More

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Visit the Akasaka Palace

The Akasaka Palace is a guest house for foreign heads of state, prime ministers, and other distinguished guests. And it is open to the public so as not to interfere with the reception. The Akasaka Palace, established in 1909 as the Crown Prince’s Palace, is the only neo-baroque-style building in Japan. It represents the culmination Read More

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René Lalique Remix at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

Hot summer has come to Tokyo. Too exhausted to spend outside in this season. So I would like to recommend going to the museums in Tokyo. There are many various museums which have value to visit for learning something new. Currently, many interesting exhibitions are going on. Among them, I picked up René Lalique Remix Read More

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Glass Tea House – KOU-AN by Tokujin Yoshioka

  Tea ceremony is one of the most well known Japanese culture. However, it is a little hard to find the place for Japanese tea ceremony. Now The National Art Center, Tokyo has “Glass Tea House – KOU-AN” until May 30 2022. “Glass Tea House – KOU-AN” is Japanese designer and artist, Tokujin Yoshioka’s work Read More