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"What Yanagi Sori Has Seen" exhibition held at the Japan Folk Crafts Museum. Lecture by Naoto Fukasawa also held.

Aug 30, 2013

A special exhibition titled "What Yanagi Sori Has Seen" is being held at the Japan Folk Crafts Museum in Komaba, Tokyo, until November 21st. It displays the treasured possessions of Yanagi Sori, who served as the third director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum for approximately 30 years while also working internationally as an industrial designer, as well as ceramics and textiles bequeathed by the Yanagi family. The exhibition features a variety of folk crafts that inspired Sori's creative endeavors, including African fabrics, such as tie-dyed textiles, which were used for ceremonies; tableware by Tomimoto Kenkichi, Kawai Kanjiro, and Hamada Shoji, collected by Muneyoshi Muneyoshi, the founder of the folk crafts museum, and used on the family dinner table; origami "hanamonori," invented by Uchiyama Mitsuhiro; and "hina tako," small kites used as decorations for New Year's and other festivals. In addition, a commemorative concert will be held on October 21st, and a commemorative lecture by product designer and current museum director Naoto Fukasawa will be held on November 2nd. Fukasawa's lecture reportedly reached capacity immediately after it was announced. (Registration is now closed.) Sori Yanagi was born in 1915. He graduated from the Western-style Painting Department of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1940 and began his design studies after the Pacific War. In 1957, his signature works, the Butterfly Stool and White Porcelain Teapot, won gold medals at the Milan Triennale. He subsequently embarked on an international career, including the designer's first solo exhibition at the Milan Museum of Modern Art. In 1978, he became director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum. Until his death in December 2011, Yanagi's mission was to "connect the Mingei Museum with contemporary society" and "revive the beauty of folk crafts in the modern era." He planned exhibitions and displays, as well as created posters and graphics for the magazine Mingei.


【Event Information】
Special Exhibition "What Yanagi Sori Has Seen"
Venue: Japan Folk Crafts Museum
Address: 4-3-33 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Dates: Until November 21st
Closed: Mondays (If a public holiday falls on a Monday, the museum will be closed the following day)
Admission: Adults 1,000 yen, University and High School Students 500 yen, Elementary and Middle School Students 200 yen
編集部
  • Sori Yanagi in Ladakh, India, 1983
  • Woolen costume, Tibet, 20th century, height 111.0cm
  • Woolen costume, Tibet, 19th-20th century, length 126.0cm
  • Iron-glazed white flowing jar, Koishiwara, Fukuoka Prefecture (Japan), 19th century, height 31.0cm
  • Earthenware Republic of Mali (Africa) 12th-16th century Height 28.5cm
  • Slipware square plate, England, late 18th century - early 19th century, width 34.5cm
  • Green glazed meat saucer with handle, France, 18th century, width 33.7cm
  • Kachina dolls, two types, Hopi or Zuni, Native American, late 19th century - 20th century, height 24.0cm
  • Dyed waistband, Maferu (for men, partial), Bushong tribe, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Africa), 20th century, width 80.0cm
  • Roof lion (shisa) Okinawa Prefecture (Japan) 20th century Height 39.0cm
  • Hornbill (Karao), Senufo tribe, Côte d'Ivoire, 20th century, height 102.0cm
  • Hornbill (Karao), Senufo tribe, Côte d'Ivoire, 20th century, height 102.0cm
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