From July 3 (Tuesday) to September 2 (Sun) of 2018, a special exhibition "beat of Beauty of 10 thousand Years of Jomon" is held at the Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan. A press coverage was held on July 2nd, so I will tell you the situation. Undulation, playing, reversing, complicated and mysterious patterns. The dynamic feeling and energy expressed by the three-dimensional decoration captures the heart of the viewer and does not separate. The pottery named " flame type pottery" from the flaming flame shape attracted many people since its early modern times, with its originality and mystery. In recent years, "Jomon" has attracted public attention from various aspects such as…
Samurai will come to Ueno! ! “Japan-Ran friendship SAMURAI festival” held from July 4 to July 8
The Japan – Ran friendship SAMURAI festival executive committee will hold "Japan – Ran friendship SAMURAI festival" event on July 4 (Wednesday) – July 8 (Sun) at Takenoyama Plaza in Ueno Encounter Park Taito – ku. This event is a spot to the samurai of the Edo Period during the Warring States Period. We introduce local gourmet, history, food culture, etc, which are related to warlords and castles nationwide. From the Edo period to the present, Japan and the Netherlands have deep involvement through R & D and Nagasaki Dejima. Let's deepen friends further by knowing the culture and food of the Netherlands! ★ Restaurant · Food in the Netherlands…
[National Museum of Western Art] “Michelangelo and the Ideal Body” Exhibition Report
Michelangelo · Buonarroti «David-Apollo» around 1530 Florence, the National Art Museum of Bargello "Michelangelo and the ideal body" will be held at the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo from Tuesday 19th June (Tue) to September 24th (Monday · holiday), 2018. Since the exhibition was held on June 18, I will tell you the situation. That talent was honored as "a god 's place", Michelangelo · Buonarroti (1475 – 1564) greatly named in each field such as architecture, painting, poetry. He named himself a "sculptor" and was particularly interested in sculpture among the arts that he had done. The Italian Renaissance art was based on the ancient Greek-Roman art, but…
【Ueno Royal Museum】 “Miracle Escher Exhibition” Exhibition Report
From left: Mr. Ronit Solec (curator of the Israeli museum's prints and drawing department curator), Mr. Sivan Elan Revian (Israel Museum Traveling Exhibition Director), Mr. Hiroshi Kumazawa (Associate Professor, Museum of Art, Tokyo University of the Arts) "Miracle Escher Exhibition" will be held at the Ueno Royal Museum from 6 June (Wednesday), July 29 (Sun), 2018. This time I will tell you the state of the press preview held the other day. A rare printmaker, also called "visual magician," Mauritz Cornelis Escher . The strange and mysterious style continues to fascinate the people of the world, such as the fact that there are actually unlikely existing worlds, a world with…
【Tokyo University of the Arts, College Art Museum】 NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition “Saigo Dori” Exhibition Report
Eita who plays Okubo Toshimichi in the big drama "Saigo Don" that appeared in the photo session NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition "Saigo Don" is held at the Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum during the period from Saturday, May 26th to July 16th (Monday, congratulation). We interviewed the exhibition held on May 25, so we will introduce the contents of this exhibition. Takamori Saigo (1827-77) who raised herself from lower samurai of Satsuma (Kagoshima) and accomplished the Meiji Restoration. However, he does not have any portrait photographs, and his life is enveloped in many mysteries. This exhibition, in conjunction with the river drama, highlights the era of…
Events that you can enjoy “Saigoju” in the Edo period, held at a Japanese sake specialty store
In the sake specialty shop "KURAND SAKE MARKET", we hold an event that you can enjoy sake "Mizunichu" of the Edo period from Friday 25th (Fri) to 31st (Thur) in 2018. "KURAND SAKE MARKET" is a Japanese sake specialty shop where you can drink and compare over 100 kinds of Japanese sake brewed in unlimited time. "Beautiful juice" is a sake widely enjoyed by commoners in the Edo period. The manufacturing method is almost the same as the current mirin and it is made from rice, rice koji, shochu as a raw material. It is described in past literature that it was "stylish" liquor that everyone can enjoy even women…
[National Museum of Western Art] “Michelangelo and the ideal body” Introduction of highlights
"Young Baptist John" Michelangelo · Buonarroti 1495-1496 Ubeda, Basilica of El Salvador / Jaen (Spain), Dakunderi Foundation of the Medinaceli Collection Height 130 cm Marble Úbeda, Capilla del Salvador; Jaén (Spain), Fundacion Casa Ducal de Medinaceli / Su concessione del Ministero per i Benière Attività Cultural e del Turismo – Opificio delle Pietre Dure di Firenze At the National Museum of Western Art, "Michelangelo and the ideal body" will be held from 19th June (Tue) to 24th September (Monday / holiday) in 2018. For Japanese people, Renaissance is one of the popular themes of exhibitions, but often the work focusing on women is the main theme. However, it was male…
【Tokyo National Museum】 Special Exhibition “Kyoto Great Benefit Temple Kikei · Setongake Only” Report of the press conference
Recently, a press release was held on October 2 (Tuesday) 2018 to December 9 (Sun) at the Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan at a special exhibition " Kyoto Great Benefit Temple Chi Kei – Keikei Only " I was told. I will report the situation this time. Temple temple of the Shingon sect Budokanji temple which Kaoru Kaori opened in 1220 in the Kamakura period. It is popular among ordinary people from the common people in the name of " Senbon Shakado " because it is believed that the Buddha Honjin "Buddha Buddha Seated Sacredge" has been believed from ancient times and Senbon street which crosses Kyoto north and south in…
【National Museum of Western Art】 “Rubens Exhibition – Birth of Baroque”, Introduction of Highlights
"Crash of Paeton" Paeter · Paul · Rubens 1604/05 Oil on canvas / Canvas Washington, National Gallery Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington At the National Museum of Western Art, "Rubens Exhibition – The Birth of Baroque" will be held from October 16 (Tue) 2018 to January 20 (Sun) 2019. We introduce the exhibition composition and attractions of this exhibition. About Rubens The name of Peter, Paul Rubens (1577-1640) is known in Japan by the cartoon "Dog of Flanders." It is the creator of the altarpiece of the Virgin Cathedral, which the hero's Nero Boy keeps seeing at first sight, in the final round he can be sold with his…
【National Science Museum】 Exhibition “Exhibition” Okinawa’s Paleolithic Age is Hot! “Exhibition Report
At the National Science Museum, the exhibition "The Paleolithic Age of Okinawa is Hot!" Is being held from April 20 (Fri) to June 17 (Sun) in 2018. Since the press exhibition was held on April 19, I will tell you how it is. Paleolithic age, the oldest and longest in Japan's human history, the most enigmatic wrapping. At that time, how did people living in the Japanese archipelago live, and what were they feeling? Most of the Old Stone Age human bones that convey their pre-life appearance have been found in Okinawa, but tools such as stoneware have not been found and their lives have been enveloped for a long…