Regrettably Munemichi Yanagi (commonly called Sori Yanagi, 1915-2011) passed away on Christmas day, 2011. He was a world-famous industrial designer. At the same time, he had served as a third director of the museum for as many as about thirty years. In this exhibition, masks, textiles, and ceramics from all times and various places which were collected by Sori Yanagi would be on display. Through his collection, we would like to introduce what Sori Yanagi had seen in his life and what was the origin of his design works and daily life. >

The detailed information on associated exhibition is available in the leaflet.