Special Exhibition

Renovation Celebration/ Masterpieces from Our Collection Ⅱ Masters of Modern Japanese Crafts

July 6th (Tue) to September 23rd (Thu) , 2021

Bernard Leach, Kanjiro Kawai, Shoji Hamada, Keisuke Serizawa and Shiko Munakata are masters of modern Japanese crafts. They all had close relationship with the founder Soetsu Yanagi, and produced splendid works mainly for ordinary people’s daily lives. In the second memorial exhibition introduces representative works by the craft artists who followed Yanagi’s philosophy and engaged in their creation with the inspiration from Yanagi and the Museum collection.

From the exhibition

Teacup with plant design, copper red. Kanjiro Kawai, 1925-28. d.7.8cm
Ume blossoms, from Banga-fu (Floral Variations). Shiko Munakata, 1935. l.42.6cm.
Lidded jar with grape design. Bernard Leach, 1913. h.25.6cm.
Textile for obi sash belt with bamboo, peony and arabesque design. detail. Keisuke Serizawa, 1935.
Pitcher with trailed black glaze design. Shoji Hamada, 1925-28. h.16.0cm.
Three-fold dressing table, vermillion lacquered. Tatsuaki Kuroda, 1928. l.180.5cm.
Square plate with thistle leaf design, overglaze enameled. Kenkichi Tomimoto, 1936. w.28.4cm.

information

Museum Hours

10:00–17:00 (the ticket office is closed at 16:30.)

Closed

Mondays. (Except Holiday Mondays, closed the next day in this case)

Admission

Adults: ¥1,200 / Students: ¥700 / Jr.High and Elementary: ¥200