Kyoto Art Exhibit The Art of Maki-e: Japan Traditional Craft

象彦漆美術館展覧会

A small local museum in Kyoto will be displaying maki-e.

Located next to the Hosomi Museum of Art in the city's Okazaki area, the Zohiko Urushi Museum is a 10-minute walk from Exit 2 of the Higashiyama subway station. (Scroll down.)

“The Art of Maki-e: Japan Traditional Craft” will run from March 1-31.

Maki-e is a traditional Japanese craft in which lacquer is sprinkled with gold or silver powder.

The art form was developed mainly in the Heian Period (794–1185) and really took off in the Edo Period (1603–1868).

Very beautiful work is on display.

Information

Zohiko Urushi Museum
Zohiko Main Shop 2F, 10 Saishoji-cho, Okazaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. Higashiyama Stn.
Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Fee: ¥300.
Closed Wednesdays
075 752 7790
www.zohiko.co.jp/museum/en


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Lagrangian Point Kyoto Exhibit

ル・グランマーブル カフェ クラッセ

From February 11 - 23, Gallery Parc in central Kyoto is holding a group exhibit of works by artists resident or graduates of Aichi Prefectural University of Art.

They include Masauyuki Arai, Yuri Sugiura, Narumi Tanaka, Yuri Miura, and Asaka Yamaguchi.

The gallery is across the street from a Tully's on Sanjo in central Kyoto.

Information

Gallery PARC | GRANDMARBLE
Sanjo Gokomachi
Kyoto
075 231 0706
Hours: 11 - 7 pm, Fridays open till 8 pm (closed Mondays and national holidays)


Gallery PARC | GRANDMARBLE
〒604-8082 京都市中京区三条通御幸町弁慶石町48三条ありもとビル ［ル・グランマーブル カフェ クラッセ］ 2階　　
Tel. 075-231-0706
営業時間. 11：00-19：00　＊金曜日は20:00まで　　定休日. 月曜日

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Van Gogh in Paris: New Perspectives Kyoto Exhibit

ゴッホ展空白のパリーを追う

A monster exhibit is coming to the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art this April.

Fifty works by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) from the collection of the Van Gogh Museum will be on display in Okazaki from April 2.

The exhibit left Holland and opened at Huis Ten Bosch in Nagasaki. It then traveled to South Korea in late July of last year. Following its sojourn in Kyoto, it will move on to Sendai and Hiroshima.

The exhibition includes a number of world-famous works by Van Gogh, including: "By the Seine," "In the Café: Agostina Segatori in Le Tambourin," "Wheatfield with Partridge," "A Crab on its Back," "Café Table with Absinthe," and "Self-portrait with Grey Felt Hat."

Get ready for long lines and craning your neck to see above and around a crowd of art loving pensioners.

The exhibit runs until 19 May 2013.

The museum is in the Okazaki section of Kyoto, which is a short ride from central Kyoto.

Information

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
Okazaki Park, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8344
TEL: 075 771 4107

April 2 - May 19

Tickets are 1400 yen for adults, 1000 yen for high school and university students, 500 yen for junior high and elementary school students.

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Kyoto Exhibit Museum EKI Kyoto Empress Elizabeth

美術館「えき」ＫＹＯＴＯ開館15周年記念輝ける皇妃 エリザベート展

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of its opening, the Bijutsukan EKI will be hosting an exhibit highlighting the 175th birth of Empress Elizabeth (24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898).

In memory of the 175th anniversary of the birth of Empress Elizabeth of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Museum EKI Kyoto will host an exhibit related to her and items from her life.

The exhibit will feature paintings, personal ornaments, and approximately 120 articles including industrial art objects.

The Empress was considered a non-conformist who detested court protocol.

She died tragically when she was murdered by an anarchist in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1898.

Information

September 7 - October 28
10 am - 8 pm
Adults 1000 yen, college and high school students 800 yen
Located on the 7th floor of the Isetan Department Store at Kyoto Station


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Kyoto Art The Grand Izumo Exhibit

古事記1300年 出雲大社大遷宮 特別展覧会 「大出雲展」

The Kyoto National Museum will be presenting artifacts and more from the Grand Shrine in Ise.

2012 marks the 1300th anniversary of the compilation of Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters).

Next year, 2013, will witness the grand installation ceremony of Izumo Taisha, which is taking place for the first time in almost sixty years.

To commemorate this, the Kyoto National Museum will hold an exhibition introducing treasures from the ancient Izumo shrines and affiliated temples as well as artifacts excavated from related sites.

Information

Dates: July 28 - September 9
Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Entrance Until 5:30 p.m.)
Fridays 9:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Entrance Until 7:30 p.m.)

Closed on Monday
Admission: Adult ¥1,300 (¥1,000)
High School/Univ. Student ¥900 (¥600)
Elem./Middle Sch. Student ¥400 (¥200)

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Kyoto Exhibit 7 Scroll Paintings of Ishiyama Temple Museum of Modern Art

石山寺絵巻展覧会

For those riding the Lake Biwa circuit, or just happen to be near Otsu, this fall there will be a great exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, in Otsu City.

The total seven-volume set of "Ishiyama-dera Engi Emaki," or a scroll painting of the legend of Ishiyama-dera Temple, will be put on display for the first time in October at the Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture.

The seven-volume set of scrolls is made up of 33 scenes with pictures and notes. It measures roughly 110 meters in total length. Each of the scrolls was made in a different period, divided among the Kamakura, Muromachi and Edo Periods.

Information

Museum of Modern Art, Shiga
Tel: 077 543 2111
October 6 to November 25
Note: volumes designated as an Important Cultural Property will only be displayed from October 6 to 14 and November 13 to 25.


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Kyoto Exhibit Fabulous Fashion Hair Accessories and Make up Sets Zohiko Urushi Museum

象彦漆美術館にて『華やぎの装い‐髪飾り・化粧道具‐』

At one of Kyoto's many under appreciated but excellent art museums is an exhibit on hair accessories.

The Zohiko Urushi Museum is hosting an exhibit of Japanese combs (kushi) and ornamental hairpins (kogai and kanzashi).

These pieces were developed in the Edo Period (1603-1868).

The best of the museum's collection will be on display, many of which feature works using the maki-e technique.

The Zohiko Urushi is just up the block from the Hosomi Museum.

Information

Zohiko Urushi Museum
2nd Floor of Zohiko Shop
10 Saishoji, Okazaki
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
Tel: 075-752-7790

Entrance: 300 yen
7 July 2012 - 1 October 2012
Hours: 10 am - 5 pm; closed Wednesdays

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