Bernard Leach Pottery Exhibit Kyoto

バーナード・リーチのうつわに跳ねる動物たち

Bernard Leach is back. Works by the famed potter will be on display in Yamazaki, south of Kyoto, all summer.

With motifs of birds, rabbits, frogs, girffins, etc., Leach (1889 - 1979) crafted works both earthy and stunningly beautiful.

Along with Mingei Movement founder Yanagi Soetsu, Leach contributed to a revival of Japanese arts and crafts.

In 1911, Leach arrived in Japan for the first time, leading him to follow the path of pottery.

Leach loved nature and the natural world, and this is evinced in his works.

"Bernard Leach's Animals" will run until September 1.

The Asahi Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art is a one-hour ride south of Kyoto.

Information

Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum
5-3 Zenihara, Oyamazaki-cho, Otokuni-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, 618-0071

10:00 to 17:00 (Last admission until 16:30). Closed on Mondays (Closed on Tuesday when the previous Monday is a holiday), and the New Year's holiday period.

Telephone: 075 957 3123

Fee: 900 yen (high school and junior high school students 500 yen)


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Bernard Leach Exhibit Kyoto Takashimaya

バーナード・リーチ展京都高島屋

In celebration of the 125th anniversary of the birth of potter Bernard Leach, the Kyoto department store Takashimaya is holding a special exhibit of his works.

Leach was born in Hong Kong and and came to Japan early. He apprenticed to Shigekichi Urano (Kenzan VI) and became friends with the potter Shoji Hamada.

Together with Hamada, Leach created and promoted traditional Korean, Japanese, and Chinese pottery using techniques from England and Germany.

During his life, though, this work was considered ugly, even crude in the West.

In Japan, however, he remains a revered figure to this day. He was awarded the
Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1966 and Japan Foundation Cultural Award in 1974.

For those cycling, there are several bicycle parking lots nearby, the closest being at Takashimaya itself The lot is just south of Shijo on the east side of Teramachi Dori. It is 100 yen/hour. However, unless you are coming from the south, say Kyoto Station, a better ideas would be to park farther afield - along Oike, near Daimaru - and walk. The area is packed with foot traffic and cycling is prohibited on both Shijo and Kawaramachi in this part of town.

Information

Takashimaya is at the corner of Shijo-Kawaramachi in central Kyoto. The exhibit is on the 7th floor in the Grand Hall.
October 31 - November 11
600 yen for adults, 400 for university and high school students.

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