Japan Cultural Expo Presented and Co-presented Projects (as of June 21, 2019)
*Japan Culture Expo collaborates with other organizations and entities in planning, production, and funding.
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2019 Nara Palace Site Museum Summer Exhibition Nara Palace Site Museum, Nara Art and Cultural The Buddhist Sculptures of Daiho’onji Temple Art and Cultural 1 April 23 – June 16, 2019 Kyushu National Museum 11 for Children “In the Garden of the Nara Capital: July 20 – September 1, 2019 National Research Institute for Cultural Treasures Kyoto: Masterpieces by Kaikei and Jokei Treasures Unearthing the Ancient Gaze at Nature) Properties
Tokyo: August 3 – September 29, Nara National Research Institute for Legendary Kyoto Painting from Maruyama Okyo to Tokyo University of the Arts (the Uni- Art and Cultural Art and Cultural 2019 2 Spring Special Exhibition “The Bone Story” April 23 – June 30, 2019 Cultural Properties (Asuka Historical 12 the Modern Era: A Virtual-Reality Environment and versity Art Museum) and the National Treasures Treasures Kyoto: November 2 – December Museum) Nihonga Workshop Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 15, 2019
Japanese Culture Promotion at ICOM Kyoto 2019 Educational Events Associated with the Exhibition Art and Cultural National Archives of Modern Architec- Art and Cultural Noh Performance “Stone Bridge” at Opening Kyoto International Conference Hall, 3 “Early Drawings of Tadao Ando: Autonomy and June 8 – September 23, 2019 13 September 1 – 7, 2019 Treasures ture, Agency for Cultural Affairs Treasures Ceremony and “Tokinoha Sanbanso” Nihon Buyo Kyoto National Museum, etc Dialogue” Performance at Closing Ceremony
The Tsuzuri Project: The Art of Hokusai, Reproduced Art and Cultural Art and Cultural Special Display of Rediscovered Tsukiji Akashi-cho 4 from the Collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, June 25 – August 25, 2019 Sumida Hokusai Museum 14 November 1 – December 15, 2019 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Treasures Treasures Town by Kaburaki Kiyokata Smithsonian Institution
Art and Cultural “Islands as Abodes of the Divine” International Munakata Taisha and other World Art and Cultural 5 July 2019 – March 2020 15 Bishamonten, Guardian Deity of the North February 4 – March 22, 2020 Nara National Museum Treasures Cultural Art Project Heritage Sites Treasures
Art and Cultural Nara Heritage Project: Cultural Assets Linking Around July 2019 – around March Art and Cultural Echigo-Tsumari Snow Fireworks: Gift for a Frozen Atema Kogen Resort Belnatio 6 Nara Prefecture and other sites 16 February 29, 2020 Treasures Antiquity to the Present 2020 Treasures Village 2020 Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture
Art and Cultural The Muromachi Shoguns: Involvement of Fifteen Art and Cultural Museum of Kyoto Annex and other 7 July 13 – September 1, 2019 Kyushu National Museum 17 Artists’ Fair Kyoto 2020 February 29 – March 1, 2020 Treasures Ashikagas in Wars and Arts Treasures venues
Art and Cultural Art and Cultural Timeless Conversations 2020: Voices from Japanese 8 Exploring Art: Creatures of Faith July 13 – September 8, 2019 Nara National Museum 18 March 11 – June 1, 2020 National Art Center, Tokyo Treasures Treasures Arts of the Past and the Present
1 March 20 – May 25, 2020 1 Toji Homotsukan Museum Art and Cultural Experience Japanese Culture: Samurai Mania! July 17– September 1, 2019 (“Try Art and Cultural Japanese Art and Craft Repair: Technique, 9 Tokyo National Museum 19 2 June 23 – July 19, 2020 2 Kyoto National Museum Treasures Explore Japanese Armor at TNM on Armor” on designated days) Treasures Materials, and Transmission 3 Late February – early April 2020 3 Osaka Museum of Housing and Living
Naoshima, Ogijima, Shodoshima, Art and Cultural Seventeen days between July 20 Art and Cultural National Treasures of Kyoto: Preservation, Repair, Late April – late June 2020 (details 10 Performing Arts on Inland Sea Islands Project Oshima, Honjima, Ibukijima and Taka- 20 Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art Treasures and November 2, 2019 Treasures and Conservation TBA) matsu port
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1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 Daiho’onji Temple, commonly For the purpose of understand- The Sacred Island of Okino- The exhibition portrays the People of all ages and back- Wooden mokkan tablets Some 3,000 museum-related Belief in Bishamonten (Skt. Contemporary art created by The Japanese technology of known as Senbon Shakado ing the idea of harmonious shima and associated sites in 240-some years of rule by the grounds will enjoy this chance unearthed in eighth-century participants, including 2,000 Vaishravana), one of the “four aspiring young artists will be repair and preservation of (“one-thousand Shakyamuni coexistence with nature and the Munakawa region, located fifteen Ashikaga shoguns of the to experience samurai armor up archaeological sites and poems from overseas, will converge in guardian kings,” has flour- showcased in an exciting setting cultural properties has drawn hall”), is famous as a repository multiculturalism in modern and north of Kyushu and inscribed Muromachi bakufu, based in close. The event and its related from the late-eighth-century Kyoto for the triennial general ished since the Heian period. at a unique venue in Kyoto. The attention from around the world. of Kamakura-period (1192–1333) contemporary architecture, an in the World Heritage List in Kyoto. The masterful works the galleries provide an inside look at Man’yoshu anthology are among conference of the International Bishamonten is familiar as one of works feature Japanese aesthetic For over a thousand years, sculptures. This exhibition in educational workshop featuring a 2017, provides the stage for this individual shoguns treasured hint four types of armor used from the works in the Nara National Muse- Council of Museums (ICOM). Per- the “seven gods of good fortune” beauty expressed in a new style. Japanese have preserved fragile commemoration of the 800th talk by renowned architect Ando international project that bridges at their individual character and Heian period (794–1185). Faithful um that transmit to our time the formances of Noh, Kyogen, Nihon and is an important theme works of art and craft made of anniversary in 2020 of the Tadao and a related exhibit will culture, art, and the environment their eventful lives. Thirteen stat- replicas of armor and helmets are way the ancients viewed nature Buyo (Japanese dance), and relating to the natural world and 18 wood and paper using traditional temple’s founding, showcases take place in conjunction with the under the theme “Respect for the ues of the Muromachi shoguns, on hand for visitors to handle and and the environment. Information various omotenashi (hospitality) local customs, depicted in not This exhibition presents works techniques based on understand- superb works in the temple’s “Early Drawings of Tadao Ando” sea and coexistence with it,” the never before shown all together examine closely. On designated is provided in four languages events are planned. only traditional but contemporary by leading Japanese artists in ing and use of natural materials. collection by Unkei, Jokei, and exhibition. basis of worship of “islands as outside the Tojiin temple, are days, children and to adults are (Japanese, English, Chinese, and art and crafts. contemporary art, design, and other masters of the Keiha school abodes of the divine.” included. invited to “Try on Armor” for Korean). 14 architecture together with clas- 20 of Buddhist sculptors. 4 themselves. Modern Nihonga painter Kaburaki 16 sical masterworks of Buddhist This exhibition shows peo- Thirteen masterpieces by Katsu- 6 8 12 Kiyokata’s (1878–1972) master- The stage for this project is statuary, ukiyo-e, swords, etc. ple’s respect of and affinity for 2 shika Hokusai on themes from Events showcasing Nara’s cul- Spotlighting animals associated 10 A virtual-reality environment piece Tsukiji Akashi-cho (Tsukiji the kind of prosperous village The juxtaposition spotlights nature as found in Kyoto-related Based on research results in an- nature in the collection of the tural assets, traditional events, with prayer and faith depicted in Focusing on the traditional cul- featuring a 360-degree view of Akashi-cho Town; 1927) was made possible by the bounty of the similarities and affinities in National Treasure paintings, imal archaeology, this exhibition Freer Gallery of Art, Smithso- food, etc. will be held at cultural archaeological artifacts, sculp- ture, history, and folk customs of Okyo’s sliding-door painting missing for 45 years from soon the mountains and rivers that imagery and spirit. calligraphy, sculpture, crafts, shows how humans made use nian Institution, reproduced by facilities in and outside of Nara, ture, painting, and craftwork, this the Inland Sea region (Setouchi), Peacocks and Pines from the after his death. Kaburaki was forms Japan’s primal landscape. and archaeological artifacts. It of animals, fish, and other living high-resolution photography, will as well as at the nearby UNESCO- exhibit draws on the collection Performing Artsperformances Daijoji temple and a Nihon- known for his depiction of the Attractions include the “Hikari no also introduces the repair of cul- organisms. It also introduces be shown at the Sumida Hokusai designated World Heritage site of of the Nara National Museum. and other cultural events will be ga (Japanese-style) painting ways people of the Meiji era tane” light displays over broad tural properties, procurement of animal archaeology and the Museum in Tokyo along with the eighth-century Heijo capital, Look for the auspicious dragon, held on several islands to pro- workshop guided by artists of the (1868–1912) enjoyed the four snow-covered fields—a fantasy natural materials for repair, and activities of the Environmental some 130 related works from the to transmit the appeal of Nara lion, phoenix and crane of mote the attractions of the region Tokyo University of the Arts are seasons. of “a flower garden of light”i- transmission of traditional repair Archaeology Section of the Nara Museum’s own collection, includ- culture to the rest of the country Buddhist art, and the animals of both domestically and globally. designed to foster deeper under- meals made with local ingredi- techniques. National Research Institute for ing the famous “Under the Wave and the world. Information is the zodiac. standing of both the exhibition ents served at outdoor stalls, and Cultural Properties. off Kanagawa,” from the series available in multiple languages. and Japanese culture as a whole. displays of star mine fireworks Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. set to musical accompaniment.
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Exhibition: Tokyo National Museum October 4 and 5, October 19, Art and Cultural Craftwork 2020: Japanese Crafts and Nature Okinawan Kumiodori Dance: Celebrating a Tradition 21 October – November 2020 (Hyokeikan) Crafts and Food 31 Performing Arts December 21 and 22, 2019; National Theatre Okinawa Treasures Exhibition and Crafts and Food Program of Three Centuries with the World Program: Tokyo and Kyoto January 11 and March 21, 2020
Okinawan Kumiodori Dance: Celebrating a Tradition June 8, July 6, September 15, Fukuoka, Oita, Matsue, Niigata, of Three Centuries with the World October 11 and 13; November 4, 6, 22 Performing Arts Traditional Japanese Music Performances October 4 – 5, 2019, and January National Theatre (Small Theatre) 32 Performing Arts Ikebukuro (Tokyo), Matsumoto and The Beauty and Spirit of Ryukyuan Performing Arts: 7, 9, and 10, 2019 18 – 19, 2020 Nishinomiya Kumiodori Classic “Shushin Kane’iri”
November 2019 – March 2020 Okayama, Hiroshima and Ehime 23 Performing Arts Discover Bunraku: Bunraku for Beginners June 15, 2019 National Bunraku Theatre 33 Performing Arts Setouchi Symphony (details TBA) Prefectures
Discover Kabuki: Kabuki Appreciation Workshop Shizuoka City Sumpu Castle Park, Daidogei (Street Performance) “World Cup” in 24 Performing Arts and Performance of “Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi” June 17 – 18, 2019 National Theatre (Large Theatre) 34 Performing Arts November 1 – 4, 2019 People’s Culture Center, and other Shizuoka 2019 (Miracle at Yaguchi Ferry) venues
“All Our Futures: Children and Culture” Symposium National Olympics Memorial Youth 25 Performing Arts ahead of the 2020 International Performing ArtsFes- July 30, 2019 – January 31, 2020 35 Performing Arts Kyomai: Traditional Kyoto Dance November 29 and 30, 2019 National Theatre (Large Theatre) Center and other venues tival for Children and Young People “Mirai Festival”
Japanese Traditional Performing Arts: See, Hear, 26 Performing Arts Gagaku and Shomyo: Japanese Sound and Voice July 20 and September 9, 2019 National Theatre (Small Theatre) 36 Performing Arts March 10 – May 24, 2020 Tokyo National Museum (Hyokeikan) Touch, and Enjoy (tentative title)
Special Performance “Celebrating Natural Beauties of Japan: Music, Song, and Dance” to be held Tokyo National Museum (Honkan 27 Performing Arts Folk Performing Arts : Celebration and Mythology July 27, 2019 and January 25, 2020 National Theatre (Small Theatre) 37 Performing Arts March 14, 2020 following the opening ceremony of “Japan Cultural Courtyard) Expo 2020”
“Super Angels,” New Opera with Children and New National Theatre, Tokyo (Opera 28 Performing Arts Earth Celebration 2019 August 15 – 18, 2019 Sado, Niigata Prefecture 38 Performing Arts August 22 and 23, 2020 an Android Palace)
Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, Tram-Pal Mansai: Kaitai Shinsho No. 30 Special Edition 29 Performing Arts Japan Cultural Expo Themed Outdoor Performances September 21 – November 10, 2019 Otsuka, Higashi-Ikebukuro Chuo Park, 39 Media Arts July 9 – 14, 2019 Setagaya Public Theater “5W1H” Hareza Ikebukuro, etc.
Tsuruoka (Yamagata Prefecture), Isehara September 23, October 6, October (Kanagawa Prefecture), Takayama (Gifu Marunouchi Toei, Toho Cinemas Hibi- Promoting Tourism through Traditional Performing 30 Performing Arts Nobody Knows 13, October 26, early and late Prefecture), Nanto (Toyama Prefecture), 40 Media Arts October 4, 2019 ya, and galleries in the Hibiya-Ginza Artsand Media Art: Noh, Kabuki, and Period Drama November 2019 Kurashiki (Okayama Prefecture), and area Bungotakata (Oita Prefecture)
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21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 Displaying high-quality craft “Discover Bunraku” provides The symposium marks the kick- Folk performing arts passed A varied program of outdoor cul- This project launches the first Leading monuments, cultural This event features Kyomai dance The multi-genre performance Nomura Mansai (Kyogen works from traditional to con- an introduction, in English, to off of a series of open events for down from long ago are deeply tural events (folk performing arts, domestic tour of Kumiodori, a heritage sites like Itsukushima as carried on by the Inoue School featuring Kabuki, Noh, Bunraku, master), Manabe Daito (artist) temporary, the exhibit focuses the elements of this puppet children to encounter diverse and connected to the spirit of people Japanese dance, literature-relat- traditional narrative Ryukyuan Shrine, and famous landscapes centered on the geisha district and Okinawan Performing Arts, and Ishibashi Motoi (engineer/ on active craft artists who use theater tradition for interested high-quality Performing Arts and living close to nature. They also ed performances, and communi- (Okinawan) performing art. The in the Inland Sea will be the of Gion, Kyoto. Fifth head of the among many others, will be held artist) collaborate on this media traditional materials in their non-Japanese visitors prior to to participate in art apprecia- best reflect the distinctive fea- ty-related activities), some with tour aims to heighten awareness backdrop for events of this school Inoue Yachiyo leads some to project the overall theme of technology performance piece to works. The Crafts and Food pro- the performance of the famous tion and creation. Programs for tures of each part of the country. roots as far back as the medieval of people around the country festival aimed to transmit to the 60 Gion dancers in a program “Humanity and Nature in Japan.” present the theme “the Japanese gram, held in different parts of play “Sugawara Denju Tenarai appreciation and experience Subtitles and printed materials period, will be held in Ikebukuro, of the “spirit and art” in this world and the rest of the country “dancing through the four The performances, presented on body.” They encode human the country during the exhibition Kagami” (Secrets of Calligraphy). of Kyogen, wadaiko drumming, available in multiple languages a sub-center of Tokyo. tradition that was designated the old and the new in the “Arts seasons.” English brochures are three outdoor stages set in the behavior into “5W1H” and tech- period, introduces local artists, Audio guides and subtitles in Bon festival dancing, etc. will be ensure enjoyment even for those a UNESCO intangible cultural of Japan.” available to make this sophisti- courtyard of Tokyo National nologically express it to spotlight crafts, and foods, and spotlights English are provided. offered throughout the country, attending for the first time. 30 heritage and is a leading form of cated and beautiful performance Museum, will be projected on Japanese characteristics and the functional beauty of crafts. preparing the way for the 2020 This project aims for discovery of Japan’s performing arts. 34 enjoyable for overseas visitors. large screens. English commen- aesthetic of style. 24 Mirai Festival. 28 Japanese culture through hands- This international street perfor- taries are available. 22 As part of the effort to make Every year since 1988, Sado on experience with local tradi- 32 mance festival opens in the his- 36 40 This series, designed for enjoy- the attractions of Kabuki better 26 Island has set the stage for inter- tions. Explore Japan in depth and Performances of the traditional toric Sumpu Castle Park, which For the very first time, Kabuki, 38 The performances of traditional ment even by those unfamiliar known overseas, audio guides Gagaku, the court music of national arts and culture festival you will find it full of surprises, Kumiodori performing art of surrounds the castle where the Bunraku, Noh, Gagaku, and A new opera starring children performing arts, Japanese film, with traditional Japanese music and printed programs in several ancient Japan, is highly regarded Earth Celebration (EC). The Kodo discoveries, and pleasures. Dis- Okinawan will be held at theatres famous warlord leader Tokugawa Kumiodori, as well as folk (in chorus) and an android (AI and fine arts can be accessed (hogaku), introduces the diversity languages (Japanese, English, as the oldest orchestra in the Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble, covery events of various sorts are throughout the country. By Ieyasu once lived. The event performing arts of different equipped), depicting a story with subtitles in four languages of the shamisen in June, stages Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and world, while Shomyo is a tradi- based in Sado and active around held at heritage sites in different providing information about the provides an excellent opportunity regions of the country will be about friendship between by mobile phone. Galleries dis- introductory performances in French) were prepared for this tional form of singing performed the world, stages a concert as parts of the country. performances in English and oth- for overseas visitors to enjoy presented in one space. Exhibits androids and human beings and play costumes made famous in July, introduces ukiyo-e artists performance of a Kabuki master- at Buddhist ceremonies. A well as performs a collaborative er languages, the program seeks diverse street performances of costumes and sets, mini coexistence of science/techno- the movies. Theaters show films Hokusai and Hiroshige’s land- piece. Commentary and subtitles varied introductory program with performance with local traditional to transmit to the world the “spirit (daidogei) in the spacious park performances, and workshops logy, human beings, and nature. subtitled in several languages. scapes with hogaku background were also available in English, commentary available in multiple performing arts groups using a and art” in this tradition that was and learn about Japan’s history will provide the opportunity for This project is designed to make music in September and October, and a hands-on workshop languages provides an opportu- local Noh stage. designated a UNESCO intangible and traditions. hands-on experience. Japan’s diverse traditional and and stages Nagauta and San- offered as well. nity to appreciate and under- cultural heritage and is a leading contemporary arts widely known kyoku performances in January. stand their history and place in form of Japan’s performing arts. as new tourist attractions. Japanese tradition.
24 25 Innovation-oriented Projects (as of June 21, 2019)
*Japan Cultural Expo cooperates to encourage innovation in traditional and conventional arts. Partially funded by a Japan Cultural Expo grant.
Category Title Date Place Category Title Date Place
“Danjuro” Echigo Tsumari Auditorium, July 8 – September 22, 2020 Art and Cultural The Arts of Japan Transcending Time: “Kyogen by 41 Media Arts MANGA⇔TOKYO National Art Center, Tokyo 1 August 8 - September 20, 2019 Tokamachi City Museum, Niigata (tentative) Treasures Torchlight with National Treasures” Prefecture
Lifestyle Arts, Yokohama Minatomirai Hall, Yokohama Art and Cultural Contact/Connect: Where the World Meets Japanese Kiyomizudera Temple and Sanrakuen, 42 Literary Arts, Yokohama Otomatsuri (“Music Festival”) 2019 September 15 – November 15, 2019 Noh Theater, Kannai Hall, Satoyama 2 September 1 – 8, 2019 Treasures art and Culture Kyoto and Music Garden and Yokohama Landmark Plaza
Lifestyle Arts, National Art Center, Tokyo Art and Cultural 43 Literary Arts, A selection of 200 Japanese calligraphers April 25 – May 10, 2020 3 Samurai Spirit and Fukushima Pride October 2019 Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture (Special Exhibition Gallery 1E) Treasures and Music
Food Culture National Museum of Nature and R’s Art Court (Shinjuku) and other 44 “Washoku” (tentative title) and Related Projects March 14 – June 14, 2020 4 Performing Arts Theatre Performances for Young Audiences June 19, 2019 – January 18, 2020 and Nature Science venues
Food Culture National Museum of Nature and Ochiai Yoichi and the Japan Philharmonic Project Tokyo Opera City, Tokyo Metropolitan 45 National Parks of Japan (tentative title) August – October 2020 5 Performing Arts August 20 and 27, 2019 and Nature Science Vol. 3 Art Space
Tomioka Silk Mill, Museum of Modern Design “Junihitoe” Live Performance: The Elegant Arts of Kyoto National Museum (Heisei The Performing Artsof Tradition and Innovation Shar- September 7, 2019 – March 27, 46 November 9, 2019 6 Media Arts Art, Gunma, Tatebayashi Culture Hall and Fashion the Classical Japanese Court Chishinkan Wing) ing the Beauty of Japan - Japan’s Four Seasons 2020 and Takasaki City Theatre
Lifestyle Arts, Main venue: Iwatsuki, Saitama Design 47 Fashion in Japan 1945–2020 June 3 – August 24, 2020 National Art Center, Tokyo 7 Literary Arts, Festival Culture Japan 2020 (tentative title) June 6, 2019 – March 31, 2020 Sub-venues: Okayama, Iwate, Kuma- and Fashion and Music moto and Tokyo
Lifestyle Arts, Design Existing fireworks performances 48 Kuma Kengo Exhibition July – October 2020 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 8 Literary Arts, Fireworks for All July – December 2019 and Fashion across Japan and Music
Inclusive Society Lifestyle Arts, Appreciating Ainu Culture Project: “The Ainu Around September 2019 – around National Ainu Museum and Park 49 and Coexistence 9 Literary Arts, Hamarikyu Oedo Cultural Arts Festival 2019 August 23 – 25, 2019 Hamarikyu Gardens Together, Together with the Ainu” October 2020 (Upopoy) and across Japan of Cultures and Music
Inclusive Society Japan and Vatican Cultural Exchange: Nature and 10 and Coexistence June 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020 Nagasaki and Tokyo Culture in Nagasaki (tentative title) of Cultures
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41 43 45 47 49 1 3 5 7 9 An integrated display of fiction Commemorating Tokyo’s There are 34 national parks in Japanese fashion designers have This project seeks to introduce New visual effects are introduced This artistic project—which is Media artist Ochiai Yoichi collab- Experience Japan’s time-honored Held on the grounds of the and reality, featuring Japa- hosting of the 2020 Olympic and Japan, each designated as drawn international attention the qualities and appeal of Ainu in this production of a comic focused on the Soma Nomaoi orates with the Japan Philhar- seasonal festival culture. Anima- Hamarikyu stroll garden, a wide nese manga (comics), anime, Paralympic Games, this exhibi- representing the cultural since the 1970s. This exhibition culture—in several langua- interlude (Kyogen) play. The festival and traditional crafts monic to present two programs in tion videos with multiple trans- variety of cultural and artistic videogames, and SFX films-arts tion displays the works of 200 landscape of people living in a explores the relationship of ges—first, in fiscal 2019, at performance by veteran Noh reimagined for today by a different locations: “Sound-Free lations and multilingual signs at attractions spotlighting creativity that richly reflect the Japanese leading modern Japanese cal- natural environment that features nature to Japanese fashion from major airports and museums in actors Nomura Mansaku and renowned designer—showcases Concert 2019,” using technology event sites will encourage visitor and novelty, including a fashion view of nature—with a focus on ligraphers, along with works by four seasons. Introducing the the perspective of creativity and the form of a relay exhibition, Nomura Mansai is combined not only the samurai spirit of to reconfigure the musical expe- participation. Augmented Reality festival on the theme of the their portrayal of Tokyo, a city people with disabilities, children, rich variety of nature and culture innovation, focusing on works and then in fiscal 2020 through with projected images of the bushido, but also Fukushima’s rience for a new encounter that and Virtual Reality technology yukata summer kimono, will frequently visited by natural and and young people. The brushes, of Japan’s national parks, the produced after 1945. a large-scale project at the imaginatively ornamented “flame deep-rooted traditional culture can be enjoyed by people with allows enjoyment of surprising unfold in the picturesque former man-made disasters, vigorously ink, inkstones, paper and other exhibit hopes to encourage more National Ainu Museum and Park pottery” made in Jomon times and captivating locally made hearing impairments, and “The and exciting content. Online palace garden setting. rebuilt each time. Displays are equipment used by calligraphers tourists from around Japan and 48 scheduled to open in April 2020, 5,000 years ago, numerous ex- products with appeal to both Crossing Un-Orchestra” concert streaming offers vicarious experi- captioned in English, Chinese, are on display. Hands-on events overseas to visit them. Through the works by Kuma and elsewhere. amples of which were unearthed domestic and international that creates an opportunity for ences for those unable to attend 10 and Korean as well as Japanese. are held with guidance provided Kengo, one of Japan’s in this region. audiences. appreciation of music through in person. Direct access to historical in several languages. 46 leading contemporary archi- synesthesia. materials in the Vatican Library 42 To commemorate the holding of tects, this exhibition introduces 2 4 8 allows us to develop Augmented This music festival introduces 44 the Special Exhibition “The Thirty- his ideas about the place of Commemorating ICOM (Interna- Theater performances expressing 6 Aiming at creative fireworks to Reality applications to delve into Japanese culture to the rest of Washoku, registered as a Six Immortal Poets: Elegant Arts humankind in nature and the tional Council of Museums) Kyoto “Humanity and Nature in Japan,” Under the themes of the “Arts be enjoyed by all, including those the history of cultural exchange Japan and the world through a UNESCO intangible cultural her- of the Classical Japanese Court,” environment and helps visitors 2019, popular author Harada the “Arts of Japan,” and innova- of Japan” and the four seasons, with hearing, visual, or other between the Vatican and Japan. variety of programs mobilizing itage in 2013, is Japan’s culinary the Kyoto National Museum will understand the sense of beauty Maha curates an art exhibit tive works integrating “tradition, audiences can experience with impairments, displays will be The focus on Nagasaki, Japan’s the cultural and artistic resources culture nurtured in the abundant hold a fashion show featuring that has been fostered among displaying the “contact and con- daily life culture, and nature” will all five senses various programs held in five locations, including historic contact point with the of Yokohama, such as a perfor- natural environment and diverse the twelve-layered ceremonial Japanese by their natural envi- nection” between Japanese and be selected from the repertoires that portray the diverse historical Hokkaido, Akita, Tokyo, and outside world, provides a window mance of traditional Japanese culture of the archipelago. With kimono (junihitoe) worn by court ronment. Western modern and contempo- of professional theater com- and modern heritage of Gunma Aichi, to promote the theme of on its cultural attractions where music at Yokohama Noh Theater plentiful realia and cutting-edge ladies in ancient times. The rary art at Kiyomizudera Temple, panies for young audiences to Prefecture, passed down from “Unity in Diversity.” The fireworks the Hidden Christian culture and a performance by a leading interactive media art, the exhibi- famed female poets depicted a signature World Heritage site. be shown in 18 venues around ancient to modern times, at will be designed by people with flourished. and internationally active Japa- tion is a multifaceted approach in the scrolls come alive on the A special exhibit will also be held Japan. This project aims for the several locations around the disabilities, well-known flower nese taiko drum performer. to the world of washoku, from runway. at Sanrakuen, a private residence realization of an inclusive society, prefecture. arrangement specialists, and re- prehistoric Jomon times to the normally closed to the public. welcoming children, people with nowned fireworks professionals. present and into the future. disabilities, older adults, and overseas visitors.
26 27 Japan Cultural Expo Participatory Projects (as of July 12. 2019)
Category Title Date Place Category Title Date Place
Miyazawa Kenji Dowa Mura, Miyazawa Kenji Ihatov Museum, Tono Folktale and Art and Cultural February 9 – April 7 and April 10 – 11 Disaster Recovery Fantastic Iwate June 6, 2019 – March 31, 2020 1 Image Collector Sugiura Hisui (1876-1965) National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Storytelling Center, Jodogahama Beach Treasures May 26, 2019 and other venues in Iwate Prefecture
Art and Cultural Hayashi Tadamasa: Paris Art Dealer Promoter of 12 Disaster Recovery Tokyo 2020 Arts and Culture Recovery Support June 6 – March 31, 2019 Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, and Tokyo 2 February 19 – May 19, 2019 National Museum of Western Art Treasures Japonisme
Art and Cultural Bizen Ware: Beauty of Form Born of Earth and Fire 3 February 22 – May 6, 2019 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Treasures (Momoyama Period to the Present)
Art and Cultural 4 High Resolution Replica Exhibit March 3 – July 24, 2019 National Theatre Treasures
30th Anniversary of the Enthronement Art and Cultural 5 Cultural Exchanges of Their Majesties the Emperor March 5 – April 29, 2019 Tokyo National Museum Treasures and Empress: Sharing the Beauty of Japan
Art and Cultural 6 Kyoto Textiles: From the 1960s to the Present March 8 – April 14, 2019 National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto Treasures
Art and Cultural 7 MOMAT’s “Spring Festival” March 19 – April 7, 2019 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Treasures
Art and Cultural National Treasures of Toji Temple: Kukai and the 8 March 26 – June 2, 2019 Tokyo National Museum Treasures Sculpture Mandala
Art and Cultural 9 MOMAT Collection April – December 2019 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Treasures
April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020 Roppongi Hills, Mori Art Museum, Art and Cultural (continuous) Tokyo Midtown, Suntory Museum of 10 Roppongi Art Night Treasures Main Events: May 25 10:00 AM – Art, 21_21 Design Site, National Art May 26 6:00 PM, 2019 Center Tokyo, etc.
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11 1 3 5 7 9 Inspired by the bountiful seas of Graphic designer Sugiura Hisui The exhibition, composed of This exhibition features artworks To complement its exhibit of Introducing the history of modern Iwate’s Sanriku coast and histor- (1876-1965) played an import- three parts, introduces the connected to the Imperial spring-related works including Japanese art, MOMAT presents ical environment, new art forms ant part in the earliest days attractions of unglazed, high- Family from the collections of masterpiece paintings depicting a selection of superb works that come to life on themes related to of modern Japanese graphic fired Bizen ware pottery, showing the Imperial Household Agency. cherry blossoms, a visitor partici- represent the “art in Japan” the legends of Tono and stories design. This exhibition shows outstanding examples from These include the folding screens pation program and opportunities theme from its rich collection of by local author Miyazawa Kenji. his posters, book cover designs, Ko-Bizen (old Bizen) prized by used during the Daijosai food to enjoy food and drink were traditional- and Western-style The program will show the world newly digitized 16mm films, Momoyama-period (1568-1600) festival after the accession of provided to facilitate enjoyment Japanese paintings, woodblock how Iwate is recovering from the among other works. tea masters and connoisseurs to Emperor Akihito in 1990, as well of the season for visitors from prints, watercolors and drawings, devastation of the Tohoku Earth- recent works by young potters. as works of Japanese art pre- around Japan and overseas. photographs, and other genres quake and Tsunami of 2011. 2 sented as gifts by the Emperor The cherry blossoms were in full of art, along with works from Hayashi Tadamasa was the first 4 and Empress on visits to foreign bloom outside the museum at overseas. 12 Japanese individual to trade in In conjunction with Kabuki per- countries. that time of the year. Tokyo University of the Arts Japanese art in the West. This formances on the theme of cherry 10 students work with junior and exhibition, featuring works from blossoms, the high-resolution 6 8 Roppongi Art Night is an art senior high school students from the collection of Kigi Yasuko, replicas in ceramic tile of Kayama Since the capital was moved to Priest Kukai traveled to China to extravaganza staged annually areas affected by the March 2011 an historical novelist and wife Matazo’s “Oboro” (a title evoking Kyoto some 1,200 years ago, study the teachings of Esoteric in the district of Roppongi. earthquake and tsunami disaster of Hayashi’s grandson, traces “cherry blossoms in moonlit textile artisans have created Buddhism. In 823, after returning The event features displays of to create monuments featuring the life of Hayashi Tadamasa mist”) and of Tawaraya Sotatsu’s outstanding works by pursu- to Japan, he was put in charge contemporary art, design, music, messages of support for Olympic with focus on his involvement in painting “Wind God and Thunder ing innovative techniques and of Toji Temple, which he made film, and performances, and and Paralympic athletes and expositions and related activities, God” (by Otsuka Ohmi Ceramics designs. This exhibit introduces the headquarters of Shingon proposes pioneering models gratitude for aid provided to the the friendships he built up Co., Ltd.) are on special display. the diversity of methods of dyes Esoteric Buddhism. The priceless for urban development and impacted areas. These monu- through Japanese and Western and weaves from the 1960s to objects in this exhibition have lifestyles. ments will later become arts and art and crafts, and the fate of his the present. been passed down, together with culture communication hubs. collection. the teachings of Kukai, for nearly 1,200 years.
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Art and Cultural Tale of Four Seasons: Kanazawa Castle and Art and Cultural Masterpieces of Japanese Art: From Sesshu and 11 April 5, 2019 – February 16, 2020 Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture 21 May 3 – June 2, 2019 Tokyo National Museum Treasures Kenrokuen Gardens Treasures Eitoku to Korin and Hokusai
Art and Cultural National Archives of Japan (Tokyo Art and Cultural 12 The Emperors in the Edo Period April 6 – May 12, 2019 22 NMAO collection with Alberto Giacometti I May 25 – August 4, 2019 National Museum of Art, Osaka Treasures Main Office) Treasures
Exhibition Room of Fujiwara Imperial Art and Cultural Art and Cultural Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Proper- June and November 2019 (one Nara National Research Institute for 13 Buried Documents of the Life of the Ancient Court April 8 – 26, 2019 Site, Nara National Research Institute 23 Treasures Treasures ties: Public Lectures public meeting each) Cultural Properties for Cultural Properties
June 1 – July 21, August 2 – Septem- Edo-Tokyo Museum, Hanamaki City Mu- Priest Shinkyo 700th Memorial Special Exhibition Fine arts Art and Cultural ber 10, September 21 – November 4, seum, Sannai-Maruyama Jomon Culture 14 “Art of the Ji Shu: A New Sect of Buddhism in the April 13 – June 9, 2019 Kyoto National Museum 24 and cultural Excavations in the Japanese Archipelago 2019 Treasures November 16 – December 28, 2019 Center, Nagoya City Museum, and Onojo Kamakura Period” treasures and January 18 – February 26, 2020 Cocoro-no-furusato-kan City Museum
Masterpieces from the Fujita Museum: A Brilliant Art and Cultural Art and Cultural The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year 15 Universe Reflected in a National Treasure April 13 – June 9, 2019 Nara National Museum 25 June 11 – September 23, 2019 National Museum of Western Art Treasures Treasures Odyssey Yohen-Tenmoku Tea Bowl and Buddhist Art
Art and Cultural Tokyo National Museum (Thematic Art and Cultural 16 Family Gallery: Animals with Horns and Antlers April 16 – May 26, 2019 26 Fukuoji Horin’s Eye on Nature: Centennial Exhibition June 15 – August 4, 2019 Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum Treasures Exhibition Room, Heiseikan) Treasures
Spring: April 26 – May 26, 2019 Naoshima, Teshima, Megijima, Ogijima, Art and Cultural Summer: July 19 – August 25, 2019 Shodoshima, Oshima, Inujima, Shamijima, Art and Cultural Sacred Images of Ancient Japan: Buddhist Sculp- 17 Setouchi Triennale 2019 27 June 18 – September 23, 2019 Tokyo National Museum Treasures Autumn: September 28 – November Honjima, Takamijima, Awashima, Ibukijima Treasures tures from Four Temples of Nara 4, 2019 around Takamatsu port and around Uno port
Art and Cultural Potter Kawai Kanjiro: Works from the Kawakatsu Art and Cultural 18 April 26 – June 2, 2019 National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 28 The World of Fukuoji Kazuhiko and Midoriko June 19 – 30, 2019 Yonezawa Civic Art Gallery Treasures Collection Treasures
Nara Palace Site Museum, Nara Cities (Niigata, Sanjo, Nagaoka, Art and Cultural Art and Cultural 19 Throne of the Emperor Exhibition April 27 – June 2, 2019 National Research Institute for Cultural 29 Flame Pottery and Jomon Culture June 21, 2019 – March 31, 2020 Tokamachi, and Uonuma) and town Treasures Treasures Properties (Tsunan) in Niigata Prefecture
May 1 – 13, Sep 20 – Oct 6, 2019; Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store Nara Palace Site Museum, Nara Art and Cultural Centennial of Modern Japanese Art: The 100th Art and Cultural 20 Jan 10 – 23, July 22 – Aug 10, 2020; and Headquarters of the Japan Art 30 Asuka Fujiwara Area Excavation Exhibition 2018 July 1 – December 27, 2019 National Research Institute for Cultural Treasures Anniversary of the Japan Art Academy Treasures Jan 8 – 21, 2021 Academy Properties
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11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 Events staged throughout the Wooden mokkan tablets un- The exhibit features works of Setouchi Triennale 2019 presents In commemoration of the This exhibition brings together The Institute holds public lec- The exhibition, held to celebrate The exhibition shows fifteen an- Featuring the imaginatively deco- four seasons featuring evening earthed from the late-seventh Japanese and other Asian art an international contemporary enthronement of the present superlative artworks by Sesshu, tures, providing opportunities for the museum’s sixtieth anniversa- cient Buddhist statues (including rated “flame pottery” (kaen-gata illuminations in the gardens of and early-eighth-century palace from the collection of the Fujita arts festival held triannually Emperor in May 2019, the Nara Korin, Ninsei, and Hokusai as its researchers to present their ry, traces the vicissitudes of the 4 National Treasures and 9 Im- doki) of the prehistoric Jomon Kanazawa Castle, Gyokusen’in- and capital of Fujiwara in Yamato Museum in Osaka, chiefly works on 12 islands and around two National Research Institute for well as Eitoku’s The Chinese research findings to the public. Matsukata Collection, drawing portant Cultural Properties) from period, the Shinanogawa Kaen maru Park, and Kenrokuen allow (present-day Nara Prefecture) of Buddhist art but also a Yohen- ports of Setouchi, or the Inland Cultural Properties exhibits a Lions and National Treasure Cy- The latest findings about the cul- on the latest findings of research four temples in Nara Prefecture: Kaido Cooperation Council holds both domestic and international are on display. The exhibit tenmoku Tea Bowl (National Sea region, with the theme of one-tenth scale model of the press Trees, the latter produced ture and lifestyles of Japanese in on the collection. Many works, Okadera, Muroji, Hasedera and exhibitions of the pottery and visitors to steep themselves focuses on mokkan that reveal Treasure). It includes master “Restoration of the Sea.” It seeks takamikura throne in its collec- in his late years. It also introduc- ancient times are also available. which were once in the collection Abe Monjuin, all founded in the about Jomon culture, bus tours in the seasonal appeal of this information on medicine, giving works of sculpture, paintings, to revitalize the local island areas tion, as well as explains the de- es how efforts are being made but whose whereabouts were seventh and eighth centuries. The of museums, and a mini-pottery northern castle town. a glimpse of the way of life of decorative arts and calligraphy, through collaborations with sign of the restored Nara-period to repair and conserve cultural 24 unknown since before the war, sculptures provide a fascinating making event. people in ancient times. in addition to archaeological artists and visitors from around takamikura and the role played by properties. Each year since 1995, the Agency are displayed at this exhibition glimpse into early developments 12 artifacts. the world. the throne. for Cultural Affairs has held ex- for the first time. in Buddhist culture in Japan. 30 Illustrated scrolls, court nobles’ 14 22 hibitions of artifacts from Paleo- With displays of unearthed arti- diaries, and the like introduce The year 2019 marks the 700th 16 18 20 This exhibition is designed to lithic to modern times excavated 26 28 facts and photo panels, this exhi- the relationship of warlord anniversary of the death of Priest Numerous artworks and craft Displaying the masterful works The Japan Art Academy will commemorate the museum’s in the Japanese archipelago. This Fukuoji Horin (1920-2012) was a This is the first joint exhibition bition presents the latest findings rulers Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Shinkyo (1237–1319), the second objects made with and depicting of potter Kawai Kanjiro, one of celebrate its 100th anniversary acquisition of Alberto Giacom- year is designated the Monument mainstay of the Nihon Bijutsuin of Nihonga (Japanese-style) of excavation of the remains of Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, in the lineage following Ji School horns and antlers are on display, modern Japan’s preeminent in September 2019. The event etti’s (1901-1966) sculpture Centennial—100 years since (Japan Visual Arts Academy). painters Fukuoji Kazuhiko and his the ancient capital and palaces with the emperor and court in founder Ippen (1234-1289). On including works with the richly artisans, this exhibit delves into will feature series of exhibits of Yanaihara Ⅰ (1960-1961). How enactment of the Preservation Maintaining his art despite having student and wife Midoriko, both of the Asuka-Fujiwara area. It Kyoto. The exhibition also deals this occasion, Kyoto National imagined motifs of legend— Kawai’s participation in the folk selected works from among the did Giacometti and his model, Law for Historical Sites, Places lost one eye in an accident, he members of the Nihon Bijutsuin. provides a glimpse into the arts with the restoration of court Museum brings together under dragons, horned sacred beasts, craft movement, which led to approximately 350 masterpieces the philosopher Yanaihara Isaku, of Scenic Beauty, and Natural was awarded the Order of Culture Fukuoji Kazuhiko, son of Nihonga and ingenuity of the ancients in ceremonies, the changing of eras one roof the great treasures of Ji and the like. the vigorous joie de vivre of his in its collection. view each other? Also included Monuments. in 2004. The exhibition pres- master Fukuoji Horin, is known building cities and temples. and selection of new era names Shu in a memorial exhibition. later works. are works by European artists ents his most important works for the quiet and mystical world during the Tokugawa period, and from the same era. including the Himalayan Series as of painting based on Japanese other topics. well as works capturing his awe landscapes. of and love for the mountains and rivers of Japan.
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Art and Cultural Art and Cultural September 2019 – around Decem- 31 Netsuke Exhibition July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020 Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum 41 Gotairiku Kimono Collection Kanze Noh Theatre Treasures Treasures ber 2020
Art and Cultural July 5 – November 14 and July 11 – Shuri Castle Park and Okinawa Prefec- Art and Cultural Japanese Bamboo Art from New York: The Abbey 32 “The Kumiodori 300”: Its History and Development 42 September 13 – December 8, 2019 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Treasures August 25, 2019 tural Museum and Art Museum Treasures Collection
The Buddhist Sculpture of Hotoku-ji Temple: 34th National Cultural Festival—Niigata 2019 and Art and Cultural Art and Cultural 33 A Tale of the Journey of Buddhist Divinities through July 13 – September 8, 2019 Nara National Museum 43 19th Niigata National Arts and Culture Festival for September 15 – November 30, 2019 Various locations in Niigata Prefecture Treasures Treasures Modernity Persons with Disabilities
Asuka Historical Museum, Nara Art and Cultural Asuka Historical Museum 10th Photo Contest Exhibi- Art and Cultural Dogu with Heart-Shaped Faces: Shape and Beauty 34 July 19 – September 1, 2019 National Research Institute for Cultural 44 September 28 – December 1, 2019 Gunma Prefectural Museum of History Treasures tion “Asuka’s Kofun” Treasures in the Jomon Period, and Taro Okamoto Properties
1 September 6 – October 14, 2019 1 Sen-Oku Hakukokan Museum Commemorating 30 Years of Conservation Projects Art and Cultural Art and Cultural 2 September 10 – October 27, 2019 2 Sen-Oku Hakukokan Museum (Bunkan) 35 Kyoto National Museum Summer Seminar July 26 – 27, 2019 Kyoto National Museum 45 by the Sumitomo Foundation “New Life for Timeless Treasures Treasures 3 September 10 – November 4, 2019 3 Kyushu National Museum Art” 4 October 1 – December 1, 2019 4 Tokyo National Museum
Art and Cultural Kaleidoscope of Culture: Exhibit of Cultural Trea- Art and Cultural 36 July 27 – August 25, 2019 Various locations in Niigata Prefecture 46 Working the Mountains October 5 – November 24, 2019 Aomori Prefecture Treasures sures Purchased by the Agency for Cultural Affairs Treasures
The Satake Version of Portraits of the Thirty-Six Art and Cultural Singing in the Rain: Rainy Scene in Waka Poem National Archives of Japan (Tokyo Art and Cultural 37 July 27 – September 8, 2019 47 Immortal Poets: Elegant Arts of the Classical October 12 – November 24, 2019 Kyoto National Museum Treasures (“Ame ni utaeba: Soramoyo no koten bungaku”) Main Office) Treasures Japanese Court
Art and Cultural Oshika Peninsula, Ajishima, Central Art and Cultural Shosoin: Essential Treasures of Ancient Japan 38 Reborn-Art Festival 2019 August 3 – September 29, 2019 48 July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020 Tokyo National Museum Treasures Ishinomaki and Matsushima Bay Treasures Passed Down by the Imperial Family
August 6 – November 14 and The 35th National Cultural Festival: Miyazaki 2020 Art and Cultural Kumiodori Dance Founder Tamagusuku Chokun and Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Art and Cultural 39 November 16 (tentative) – 49 and 20th Miyazaki National Arts and Culture Festival October 17 – December 6, 2020 Various places in Miyazaki Prefecture Treasures Other Ryukyu Kingdom Heroes Museum Treasures December 1, 2019 for Persons with Disabilities
Art and Cultural Masterworks of the Kyoto National Museum: Temple Art and Cultural In Commemoration of the Enthronement 40 August 14 – September 16, 2019 Kyoto National Museum 50 October 26 – November 14, 2019 Nara National Museum Treasures and Shrine Treasures Treasures The 71st Annual Exhibition of Shosoin Treasures
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31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 The Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art The ancient Buddhist images of Kyoto National Museum holds an Since ancient times Japanese This exhibition introduces Ryukyu This event, conveying for domes- The National Cultural Festival, On the theme of “how people In 1919, two precious thir- In 2020, Miyazaki Prefecture will Museum shows some 400 works the Hotokuji temple in Nara that intensive seminar every summer. were very sensitive to fluctua- Kingdom-era heroes centering tic and international audiences Japan’s largest cultural festival, have saved artworks and craft teenth-century illustrated scrolls be a host of the country’s largest of netsuke—from classical works are on display were unknown The 2019 theme is “Humanity and tions in the weather, so much so on Tamagusuku Chokun (1684- the beauty of kimono together will be held for the first time in objects,” the exhibition shows of the Portraits of the Thirty-Six cultural festival, the National dating from the Edo period until they were donated to the Nature in Japan,” which is also that they often put their thoughts 1734), founder of Kumiodori, the with Noh and Kyogen, Performing the Reiwa era, which began in at four venues nearly 1,000 Immortal Poets (Satake version) Cultural Festival, as well as the (1603-1867) to contemporary temple only recently. The exhi- the theme of the Japan Cultural and feelings on the subject into traditional narrative performing Artswith a history of over 700 May 2019, in Niigata Prefecture. artworks that have been repaired were cut up, the pieces mounted, National Arts and Culture Festival examples-in a samurai residence bition explores the features of Expo. Six instructors will speak waka poetry and monogatari art of Okinawa. Developed under years, aims to enhance the image During the festival, various cul- with grants by the Sumitomo and sold separately. The indi- for Persons with Disabilities. built in Kyoto in the late Edo these images based on the latest about cultural properties from tales. This exhibition introduces the influence of Kabuki and other of kimono and Noh and Kyogen tural events will be held through- Foundation since its establish- vidual parts were scattered and Various cultural events will show- period, a backdrop that vividly research findings. various perspectives. rain-related works of classical theatrical arts of mainland Japan, as well as make their appeal out the prefecture to present ment. their whereabouts were often case the beauty of Miyazaki’s evokes the atmosphere of an era literature created from the Nara Kumiodori celebrates the 300th more widely known. the beauty of Niigata’s rich local unknown even to specialists. This local culture to be appreciated when netsuke were a personal 34 36 to Edo periods (the eighth to year since its first staging. culture to the world. 46 exhibition re-unites them in the by domestic and international accessory. The Asuka Historical Museum Important cultural properties ac- mid-nineteenth centuries). 42 This autumn exhibition shows most comprehensive assemblage visitors. publicly invited submissions to quired with public funds in order 40 Showcasing masterpieces from 44 how people have engaged with held since a century ago. 32 the 2019 competition for photo- to prevent their dispersion and 38 Organized in commemoration of the Abbey Collection in New The exhibition brings together forests from the prehistoric 50 This exhibit of artifacts related to graphs capturing people’s lives outflow overseas are exhibited The Reborn-Art Festival offers the ICOM (International Council York, one of the world’s finest many Jomon-period (ca. 10000 Jomon period to the present, 48 The Shosoin exhibition is a the special envoys to the Ryukyu and the landscape surrounding along with objects produced by visitors opportunities to enjoy of Museums) General Conference collection of bamboo craft items, BC-ca. 300 BC) clay figurines displaying a variety of tools This special exhibition, held in special exhibition in which Kingdom from the Chinese the kofun tombs of the Asuka intangible cultural properties art, music, and cuisine. At this in Kyoto (September 1-7), this the exhibition introduces the (dogu) with heart-shaped including those for cutting down celebration of the Emperor’s selected treasures from among emperors (Ch. cefengshi: Jp. area. The submitted works on created in Niigata, as well as second edition of the festival held exhibit of masterworks selected spectacular, freely formed bam- faces and shows them from a trees, processing wood, extract- enthronement in May 2019, the 9,000 items kept in the sakuhoshi) and other Ryukyu- exhibit at the museum show the cultural properties associated in 2019, seven teams of curators from among the more than 6,200 boo craft nurtured by the land- multifaceted perspective—how ing lacquer, and so forth. provides a rare opportunity Shosoin imperial repository at an cultural assets celebrates continuity of Asuka’s history and with Niigata in the keeping of the work with artists in various fields works deposited at the Kyoto scape and aesthetic of Japan. they changed over the years, to see major works from the Nara are displayed to the public. the three hundred years since culture into the present. Imperial Household Agency. to create art while thinking about National Museum provides a rare their beauty, what they may have Shosoin and from the Horyuji This is the 71st annual exhibition the first staging of tradition- the theme of the “Texture of Life” opportunity to see some of the meant to the people of Jomon, Treasures, brought together in a in a long history that has become al Okinawan musical theater in each area. best works of art in the country. artist Okamoto Taro’s (1911-1996) single exhibition hall. It features a regular autumn event in the Kumiodori, now designated a fascination with Jomon, etc. ancient works of art with a highly ancient capital. UNESCO intangible cultural cosmopolitan character. heritage.
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October 26 – November 10, 2019 Art and Cultural Art and Cultural 51 25th Anniversary “Dogu” Exhibition November 23, 2019 – February Nagano Prefectural Museum of History 61 Japan Alps Art Festival 2020 May 31 – July 19, 2020 Omachi, Nagano Prefecture Treasures Treasures 2, 2020
Art and Cultural Legendary Kyoto Painting from Maruyama Okyo to Art and Cultural 52 November 2 – December 15, 2019 National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto 62 International Ceramics Festival 2020 Mino, Japan September 18 – October 18, 2020 Ceramics Park Mino Treasures the Modern Era Treasures
Kabuki Performance “Genroku Chushingura— Art and Cultural 53 Kaii’s Blue and Sogen’s Red November 2 – December 22, 2019 Yamatane Museum of Art 63 Performing Arts Ohama Goten Tsunatoyokyo” and “Tsumoru Koi Yuki March 3 – 27, 2019 National Theatre (Small Theatre) Treasures no Seki no To”
Art and Cultural Bunraku Performance “Kanadehon Chushingura— April 6 – 29, July 20 – August 5, 54 Uenoyes 2019 November 9 and 10, 2019 Ueno Park 64 Performing Arts National Bunraku Theatre Treasures The Four Seasons and the Japanese Spirit” and November 2 – 24, 2019
Nagoya Noh Theater, Seki City Cultural Art and Cultural Glass Photographic Plates of the Murals in the December 7, 2019 – January 13, New Kyogen Play “Ayu” (Sweetfish), Bounty of May 5 and 6, June 14, November 1 55 Nara National Museum 65 Performing Arts Hall, Kanazawa Bunka Hall, Toyota City Treasures Kondo Hall of Horyuji Temple 2020 Nature and 2, 2019 Nohgakudo, and Handa City Kariyado Hall
Art and Cultural 56 “Domani”: The Art of Tomorrow Exhibition 2020 January 11 – February 16, 2020 National Art Center, Tokyo 66 Performing Arts Drum Tao 2019 New Repertoire: Tour of Japan May 5, 2019 – March 22, 2020 89 cities in 43 prefectures Treasures
Art and Cultural Tokyo National Museum (Heiseikan 57 Izumo and Yamato: The Birth of Ancient Japan January 15 – March 8, 2020 67 Performing Arts Bunraku Performance “Imoseyama Onna Teikin” May 11 – 27, 2019 National Theatre (Small Theatre) Treasures Special 1-4 rooms)
Art and Cultural Boso “Satoyama” Art Festival Ichihara Art × Mix Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, along Words-Echoing-Body, Part 1: “Afterglow of the 58 March 20 – May 17, 2020 68 Performing Arts May 25, 2019 National Theatre (Large Theatre) Treasures 2020 the Kominato railway line Divine—Dancing between Tradition and Creation”
Art and Cultural “Discover Noh and Kyogen”: A Noh Appreciation 59 Special Exhibition Gion Festival in Kyoto March 24 – May 17, 2020 Museum of Kyoto 69 Performing Arts May 29 and October 31, 2019 National Noh Theatre Treasures Workshop
Art and Cultural Gifu Land of Clear Waters Art Festival: Art Award Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, and Gifu 60 April 18 – June 14, 2020 70 Performing Arts Moriyama Kaiji “Ninja” Dance May 31 – Jun 9, 2019 New National Theatre, Tokyo (The Pit) Treasures “In the Cube” 2020 Prefectural Library
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51 53 55 57 59 61 63 65 67 69 Part I of the exhibit presents all Masterworks known among Preservation by photography is Both Izumo and Yamato appear in Through historical materials and Through cuisine that expresses From 1934 to 1941, Seika A number of actors playing ayu This program features a full- The compact repertoire designed five clay figurines (dogu) from the modern and contemporary works an important challenge especially the myths depicted in the Nihon decorative tapestries and items the distinctive local lifestyle and Mayama (1878-1948) painstak- (sweetfish) swimming up the length Bunraku (puppet theater) for this workshop effectively prehistoric Jomon period that are of Nihonga painting for their in the case of cultural properties, shoki (The Chronicles of Japan), on the floats, the exhibition pres- culture and through the power of ingly reworked “Chushingura” clear stream appear in this play performance of “Imoseyama transmits the arts and appeal of designated National Treasures impressive use of color—such which are bound to undergo the former symbolizing the world ents the role of the Gion Festival, art to help people rediscover the (Treasury of the Loyal Retainers) which contrasts two youths: Onna Teikin” (Husband-and-Wife Noh and Kyogen in a short pro- testifying to the worlds of art and as the blue in Higashiyama Kaii’s changes due to the passage of of divinity and ritual and the latter which began as a way to appease appeal of a locale, this interna- into “Genroku Chushingura,” one who lives in poverty yet Mountains: An Exemplary Tale of gram. Handbooks and subtitles in prayer of people who lived close (1908-1999) Year End Snow and time, repairs, and so on. The the center of the emperor’s politi- the gods during an epidemic in tional art festival explores of the a cycle of plays in ten parts receiving the bounty of nature in Womanly Virtue), a masterpiece English, Chinese, Korean, French, to nature in each location. The the red in Okuda Sogen’s (1912- photographic plates convey cal power. Bringing together out- the ninth century, in building ties assets of the city of Omachi and focusing on different incidents the countryside and one who is by Chikamatsu Hanji (1725_1783) and Spanish are available free second part displays figurines 2003) Oirase Ravine (Autumn)— not only the irreplaceable value standing works from Izumo and between the people who take encourages its citizens and visi- and characters in this revenge determined to get ahead in life first presented in 1771. It is an of charge, making it easier for discovered in Nagano and are chosen to suggest the close and appeal of murals but the Yamato, the exhibition explores part in the festival and those who tors to treasure this community. classic of the 47 ronin. One of in the city. epic taken from early Japanese visitors from overseas to enjoy Yamanashi prefectures. relationship been artists and significance of cultural properties the world of ancient Japan. watch it. the ten parts, “Ohama Goten history, weaving together history, the performances. colors. preservation. 62 Tsunatoyokyo” (Lord Tokugawa 66 legend, and myth. 52 58 60 The International Ceramics Tsunatokyo), is performed along A group of wadaiko (traditional 70 This exhibition traces the 54 56 “Satoyama” mixes Ichihara’s This innovative open-submission Festival Mino has been a triennial with “Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki Japanese drum) entertainers per- 68 A new work on the theme of ninja artistic lineage stretching from This event is an inclusive art This group exhibition features beautiful landscape, history, and art exhibition aims to discover event held since 1986 in Gifu no To” (The Snowbound Barrier), forms their new repertoire in each “Words-Echoing-Body” shows by Kaiji Moriyama, a choreo- Maruyama Okyo and Goshun program based in Ueno, Tokyo. It some 15 contemporary Japanese culture with installation works of and nurture creativity and imag- Prefecture to promote and de- one of the greatest dance plays of Japan’s 43 prefectures. Their the wide appeal of dance, wheth- grapher whose works are staged to the modern era, while anticipates a wide range of par- artists who studied abroad under contemporary art under the di- ination in new artistic talent. On velop the local ceramic industry in the Kabuki repertory. performance, free from conven- er classical or modern, from both in Japan and abroad. This presenting a full picture of the ticipants from children to older Japan’s Agency for Cultural rection of local communities and exhibit are works exploring the through international exchange in tional rhythms and methods of Japan or from overseas. Taking dance performance, full of playful Maruyama-Shijo school and adults and various measures will Affairs Overseas Study Program. arts promoter Fram Kitagawa. theme of “where our memories ceramic design and culture. 64 expression, is easier to accept “relationship to the divine” as its ideas, colorful costumes, and providing insight into key aspects be made to provide easy access Subtitled “Landscapes of Our Through these displays, visitors go” through free expression The Bunraku puppet theater for modern audiences. theme, this performance features visual effect, can be enjoyed by of Kyoto’s art world. for persons with disabilities, visi- Age: Scarred and Reborn,” the will come away with new percep- using a 4.8m x 4.8m x 3.6m play “Kanadehon Chushingura” traditional Japanese dance, clas- people of all ages. tors from overseas, and others. exhibition focuses on current tions of the region. cuboid space. depicts the pure-spirited loyalty sical Indian dance (Odissi), and Japanese attitudes toward of traditional Japan, and is one Turkish whirling dance, as well as nature. of the three masterpieces of the premiere of a new contempo- traditional plays whose stories rary dance work. unfold with the seasons.
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National Theatre (Large Theatre) and Kabuki Performance for Beginners: “Shinrei Yaguchi 71 Performing Arts June 2 – 24 and 26, 2019 Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center 81 Performing Arts September Hanagata Kabuki September 2 – 26, 2019 Minamiza Theatre no Watashi (Miracle at Yaguchi Ferry)” “Granship”
“The Wooden Man” and “The Four Seasons”: 72 Performing Arts Mirai-za Sai, 3rd Performance of Japanese June 21 – 23, 2019 National Theatre (Small Theatre) 82 Performing Arts Three Classic Plays of Bunraku Puppet Theater September 7 – September 23, 2019 National Theatre (Small Theatre) Traditional Dance
Kabuki Performance for Beginners: “Fight Over the Saitama, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Aichi, Mie, Carriage” Scene from “Sugawara’s Secrets of Callig- National Theatre (Large Theatre) and Hyogo, Osaka, Kagawa, Ehime, Nagasaki, 73 Performing Arts July 3 – 24, 26 and 27, 2019 83 Performing Arts Kodo One Earth Tour 2019: Michi September 14 – December 22, 2019 raphy” and “Bo Shibari (Tied to a Stick, or the Battle of Kanagawa Youth Center Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Niiga- Ideas for Sake)” ta, Ibaraki, Chiba and Kyoto Prefectures
July 24 – 26 and August 25 – 27, Workshop: First Performing Arts Experience; Special 74 Performing Arts National Noh Theatre Showcase National Noh Theatre 84 Performing Arts September 28 and 29, 2019 National Engei Hall 2019 Project: Lively Performing Arts From East and West
Kabuki Performance “Foreign Traveler Tenjiku Miyazaki Kagura Fukuoka Performance 2019: 75 Performing Arts July 28, 2019 Ohori Park Noh Theater, Fukuoka 85 Performing Arts Tokube’s Adventures in Foreign Lands” October 2 – 26, 2019 National Theatre (Large Theatre) Takachiho Yokagura Performance (full-length play)
76 Performing Arts Noh and Kyogen Performance—“Essence Noh” July 31 – August 4, 2019 National Noh Theatre, Tokyo 86 Performing Arts Super Kabuki II Oguri (revised edition) October 6 – November 25, 2019 Shinbashi Enbujo Theater
Hanagata Meisaku Buyo Kanshokai (Star and Traditional Japanese Music Performance 77 Performing Arts August 3, 2019 National Theatre (Small Theatre) 87 Performing Arts October 19, 2019 National Theatre (Small Theatre) Masterpiece Traditional Japanese Dance Performance) "Bunraku Sujoruri no Kai"
Kumiodori Performances Commemorating the 300th Kumiodori Performances Commemorating the August 18, September 14, Decem- 78 Performing Arts Anniversary: Tour of Okinawa Prefecture (tentative Okinawa Prefecture 88 Performing Arts 300th Anniversary: Shuri Castle Performance and November 2 and 3, 2019 Shuri Catsle ber 1, 2019 title) Ceremony
Gifu Land of Clear Waters: Official Autumn Ji-Kabuki 79 Performing Arts Mai no Kai: Traditional Kyoto-Osaka Dance August 31, 2019 National Theatre (Small Theatre) 89 Performing Arts November 23, 2019 Gifu Seiryu Cultural Plaza Performance 2019
September Grand Kabuki, Celebrating Kichiemon Special Program: Noh and Kumiodori, 80 Performing Arts September 1 – 25, 2019 Kabukiza 90 Performing Arts November 28 and 29, 2019 National Noh Theatre Nakamura 300th Anniversary of Founding of Kumiodori
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71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 This is a piece written by Hiraga The first piece is an energetic Ritual Shinto dances (Kagura) Buyo, traditional Japanese This event features zashikimai, Kabuki expresses how people “Michi” is based on the core rep- Featuring spectacular stage Bunraku Sujoruri features Gifu Prefecture a leader in Japan Gennai, multi-talented scientist scene showcasing the bom- have been performed in Miyazaki dance, was developed and the traditional dances custom- live with the sense of the seasons ertoire that Kodo has honed on effects and scene changes, Gidayu-bushi masterpieces per- in its passion for Ji-Kabuki, of the mid-Edo period, under the bastic aragoto style of acting Prefecture for over 800 years. refined in close connection with arily performed at banquets that is so essential to Japanese stage for almost half a century. “Tenjiku Tokube Ikoku Banashi” formed only by a tayu (storyteller) country Kabuki staged by ama- pen name Fukuchi Kigai. The Ya- as brothers seek revenge for The dances express gratitude for nature and the environment. mainly in the geisha districts of life. At the Minamiza Theater Capturing the ensemble's musi- (Tenjiku Tokube’s Adventures in and accompanied by shamisen teur local performers. It is one guchi ferry on the Tamagawa riv- an accusation of treason. “Bo a bountiful harvest and pray that Buyo masterpieces will be staged the Keihan (Kyoto-Osaka) area. Hanagata Kabuki, a popular cal dexterity, expression tech- Foreign Lands), by playwright music. The storytelling of the of a few prefectures with many er sets the stage for a tragic love Shibari” features humor-filled the sun and warmth will return by Japan’s most-talented per- The dances depict the nuances Kabuki play performed by the niques, and beautiful movements, Tsuruya Nanboku IV, is a “family tayu along with the shamisen mu- active preservation groups. story depicting a young woman physical action as actors attempt in spring. One dance is from the formers at the National Theatre of human nature amid elegant most-talented star performers this work shares Kodo's legacy dispute” play revolving around sic richly expresses the emotions Three groups perform plays who risks her life to protect her to drink sake while their hands original Takachiho Yokagura to demonstrate the splendor and sets evoking the four seasons. will be staged in September. with audiences throughout Japan possession of a household and feelings of the characters. linked to Akechi Mitsuhide, the lover from her brutal father. are tied, one to a pole across repertoire, which is usually pleasure of the genre. The performers represent the while driving Japanese arts and heirloom. Actor Nakamura Shikan This performance introduces retainer to and ultimate betrayer his shoulders, the other behind performed through the night four major schools of traditional 82 culture into the future. stars as the returned adventurer three elegant masterpieces. of sixteenth-century warlord Oda 72 his back. (yokagura). 78 dance from the Keihan area. Three Bunraku plays portraying Tenjiku Tokube and the prologue Nobunaga. Newly choreographed traditional Performances of Kumiodori are the tragedy of ill-fated lovers, 84 opens with a scene set at Kitano 88 Japanese dances are performed. 74 76 held in the northern part of Oki- 80 the struggles of pride and love This workshop allows partici- Hachiman Shrine, today a leading The Kumiodori “Nido Tekiuchi” 90 “The Four Seasons” highlights In the Kyogen play “Oba-ga- A series of Nohgaku—Noh and nawa Island, Miyakojima Island, This Kabuki performance ex- in a father-daughter relationship, pants to experience and get a Kyoto tourist attraction. (The Revenge of the Two Boys) On the occasion of the 300th beautiful scenes of Japan’s sake” (The Stingy Aunt’s Sake) it Kyogen—performances is held and the Yaeyama Islands to raise presses the way Japanese peo- and the dramas of daily life physical feel for the enjoyment of and “Shushin Kaneiri” (Dutiful anniversary of the founding of changing seasons, while “The is rice wine and in the play “Kaki by the Nohgaku Performers’ awareness among Okinawans of ple live within the ever-present among the common people in Performing Arts. Those who wish 86 Priest Hiding in the Temple Bell) the Ryukyu style dance-drama Wooden Man” depicts the love Yamabushi” (The Persimmon Association as a countdown Okinawa’s own dance-drama seasonality of Japan. Renowned the Edo period capture the ethos can present the results of their Super Kabuki incorporates were among the dance-dramas Kumiodori by Tamagusuku between parent and child based Thief) it is persimmons. In both event to the Olympic and tradition, which references Kabuki actors perform in works of traditional Japanese culture. training alongside professional modern techniques to stage first performed at the Chry- Chokun, a seventeenth-century on the story of Pinocchio. plays food and drink are the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. the area’s natural features and that highlight the repertoire. English information is available at performers on a temporary stage. performances full of specta- santhemum Festival event to Ryukyu aristocrat-bureaucrat, key ingredients. The Noh play It is a cultural festival fully show- culture. the theater website and in printed cles. Talented, popular actors welcome official envoys from the Kumiodori created by Chokun “Kokaji” (The Swordsmith Kokaji) casing the appeal of Nohgaku, an English commentaries. give forceful performances that China in 1719. This performance and the Noh play, which provided reflects legends passed down art that incorporates the essence invigorate the art of Kabuki for replicates the style of the the basis for the Kumiodori, are from ancient times and explores of Japan’s art, aesthetic, and modern times. dance-dramas of that time. performed in this program. Japanese sensibilities. closeness to nature.
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Lifestyle Arts, Yokohama Noh Theater Talk and Performance: “How Nihonbashi Takashimaya Shopping 91 Performing Arts December 22, 2019 Yokohama Noh Theater 101 Literary Arts, 52nd Japan Ikebana Art Exhibition October 1 – 8, 2019 to Enjoy Noh Drama without Falling Asleep” Center (8F Exhibition Hall) and Music
Food Culture 92 Performing Arts Ji-Kabuki On-Parade Performance 2020 January 19 – July 19, 2020 Gifu Seiryu Cultural Plaza 102 Noto Furusato Expo April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020 Noto Peninsula and Nature
New Ballet: “Ryugu: Urashima Taro and the Turtle Food Culture National Museum of Nature and 93 Performing Arts July 25 – 28, 2020 New National Theatre, Tokyo 103 Cultural History of Japan-Bred Sakuraso Primroses April 6 – 14, 2019 Princess” (tentative title) and Nature Science (Main Building Courtyard)
Sports x Manga: A Journey Toward the Values of Food Culture Tokyo 100 Years Ago: Photos by Plant Hunter E. H. National Museum of Nature and 94 Media Arts July 13 – September 29, 2019 Panasonic Center Tokyo 104 April 13 – June 16, 2019 2020 and Nature Wilson Science
Lifestyle Arts, National Museum of Science and Food Culture National Museum of Nature and 95 Literary Arts, Japan Gallery Spring Festival March 3 – 31, 2019 105 Life in the Four Seasons (photograph exhibition) June 8 – August 25, 2019 Nature and Nature Science (Institute for Nature Study) and Music
Lifestyle Arts, Haneda Airport, Narita Airport, Cen- 2nd Otomo no Yakamochi Literary Prize, 2nd Koshi Food Culture 96 Literary Arts, July 2019 – July 2020 Toyama, Toyama Prefecture 106 Sake and Shochu Airport Campaign July 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020 trair Airport and Kansai International no Kuni Poetry Award and Nature and Music Airport
Lifestyle Arts, Tokushima Bunkanomori Park, Design Re Design by Kyoto: Kyoto Institute of Technology 97 Literary Arts, Tokushima Summer Music Festival 2019 July 6 – 7, 2019 Tokushima Bunri University Murasaki 107 May 15, 2019 – March 29, 2020 Various places in Kyoto Prefecture and Fashion Commemorative Project and Music Hall
Lifestyle Arts, Inclusive Society National Museum of Nature and Gifu Seiryu Bunka Plaza (Nagaragawa 98 Literary Arts, Traditional Crafts from Edo to Tokyo August 9 – 14, 2019 108 and Coexistence Tomoni: Musical, Wings of the Heart September 14, 2019 Science Hall) and Music of Cultures
Lifestyle Arts, Tokyo National Museum and Tokyo Tokyo Shishimai Collection 2020 Pre-event: “Lion May 11 and 12, 2019; around Octo- 99 Literary Arts, Yokohama Noh Theater Promotion for Visitors April 2019 – March 2020 Yokohama Noh Theater 109 Disaster Recovery National Research Institute for Cultural Dance” Revival ber – November 2019 and Music Properties
Lifestyle Arts, From Nihonbashi to the World: Japanese Culture and 100 Literary Arts, Industry Collaborative Project “Japanese Cultural September 25, 2019 Nihonbashi Muromachi area, Tokyo and Music Experience Fair in Nihonbashi 2019”
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91 93 95 97 99 101 103 105 107 109 To encourage enjoyment of In this newly commissioned work, Along with a special exhibition of The festival features three Through a series of lectures and The art of ikebana was born out This exhibition of Japanese prim- The Institute for Nature Study is The “Re Design by Kyoto,” com- Lion dances (shishimai) have long Noh drama, a pre-performance Kaiji Moriyama plans, choreo- paintings of plants on the theme genres: Japanese music, clas- workshops visitors can deepen of a deep awareness of nature’s roses (Primula sieboldii) conveys a nature-education park that pro- memorating the 120th anniver- been a part of folk Performing introduction gives pointers on graphs, and directs an original of “Cherry Blossom,” events to sical Western music, and jazz. It their familiarity with Japanese beauty and appreciation of the the history of how Japanese have vides a veritable oasis in the city sary of the institute’s founding Artsto pray for good harvest, to how to understand the play. A ballet based on the Japanese allow visitors to experience Japa- offers a chance to enjoy music classical Performing Arts. The seasons. Works by 1,000 artists noted and valued the genetic of Tokyo. The Institute exhibits and the 70th anniversary of its ward off calamity, and as memo- new perspective is revealed on folktale “Urashima Taro.” In a nese culture include demonstra- as it relates to the history and theater building will be the stage representing diverse styles of characteristics of the many spe- photographs capturing seasonal re-structuring, blends the tra- rial services for the dead. Amid the allure of the classic standard, fantasy-laden world, creatures tions of the arts of bonseki tray culture of Tokushima. for programs on Noh theater ikebana will be on display. cies of plants they have treasured changes that convey the wonders ditions of Kyoto with the design the revival activities following the “Hagoromo” (The Feathered in the ocean perform large-scale landscaping and tea ceremony, appreciation, Japanese musical and cultivated. of nature in Japan. expertise of Kyoto Institute of Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Robe). dances while the beauty of Ja- and performances of koto music. 98 instrument hands-on experienc- 102 Technology by offering symposia, of 2011, these dances offered en- pan’s seasons is depicted. Visitors are introduced to es, tours of the theater, and craft The entire Noto Peninsula area 104 106 workshops, and other events couragement to local residents. 92 96 traditional craftsmanship handed workshops. joins together to host a variety Plant hunter and botanist Ernest Participating shops provide visi- to express the concept of “Re Gifu Prefecture is known for 94 The brilliance of Japan’s classical down from early modern Edo of events to create the dynamic Henry Wilson collected more tors with information about Japa- Design.” people’s passion for country Panasonic holds an exhibition of poetry collection, the Man’yoshu, times to modern Tokyo, through 100 atmosphere of “Lively Noto,” as than 5,000 plant specimens in nese sake and spirits and their Kabuki (Ji-Kabuki) theater, both manga featuring sports under the as exemplified in the poems exhibitions and demonstrations Showcasing the appeal of Japa- it welcomes visitors from inside Japan and photographed more cultural, functional, and diverse 108 as audience and as performers. catchphrase “Let’s Build Tokyo of Otomo no Yakamochi, the by craftspeople highlighting the nese culture, this event offers and outside the country. than 1,300. Tokyo was the base qualities. Information is provided Created on the basis of the lived For the period from January Together.” The exhibit focuses on eighth-century governor of Etchu culture and lifestyle nurtured by lessons in making miniature of his travels around the country. about sake and shochu brewery experience of persons with dis- 2020 until July 2020, a series of the compelling aspects of sports Province (present-day Toyama Japan’s landscape and history. tatami mats, braiding kumihimo His photos show how much tours to enhance visitors’ interest abilities in Gifu Prefecture, this performances will be held around as depicted in manga in the lead- Prefecture), and the beauty of the cord, lessons in ikebana flower nature in Tokyo has changed over in the culture and nature of each original musical depicts the cour- the prefecture by local Ji-Kabuki up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics prefecture, known historically as arranging and tea ceremony in the last 100 years. region. age needed to take the first step preservation groups. and Paralympic Games. “Koshi no Kuni,” are commem- a traditional Japanese room, as by showing how people, disabled orated in these two literary well as dressing in kimono. or not, strive to live fully. awards.
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