Past Exhibition
Term: Saturday, March 30, 2013 - Sunday, April 7, 2013 (Open everyday during the exhibition)
Place: Takaoka Art Museum
"Embroidery of Meiji" is the work, which during Meiji Era Japanese artistic handicrafts were defined as an export industry, and was made for export to the West.
In Japan, there was accumulation of original dyeing technology from the Nara period and during Edo period, a field called “embroidery pictures” was established. By using glossy silk thread, new expression, which is totally different from conventional painting, was developed.
This exhibition presents "Embroidery of Meiji" in Takaoka-shi, Toyama, for the first time in Japan, and introduces 38 works exhibited in the British oldest museum, Ashmolean Museum.
Admission:
Adults: 500yen
Groups/Seniors: 400yen
Students (High school, University): 300yen
Student Groups: 240yen,
Children (Junior high school students and under): Free
Organized by: “Embroidery Art of Meiji” Executive committee (Takaoka Cultural Foundation, Takaoka Art Museum, ISE Cultural Foundation)
Co-organized by: Takaoka City, Takaoka City Board of Education, The Kitanippon Shinbun, Kitanihon Broadcasting Co., Ltd
Supported by: Toyama Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture Board of Education, ISE Foundation
Sponsored by: ISE FOODS INC.
Additional Support is provided by: Takaoka Art Museum Tomonokai, ISE Foundation
Special Thanks to: Ashmolean Museum, Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum, Houmando Ltd., Malcolm Fairley Japanese Works of Art
Adults: 500yen
Groups/Seniors: 400yen
Students (High school, University): 300yen
Student Groups: 240yen,
Children (Junior high school students and under): Free
Organized by: “Embroidery Art of Meiji” Executive committee (Takaoka Cultural Foundation, Takaoka Art Museum, ISE Cultural Foundation)
Co-organized by: Takaoka City, Takaoka City Board of Education, The Kitanippon Shinbun, Kitanihon Broadcasting Co., Ltd
Supported by: Toyama Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture Board of Education, ISE Foundation
Sponsored by: ISE FOODS INC.
Additional Support is provided by: Takaoka Art Museum Tomonokai, ISE Foundation
Special Thanks to: Ashmolean Museum, Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum, Houmando Ltd., Malcolm Fairley Japanese Works of Art