Kōgei 2020 – The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature
Hyokeikan
September 21, 2020 (Mon) -
November 15, 2020 (Sun)
September 22, 2020 (Tue), Hyokeikan
Built in honor of the wedding of the Taisho crown prince, the name of this building means “to express congratulations.” It has been designated an Important Cultural Property as a representative example of Western style architecture of the late Meiji period (early 20th century).
Hyokeikan
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Special Exhibitions
Hexagonal covered box with oak leaf design in maki-e and mother-of-pearl inlay, Murose Kazumi, 2014 (Private collection)
Kōgei 2020 – The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature
Hyokeikan
September 21, 2020 (Mon) - November 15, 2020 (Sun)
Kōgei 2020 – The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature is a special exhibition hosted at the Tokyo National Museum’s Hyokeikan Gallery. The exhibition explores the relationship between nature and kōgei (Japanese craft arts) through a collection of works that are admired around the world, in both traditional and modern Japanese disciplines.