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In order to provide an understanding of a wide variety of crafts, this exhibition identifies
several characteristics of contemporary Japanese crafts through 64 works including the
work by Sayoko Eri (1945-2007), who used to be a living national treasure, classified by
materials (for example, ceramics, dyed fabrics, and lacquer ware), by historical period, or
by group of artists.
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October 4 - October 28, 2011
Fiji Museum (Suva,Fiji )
August 10 - September 8, 2011
University of Guam ISLA Center(Guam, USA)
March 14- April 19, 2011
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore)
January 14- February13, 2011
Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (Thailand , Bangkok)
November 26 - December15, 2010
Chiang Mai University Art Center (Thailand , Chiang Mai)
October 18 - 29, 2010
Public Information and Cultural Center Embassy of Japan (Seoul)
October 1 - 9, 2010
Sungsan Arts Hall (Changwon)
July 12 - 30, 2010
Sabah Art Gallery (Kota Kinabalu)
October 1 - 9, 2010
Sungsan Arts Hall (Changwon, Korea)
August 24 - September 2, 2010
Jeju Students Cultural Center (Jeju, Korea)
June 7 - 27, 2010
Brunei Museum (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei)
April 16 - 29, 2010
Japanese Embassy Hall (Kathmandu, Nepal)
January 13 - March 13, 2010
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho (Idaho Falls, U.S.A.)
October 28 - November 26, 2009
Casa Municipal de Cultura (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)
September 1 - 30, 2009
Museo Nacional de Etnografia Folklore (La Paz, Bolivia)
April 23 - June 30, 2009
Cultural Institute of Providencia (Santiago, Chile)
February 19 - March 19, 2009
Donetsk State Art Museum (Donetsk, Ukraine)
December 4, 2008 - January 6, 2009
Gomel Palace Park Ensemble (Gomel, Belarus)
November 14 - 23, 2008
National Arts Museum of the Republic of Belarus (Minsk, Belarus)
September 14 - October 19, 2008
MUSEUM OF FAR EASTERN ANTIQUITIES (Stockholm, Sweden)
June 15 - August 17, 2008
German Leather Museum (Offenbach am Main, German)
May 3 - 31, 2008
Vendsyssel Artmuseum (Hjørring, Danmark)
March 27 - April 13, 2008
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, ALEXANDRIA (Alexandria, Egypt)
February 19 - March 4, 2008
The Menshkov Palase (The State Hermitage's branch) (St, Petersburg, Russia)
December 6 - 23, 2007
State Exhibition Hall Galereya Belyaevo (Moscow, Russia)
November 9 - 25, 2007
Novosibirsk State Art Museum (Novosibirsk, Russia)
October 17 - 31, 2007
Far Eastern Art Museum (Khabarovsk, Russia)
August 31 - September 30, 2007
Arseniev State Museum of Primorsky Region (Vladivostok, Russia)
May17 - 31, 2007
Sakhalin State Museum (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia)
ERI Sayoko, Covered bowl with kirikane and decorated with colours, "Spring Wind", 1993
MITAMURA Arisumi, "Faraway Stars," 1990
ICHISHIMA Ogyo, Octagonal box, "Flash," 1996
KOBAYASHI Hideo, "Bowl of layered glass with cut design of chrysanthemum, "1990
IMAIZUMI Yoshio, "Bowl with design of plant and flowers in overglaze enamels, "1993