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Handcrafted Form: Traditions and Techniques

This exhibition introduces examples of traditional arts and crafts which have developed within the context of daily life such as ceramics, dyeing, metalwork, lacquer ware, woodand bamboo-work, and papermaking along with works by craft artists who continue to use traditional techniques to produce highly creative pieces at various locations around the country.

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March 15-April 15, 2012

National architectural-historical park "Ancient Chernihiv" (Chernihiv,Ukraine)

January 15-February 19, 2012

Slovak National Museum (Bratislava,Slovak Republic )

December 20, 2011-January 31, 2012

Brest Regional Studies Museum(Brest,Belarus)

October 17-November 10, 2011

National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus(Minsk,Belarus)

September 2 - October 4, 2011

Picture Gallery (Vilnius,Lithuania)

July 5 - July 26, 2011

Exhibition Hall of the Jordan National Museum(Amman,Jordan)

March 14 - May 3, 2011

National Museum of Slovenia (Ljubljana ,Slovenia)

December 8, 2010 - January 8, 2011

The Japan Foundation, Beijing (Beijing,China)

April 15 - May 15, 2010

Bellas Artes (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

March 10 - 28, 2010

Museum of Interoceanic Canal of Panama (Panama City, Panama)

November 18 - December 20, 2009

Peruvian North American Culture Institute (Lima, Peru)

September 9 - 28, 2009

Paraguayan-Japanese Center for Human Resources Development (Asuncion, Paraguay)

June 16 - July 16, 2009

Cultural & Informative Center, Embassy of Japan (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

May 9 - 29, 2009

Curtis Arts & Humanities Center (Greenwood Village, U.S.A.)

March 6 - 21, 2009

National Museum of Arts named after Kasteev (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

February 9 - 23, 2009

The first president Museum (Astana, Kazakhstan)

January 6 - 17, 2009

Alhamra Art Gallery (Lahore, Pakistan)

November 26 - December 16, 2008

National Art Gallery (Islamabad, Pakistan)

September 6 - October 5, 2008

National and University Library of Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland)

July 10 - 28, 2008

City hall of Wolsburg (Wolfsburg, Germany)

May 7 - June 27, 2008

National Gallery in Prague (Prague, Czech)

March 1 - 14, 2008

National Museum of Ethiopia (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

January 14 - 22, 2008

Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)

November 12 - December 13, 2007

Museum of African Art, IFAN (Dakar, Senegal)

September 29 - October 14, 2007

Museum of the City of Skopje (Skopje, Macedonia)

August 8 - 20, 2007

Gezira Art Center (Cairo, Egypt)

July 21 - August 5, 2007

Alexandria Center of Arts (Alexandria, Egypt)

May 29 - June 30, 2007

Maihaugen (Lillehammer, Norway)

March 25 - April 4, 2007

Ministry of Cluture and Infomation (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)


  • Bizen ware: Bizen black rectangular vase, Jun Isezaki

    Bizen ware: Bizen black rectangular vase, Jun Isezaki

  • Tokyo hand-drawn Yuzen: Semi-formal kimono,

    Tokyo hand-drawn Yuzen: Semi-formal kimono,“Fragrant Wind”Teruhiko Shiozawa

  • Takaoka lacquer: Serving dishes with maple leaf and radish motifs, Unshu Hannya

    Takaoka lacquer: Serving dishes with maple leaf and radish motifs, Unshu Hannya

  • Suruga fine bamboo basketry: Insect cage

    Suruga fine bamboo basketry: Insect cage

Edo decorated hand-made papers: Lamps

Edo decorated hand-made papers: Lamps

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