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  • Announcement of the museum exhibition in Kanazawa, Japan

    Akane Yamamoto's work is now on display at the Kanazawa Nakamura Memorial Museum in the special exhibition “Arts and Crafts: Fulled with Flowers ”.

    One incense container from the museum's collection is shown below.
    ●Kirikane Glass Incense  container “Ume-ga-ka(Plum Fragrance)”

    We hope you enjoy the exhibition.

    Arts and Crafts : Filled with Flowers

    Dates: December 7, 2024  – February 16, 2025
    (Closed on Mondays, the day following national holidays, New Year holidays (December 29 - January 3)
    Place: Kanazawa Nakamura Memorial Museum

    “Ume-ga-ka(Plum Fragrance)”

  • Notice of Exhibit of Work

    “Mastering the Art: Exploring the Cultural Messages Connoted in Japanese Works” exhibition will be held at the former headquarters of the Imperial Guards.
    (Exhibition website https://kogei-r6.com)

    A total of 22 works by Living National Treasures and artists who maintain craft techniques for the next generation will be exhibited.
    Akane Yamamoto will exhibit the following work.

    ・Vortex

    Mastering the Art: Exploring the Cultural Messages Connoted in Japanese Works

    Dates: December 9 – December 22, 2024 (Open throughout the exhibition)
    Place: The former headquarters of the Imperial Guards.

    Exhibition flyer

  • Website updated.

    Updated the “WORKS” and “PROFILE” pages.

  • Notice of Museum Exhibition ( SEIKADO BUNKO ART MUSEUM)

    The exhibition “Elegance of Heian Literature” will be held at Seikado@Marunouchi. This exhibition will feature masterpieces of painting and calligraphy based on Heian literature, including three national treasures and five important cultural properties from the Seikado Bunko collection.
    This is the first time that the museum has exhibited works by living artists. Two works from Akane Yamamoto's Tale of Genji series will be on display.
    Please come and see how the treasures associated with “The Tale of Genji” and Yamamoto's contemporary works resonate with each other.

    The following 2 works  will be exhibited.
    ・“Utsusemi ”, Chapter 3 of The Tale of Genji
    ・“Hashihime ”, Chapter 45 of The Tale of Genji

     

    Elegance of Heian Literature: The National Treasure Tale of Genji Screens and the Evolution of Court Esthetics

    Dates: November 16, 2024 – January 13, 2025  (Closed on Mondays, December 28, 2024 - January 1, 2025)
    Place: SEIKADO BUNKO ART MUSEUM

     

    Tale of Genji Series:Chapter3,"Utsusemi"
    Tale of Genji Series:Chapter45,"Hashihime"

  • Notice of Museum Exhibition in Tochigi, Japan

    The exhibition “The Tale of Genji and Miyabi” will be held at the Yoshizawa Memorial Museum of Art in Sano (Tochigi Prefecture). The exhibition will feature paintings and crafts that showcase the “miyabi” of the imperial court culture, including Tale of Genji and other literature of the imperial court and bugaku. The exhibition will feature seven works by Akane Yamamoto from the museum's collection, including works from the new collection, and we hope you will take this opportunity to view them.

    The following 7 works by Akane Yamamoto will be on exhibit.
    ・“Kiritsubo ”, Chapter 1 of The Tale of Genji
    ・“Wakamurasaki ”, Chapter 5 of The Tale of Genji　←New collection
    ・“Fujinouraba ”, Chapter 33 of The Tale of Genji
    ・“Minori (The Law)”, Chapter 40 of The Tale of Genji
    ・“Futari-Shizuka”
    ・ Kirikane Glass Incense container “Happy Plum Blossom”
    ・Wooden Box for Tanzaku “The Melody of the Sho”

     

    The Tale of Genji and Miyabi

    Dates: November 2 December 15 –December 15, 2024
    ※Closed on Mondays(open on November 4), the day following national holidays(closed on November 5)
    Place: Yoshizawa Memorial Museum of Art,Sano

    “Wakamurasaki ”, Chapter 5 of The Tale of Genji
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