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

    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://www.kogei2024.com)

    A total of 16 works by Living National Treasures and young craft artists will be exhibited.
    Akane Yamamoto will exhibit the following works, which were exhibited at the 70th Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition.
    ・Kirikane Glass Vessel “Snowing”

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

    Dates:March 20 – March 24, 2024
    Place: The former headquarters of the Imperial Guards.

    Exhibition flyer
  • Notice of Museum Exhibitions (TOKYO FUJI ART MUSEUM)

    THE TALE OF GENJI exhibition will be held at the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.
    Three works from the Tale of Genji series deposited at the Yoshizawa Memorial Sano City Museum of Art will be on display.
    We hope you will take this opportunity to view the exhibition along with other valuable art, craft, and literary works related to "The Tale of Genji" and Murasaki Shikibu.

    The following 3 works by Akane Yamamoto will be exhibited.
    ・“Kiritsubo ”, Chapter 1 of The Tale of Genji
    ・“Fujinouraba ”, Chapter 33 of The Tale of Genji
    ・“Minori (The Law)”, Chapter 40 of The Tale of Genji

     

    THE TALE OF GENJI: Unfolding Narrative of Art and Culture from the Past to Modernity

    Dates: February 23 – March 23, 2024  (Closed on Mondays)
    Place: TOKYO FUJI ART MUSEUM

    The “Shining Road” from “Fujinouraba”, Chapter 33
  • Notice of Video Release

    A video created by the British Museum is now available on YouTube.
    It includes scenes of Akane Yamamoto’s work and interviews filmed at her studio in March 2023, as well as a detailed explanation of the “Leaf Boat” in the collection by a curator of the British Museum.
    We hope you enjoy the video.

    Click here to watch the video.↓
    The only artist in the world to embed gold leaves in glass; kirikane | Yamamoto Akane: Making Beauty

  • Announcement of the museum exhibition in Kanazawa, Japan

    The Ishikawa Hyakumangoku Cultural Festival 2023
    “Kanazawa Nakamura Memorial Museum Special Exhibition Kanazawa’s Aesthetic Sense ~ Masterpieces related to Kanazawa ~” will be held.

    The following 2 works by Akane Yamamoto will be on exhibit.
    ●Kirikane Glass Incense  container “Konpeito
    ●Kirikane Glass Incense  container “Ume-ga-ka(Plum Fragrance)”

    The Ishikawa Hyakumangoku Cultural Festival 2023
    “Kanazawa Nakamura Memorial Museum Special Exhibition Kanazawa’s Aesthetic Sense ~ Masterpieces related to Kanazawa ~”

    Dates: October 7 – December3 , 2023
    (Closed on Mondays, the day following national holidays,October 31, Open on October 30)
    Place: Kanazawa Nakamura Memorial Museum

    “Konpeito”
    “Ume-ga-ka(Plum Fragrance)”
  • The 70th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

     

    Akane Yamamoto's Kirikane Glass Vessel “Snowing” has been selected as part of the exhibition.

    More about this exhibition

     

    Kirikane Glass Vessel “Snowing”

    Location: This work will travel to the following venues.

    TokyoNihombashi Mistukoshi Main Store    Dates: September 13 - September 25, 2023

    AichiFurukawa Art Museum    Dates: October 5 - October 9, 2023

    KyotoKyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art    Dates: October 11 - October 15, 2023 

    OsakaTakashimaya Osaka Store    Dates: October 18 - October 23, 2023

    IshikawaIshikawa Prefectural Museum of Art    Dates: October 27 - November 5, 2023 

    Okayama : Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art  Dates:  November 16- December 3, 2023 

    ShimaneShimane Aet Museum    Dates: December 6 -December 25, 2023 

    KagawaThe Kagawa Museum    Dates: January 2 -January 21, 2024 

    Fukuoka :  Fukuoka Mitsukoshi    Dates: February 7 - February 12, 2024