 The
56th Annual Shoso-in Treasures
Thru Nov. 15
This year marks the 56th annual Exhibition of
Shoso-in Treasures, one of the great traditions of autumn in the
ancient Japanese capital of Nara. The 2004 exhibition features seventy-five
works from the Shoso-in, perhaps the world's greatest reposi-tory
of eighth century East Asian art. Of the seventy-five, twelve are
being exhibited to the public for the first time ever.
Outstanding furnishings and household items include
an armrest covered with nishiki silk, and the exquisitely decorated
tablemat made of nishiki silk are some of the more extravagant exhibits.
Buddhist implements include the delicate mosaic
offering box, mould for buddhist figures and basket work of laced
beads which some say resembles the Buddhist sign for the universe.
The priest Ganjin's letter for borrowing Buddhist sutras is a simple
but captivating work of calligraphy.
Nara National Museum
West wing and East wing
JR/Kintetsu Nara station. Inside Nara Park
Open: 9am-6pm, everyday
Admission: ¥1000/¥700/¥400
Tel: 0742-22-7771
Gems of Tokugawa Art Museum — Lavish
Life of the Inner Palace
Thru Dec. 5
The wives of feudal lords led an extravagant life
in their inner palaces. Their extravagant way of life can be imagined
from the lavishly decorated furniture and colorful clothes.
This exhibition provides the visitor with a chance
to re-live such luxuries through the display of dowry furniture,
games, rolled paintings and calligraphy inherited by the Owari Tokugawa
family, second highest in its rank to the Tokugawa Shogun family
in pedigree. This is the cream of the crop of the feudal culture
from the early modern ages.
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History
Nearest Station: JR/Sanyo Himeji stn.
Open: 10am-4pm, closed Mondays.
Admission: ¥200/¥150/¥100
Tel: 0792-88-9011
Jono David Photography Exhibition
The Middle East: 31 photographs
from Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Turkey
Nov. 2-28
Jono David has photographed in some 90 countries and territories
on 6 continents over the last two decades. He specializes in travel
photography, involving subject matter as far ranging as portraits,
cityscapes, and scenics, even photojournalism. Jono's photographs
and articles have been published around the world. His latest exhibition
will display some of the current issues of the Middle East in photo
images, shot in recent years. These large format photos are absolutely
stunning in the world of travel photography appreciation.
Calibre Cafe
3F Minami Parking Building, 1-4-31 Shinsaibashi-suji, Chuo-ku
Nearest Station: Subway Midosuji line, Shinsaibashi stn; Exit #6
Open: 12pm-12am, closed Mondays
Admission: Free
Tel: 06-6251-1533 (Calibre Cafe)
MSSOHKAN
"Illusion, Purification/Fusion"
Thru Dec. 10
For Yuri Nagawara and Akira Komoto, the buzzword
"collaboration" is not some-thing new nor a consequence
of artistic struggles. It is something they have been engaged in
over many past years, while respectively pursuing their own passion
for artistic expressions.
This exhibition is an occasion wherein their artistic biorthym and
expressive parabolas once again overlap to create a new equilibrium
and synergy
Using such media as photography, site-specific
installation, etching and painting they seek to challenge the conventional
perception of "seeing" itself, by materializing the conceptual
time, space and other physical view-points connoted in the natural
land-scapes. Whether the "harmonious conflicts" among
the exhibited works at MSSOHKAN will leave room for deli-berate
imperfection still remains to be seen, but if so, only when a viewer
stands vis-à-vis the atmosphere will the picture will be
complete.
Mssohkan
Artists: Yuri Nagawara + Akira Komoto
Nearest Station: Hankyu Oji-Koen Stn.
Open: 1pm-6pm, closed Wed.
Admission: Free
Tel: 078-802-8822
Kansai Art Listings
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Osaka
Thru November 18
DDD Gallery
Posters from the Czech Republic
Collection 1960-2003 of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague.
Nishi-Umeda/Higobashi stn.
Open: 10am-6pm. Closed Sat, Sun,Hol.
Admission: Free
Tel: 06-6347-8780
Thru November 28
Osaka Shiritsu Bijutsukan
Arts of East and West from World Expositions
JR/subway Tennoji stn.
Open: 9:30am-4pm. Closed Mon.
Admission: ¥1300/¥900/Free for kids
Tel: 06-6771-4874
Thru December 3
Kirin Plaza Osaka
Atelier Bow-Wow Solo Exhibition
By Dotobori River
Open: 11am-8:30pm
Admission: ¥700/¥500
Tel: 06-6212-6578
Thru December 5
Fujita Museum
Buddhist Art Exhibition in commemoration of the museum's
50th anniversary
Subway/Keihan Kyobashi stn;
JR Osaka-jo Kitazume stn.
Open: 10am-4pm. Closed Mon.
Admission: ¥800/¥500/¥300
Tel: 06-6351-0582
Thru December 7
Kokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubutsukan Museum
of Ethnology
The Arabian Nights
Inside Expo Park, Banpaku Koen Stn.
Open: 10am-4:30pm. Closed Wed.
Admission: ¥420/¥250/¥110
Tel: 06 -6876-2151
Thru December 12
Osaka Shiritsu Kindai Bijyutsukan Shinsaibashi
Exhibition Hall
50 paintings of Saeki Yuzo
Idemitsu Nagahori Bldg. 13F
Nearest stn: Subway Shinsaibashi stn.
Open: 11am-6pm
Admission: ¥500/¥300/Free for kids
Tel: 06-6208-9096
Thru December 12
Osaka Shiritsu Toji Tojo Museum
The Birth of Goryeo Celadon: Early Goryea Celadon and its
Development
Goryeo Celadon ceramics from Korea
Keihan/Subway Yodoyabashi stn.
Open: 9:30am-4pm. Closed Mon.
Admission: ¥600/¥450/Free for children
Tel: 06-6223-0055
Thru December 19
Fureai Minato Kan Wine Museum
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Subway Cosmo Square stn. (OTS line)
Open: 11am-5:30pm. Closed Mon.
Admission : ¥800/¥500/¥300
Tel: 06-6613-2411
Thru December 19
Osaka Nanko Cosmo Square Wine Museum
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Trade Center Mae stn. (OTS line)
Open: 11am-6pm
Admission: ¥900/¥700/Free
Tel: 06-6613-2411
Kyoto
Thru November 7
Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Sanso Museum
Kawai Kanjiro Exhibition
JR Yamazaki or Hankyu Oyamazaki stn.
Open: 10am-6pm. Closed Mon.
Admission: ¥600/¥400/Free
Tel: 075-957-3123
Thru November 7
Kyoto-shi Museum
Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection II: Thoughts
on the Titles of Artworks
By Kikuchi Keigetsu, Ota Kijiro & more.
JR Kyoto/Hankyu Shijo Kwaramachi/ Keihan Sanjo stn, take a
bus from any of these stations.
Admission: ¥400/¥200
Tel: 075-771-4107
Thru November 28
Kyoto National Museum
The Sacred Calligraphy of Early Sutras
Handcopied sutras from Nara to Muromachi Period, including
works from China and Korea.
Keihan Shichijo stn.
Open: 9:30am-5pm. Closed Mon.
Admission: ¥1000/¥700/¥300
Tel: 075-541-1151
November 9 - December 19
Kyoto Kokuritsu Kindai Museum
Marks — Body and Idea in Postwar Art
Keihan Shichijo stn. Okazaki Park
Open: 9:30am-4pm. Closed Mondays
Admission: ¥1200/¥800/¥600
Tel: 075-761-4111
Thru December 26
Hosomi Bijutsukan
Rimpa style and Ito Jakuchu exhibition
Japanese paintings from the Edo period
Okazaki Saishoji-cho.
Open: 10am-5:30pm. Closed Monday
Admission: ¥1100/¥800
Tel: 075-752-5555
November 20 - December 4
Tadgs Irish Pub
Images of Cuba
Photography exhibition of images of Cuba — life and culture
from Baracao to Pinar Del Rio.
Above Keihan Shijo stn.
Admission: Free
Tel: 075-525-0680
www.tadgspub.com
Hyogo
Thru November 14
Nishinomiya Otani Kinen Museum
Fukuda Heihachiro Retrospective Exhibition
Hanshin Koroen stn.
Open: 10am-4pm. Closed Wed.
Admission: ¥800/¥600/¥300
Tel: 0798-33-0164
Thru November 23
Sasayama Shiritsu Rekishi Bijutsukan
20 swords by masters from the Kinki region
JR Fukuchiyama line, Sasayama stn. Kasuga Jinja-mae bus stop
Open: 9am-4pm. Closed Wed.
Admission: ¥500/¥300/¥200
Tel: 0795-52-0601
Thru November 23
Ashiya City Museum of Art & History
Koshino Hiroko Collections
Hanshin Ashiya st. Walk south, 10 min.
Open: 10am-4:30pm. Closed Mond.
Admission: ¥1,000/¥800/Fee for junior high school
students and below.
Tel: 0797-38-5432
Thru November 24
Himeji Shiritsu Bijyutsukan
Fantastic Art in Europe
110 paintings, crafts, scriptures by Odilon Redon, Rene Magritte,
Max Ernst and more.
JR/Sanyo Himeji stn; B/h Himeji Castle
Open: 10am-4:30pm. Closed Mon.
Admission: ¥1100/¥600/¥200
Tel: 0792-22-2288
Thru December 25
Universal Symbol of the Brand — Louis Vuitton Exhibition
Hanshin Iwaya stn. (by the ocean)
Open: 10am-5pm. Closed Mon.
Admission: ¥1200/¥800/¥400
Tel: 078-262-0901
Nara
Thru November 15
Nara Kenritsu Bijutsukan
The 56th Annual Shoso-in Treasures
Thru December 5
Claude Monet — A Hymn to Light
50 works from his early to later years.
Kintetsu Nara stn.
Open: 9am-4pm
Admission: ¥1300/¥900/¥500
Tel: 0742-23-3968
Thru December 23
Nara Shashin Museum
Irie Yasukichi Exhibition: Depicting the poems in Manyoshu
JR/Kintetsu Nara stn; take loop bus.
Open: 9:30am-4:30pm. Closed Mon.
Admission: ¥500/¥200/¥100
Tel: 0742-22-7771
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ART section compiled by Maki Nibayashi
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