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Kyoto Leggera Chestnut, Kyoto Leggera Chestnut Iron Dyed Black, and Asakura Toru's Gatanibon were selected for the 2024 Folk Crafts Museum Exhibition.
The Japan Folk Crafts Museum Exhibition is held once a year at the Japan Folk Crafts Museum. It accepts submissions from across the country of handmade items made using traditional techniques, as well as items by individual artists who uphold the beauty of folk crafts, with the aim of promoting the development of crafts that are useful in daily life. The entry criteria is "products that are useful and can be produced repeatedly." Crafts from a wide range of fields, including ceramics, dyeing and weaving, wood lacquerware, bamboo work, etc., are selected, semi-selected, or rejected, and outstanding works are awarded prizes such as the Japan Folk Crafts Museum Award. During the exhibition, selected works are available for pre-order (for exhibition), and semi-selected works are on display and available for immediate sale, so anyone can purchase them. The Japan Folk Crafts Museum has held exhibitions of new crafts since it first opened, but it only took on its current format in 1953. In 1959, the name was changed to the current "Japan Folk Crafts Museum Exhibition," and it continues to this day. (From the Japan Folk Crafts Museum website)
2024 Japan Folk Crafts Museum Exhibition: New Crafts Open Call Exhibition
Saturday, December 7, 2024 - Sunday, December 22, 2024
10:00–17:00 (last entry at 16:30)
Closed on Mondays
Venue: Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo)
〒153-0041 4-3-33 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo
TEL 03-3467-4527
Exhibition room:
Large Exhibition Hall and New Hall Corridor (Selected Works) (Asakura Woodworks' works are available here this time. Selected works can also be purchased, but will be shipped and delivered after the event.)
Main Building 1st floor, Rooms 1 and 2 (Semi-selected works) (Semi-selected works can also be purchased. Can be taken home on the day.)
This is the annual open exhibition of new crafts, where a variety of new crafts made all over Japan, with a focus on traditional handicrafts made by hand, are displayed and sold.
<Exhibited Works> Ceramics, textiles, dyeing, wood lacquerware, glasswork, paperwork, bamboo work, straw work, etc.
West Wing Opening Dates: December 11th (Wed), December 14th (Sat), December 18th (Wed), December 21st (Sat)
Admission requires advance reservation and a designated date and time online.
Admission fee: Adults 1200 yen, University students 700 yen, Elementary and junior high school students 200 yen
Update: 12/13
“The Japan Folk Crafts Museum exhibition requires a reservation for a specific date and time, but if there are spaces available, people can enter without making a reservation.
As of December 13th, all time slots remain available until the end of the exhibition on the 22nd. Reservations are given priority for admission, but if you don't know how to make a reservation, please come to the museum. (From the Japan Folk Crafts Museum Instagram)
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Date Published: 2024/12/15
DateModified: 2025/1/27
Author: Reina Asakura
Publisher: Kyoto Sumiyama Asakura Woodworks
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