Wako Hall - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for Wako Hall. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

  • poster for Imaemon Imaizumi Exhibition

    Imaemon Imaizumi Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2008-11-05 - 2008-11-12

    This is Imaemon Imaizumi's first solo exhibition at Wako Hall. He always considers how to incorporate his work into people's everyday lives. In addition to vessels and decorated plates, smaller flower (...)

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    Hitoshi Yamaba Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2008-10-24 - 2008-11-01

    This is Hitoshi Yamaba's first solo exhibition featuring landscape paintings that deal with the relationship between vertical and horizontal configurations, the ocean and Mt. Fuji. A total of around 40 (...)

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    10th Chozaemon Ohi Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts - Ceramics
    • 2008-10-15 - 2008-10-22

    Five years have past since his last exhibition, Chozaemon Ohi holds his 3rd exhibition at this gallery mainly presenting ceramic plates and sumi-ink drawings, as well as various sculptural pieces and Rikyu (...)

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    Tsuneko Shimamura + Kazu Sato + Moeo Abe Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2008-10-04 - 2008-10-11

    Three person exhibition of handcrafted dolls. [Image: Tsuneko Shimamura "Red Rose" Hight 34cm]

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    Bernardaud Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2008-09-24 - 2008-10-02

    Bernardaud is the most well-known brand of tableware from Limoges, the city of porcelain in France. A total of 300 works are on display, from rare works that were created to symbolize the cultural relationship (...)

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    Kyoko Shukumine Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts - Art Talk
    • 2008-09-11 - 2008-09-20

    "Employing traditional approach, I always aim to challenge something new," says Shukumine. Her work is based on the traditional textile technique from the Ryukyu Dynasty, and yet it reveal a sense of newness (...)

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    Yoko Yoshimura Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2008-09-02 - 2008-09-09

    "When making shippo-yaki (Japanese cloisonne enamel vases), you can only fire one work at a time. Therefore, each piece is a unique, wholly singular work of art," says artist Yoko Yoshimura. This was one (...)

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    Ken Mihara + Ryoji Koie Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2008-08-22 - 2008-08-30

    Every year, the Japan Ceramics Society Award is given to the best ceramicist of the year, and the Japan Ceramics Society Golden Award to the most influential veteran ceramicist. The winners for 2007 are (...)

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  • Keiko Fukatsu + Hideo Tao "Edo Fans and Dyed Textiles"

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2008-08-11 - 2008-08-19

    This is an exhibition of the work of Edo fan maker Keiko Fukatsu and textile artist Hideo Tao. Fukatsu was born into a family of traditional ohgi (fan) makers, an industry that got started in the late (...)

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    Koichi Inakoshi Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2008-07-25 - 2008-08-07

    Photographer Koichi Inakoshi is known for his work in theater, portraiture, and travel journals. This is his 5th exhibition at the gallery, featuring a series of photographs taking "the undiscovered China" (...)

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    Akira Watanabe Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2008-07-15 - 2008-07-23

    Glass artist Akira Watanabe has a studio in an artist village located on top of a 430-meter mountain in Rakusai, Kyoto. Various artists hold their studios there, engaging in their artistic activities in (...)

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    Shunsho Hattori Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2008-07-04 - 2008-07-12

    "Using a traditional material, lacquer, I want to explore the possibilities of the material in today's context while executing the ancient lacquer technique established in the Heian era," says Hattori. (...)

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    Manji Inoue Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2008-06-24 - 2008-07-01

    Manji Inoue was born in Arita, where Arita porcelain is made. Experiences such as serving in the army and 26 years of studying ceramics give a stoic quality to his works. This exhibition is his 32nd solo (...)

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    "Hibiki-no-kai" Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2008-06-13 - 2008-06-21

    Japan's different seasons carry heavy rains, heat waves, and snow. The diverse changes in climate have cultivated various types of trees. Hibiki-no-kai is a group of craft artists who give life to traditional (...)

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    Ryo Sato Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2008-06-03 - 2008-06-10

    Lovely birds and flowers, depicted in pastel on a gray background look as if they are swaying in the wind. This artist Ryo Sato's Houko "Fusarasa" is full of gentle feelings, which is quite different from (...)

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    Tsunenobu Namiki Exhibition

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    • Media: Other - Crafts
    • 2008-05-23 - 2008-05-31

    Regarding the exhibition theme, "Snow, Moon, and Flowers", which refers to the beauty of the four seasons, the artist Namiki says, "I want to challenge the theme so that my work speaks to people's hearts, (...)

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    Yukichi Kouge Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting - Digital
    • 2008-05-13 - 2008-05-21

    Inspired by Cézanne, Yukichi Kouge decided to become a painter when he was a child. Later, he moved to France and stayed there for 40 years, expressing his appreciation for southern French landscapes through (...)

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    "Nao Oishi Private Collection Vintage Hats" Exhibition

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    • Media: Fashion
    • 2008-05-02 - 2008-05-10

    This exhibition presents the collections of international fashion journalist, Nao Oishi. She is a legendary fashion editor based in the U.S. Influenced by her former teacher, Diana Vreeland's words, "fashion (...)

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    Norio Kamiya Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2008-04-22 - 2008-04-30

    The roundedness of Kamiya's ceramic work communicates the warmth and richness inherent to his workmanship. On top of the white underglaze are flowers rendered in copper and iron enamel. Such vases by Kamiya (...)

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    Tetsuya Matsueda Exhibition

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    • Media: Fashion - Crafts
    • 2008-04-11 - 2008-04-19

    This is Matsue's first solo exhibition at Wako Hall, showcasing his kimonos inspired by nature. He chose to build his studio near Mount Minou while searching for the clear water he needed to produce his (...)

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    Kai-Yin Lo "Creative Jewelry"

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    • Media: Fashion - Crafts
    • 2008-04-03 - 2008-04-09

    Unique jewelry inspired by traditional materials by this Hong Kong-based designer are on display.

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    Hikari-no-Kai Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2008-03-22 - 2008-03-29

    Hikari-no-Kai (Light Group) was established in 1996, and this is their thirteenth group exhibition. The theme of this exhibition is "Furusato (Hometown)," a word for which each of the members has his or (...)

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    Lalique Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2008-03-12 - 2008-03-19

    Glass artist René Lalique was a pioneer of Art Nouveau jewelry in the late nineteenth century. Over time his style changed to Art Deco, and he began producing lamps and chandeliers. His creative designs (...)

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    Makiko Kan Exhibition

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    • Media: Calligraphy
    • 2008-02-28 - 2008-03-08

    This is calligrapher Makiko Kan's third exhibition. Referring to classical books such as Kanginshu and Ryojinhisho, which are collections of popular songs, she creates new types of calligraphy works on (...)

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    Shigemasa Higashida Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2008-02-14 - 2008-02-23

    Looking at Shigemasa Higashida's ceramic work, "Oribe Kokubun Choho-zara," one starts to see the view of a mountain range from the sky. A puddle of glaze shines in different colors like a mysterious lake. (...)

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  • poster for "Celebrating Spring - Hina Dolls" Exhibition

    "Celebrating Spring - Hina Dolls" Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting - Crafts
    • 2008-01-30 - 2008-02-09

    Celebrating the coming "Momo-no Sekku/ Hinamatsuri" Girl's Day on March 3rd, this exhibition presents around 60 works by 53 doll-making artists. Various traditional techniques are seen in their sophisticated (...)

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    Contemporary Calligraphy New Year Exhibition

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    • Media: Calligraphy
    • 2008-01-05 - 2008-01-12

    [Image: Touun Tanaka]

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  • poster for Sanjiro Minamikawa "Pilgrimage Paths in Japan & Europe"

    Sanjiro Minamikawa "Pilgrimage Paths in Japan & Europe"

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    • Media: Photography - Art Talk
    • 2007-12-15 - 2007-12-25

    Sanjiro Minamikawa is a photographer who befriended Surrealist masters such as Miro, Chagall, and Dali, and took portraits of them in their studios. Also, he was the first person to photograph the Chateau (...)

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  • poster for "The World of Junkyu Muto" Exhibition

    "The World of Junkyu Muto" Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting - Drawing - Other - Sculpture
    • 2007-12-06 - 2007-12-13

    Artist Junkyu Muto goes back and forth between Italy and Japan, creating sculptures in Italy, and making paintings, Sumi-ink drawings, Sekisai fresco paintings in Japan. He always starts his pieces by (...)

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    Moriyoshi Saeki Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2007-11-24 - 2007-12-03

    While the sunset casts shadows of trees covered in snow on the ground, the mountain ridge clearly appears in the distance and the cold air from the mountains breathes into the forest. Scenes of the sublime (...)

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  • poster for Yutaka Murakami "Colors"

    Yutaka Murakami "Colors"

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2007-11-13 - 2007-11-21

    Yutaka Murakami depicts good old Japanese scenery with a brush, and his illustrations are featured in various publications. This is his fourth solo exhibition at Wako Hall. The word "iro" (meaning (...)

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    Arisumi Mitamura Exhibition

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    • 2007-11-01 - 2007-11-10

    This is Mitamura's 5th exhibition at Wako Hall; sculptures about history and the passing of time, wall pieces, and tea ceremony tools that he made. A total of 80 works are on display. [Image: "Layered (...)

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    Lobmeyr Exhibition

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    • Media: Product
    • 2007-10-19 - 2007-10-27

    Lobmeyr is a leading product design company that specializes in lights and tableware. This exhibition features their chandeliers, light fixtures, wine glasses and mirrors. Of particular interest is the (...)

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    Takuo Nakamura Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2007-10-10 - 2007-10-17

    This is the fourth exhibition of Takuo Nakamura, a ceramic artist from Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. He creates cutting-edge works that refer to concepts of space in Japanese culture. Nakamura's (...)

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    Hideko Kawai Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture - Crafts
    • 2007-09-27 - 2007-10-06

    A total 40 dolls and relief sculptures depicting lovely children from Showa culture are on display.

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    Hatsuko Miyahira + Ginko Miyahiro Le Bars Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2007-09-12 - 2007-09-22

    This exhibition features works by Hatsuko Miyahira, a living national treasure who has been working for the preservation of aristocratic Shuri weaving traditions, and her daughter, Ginko Miyahiro Le Bars, (...)

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    12th Japan Jewelry Design Biennale

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2007-09-01 - 2007-09-08

    Established in 1964, Japan Jewelry Designers Association presents the 12th exhibition featuring new works by the members of the association. "Wind of beauty" is the theme of this year's exhibition, (...)

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    "Imariyaki & Satsuma-Kiriko" Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts - Ceramics
    • 2007-08-23 - 2007-08-30

    This exhibition presents a total 300 pieces of Imariyaki, traditional porcelain works made by Shinji Hataishi, and Satsuma kiriko bowls made by experienced craft artists. These gracefully detailed and (...)

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    "Handkerchief" Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2007-08-11 - 2007-08-18

    Handkerchiefs are used on daily, practical basis or for fashion purposes. The history of the handkerchief goes back to the ancient Egyptian period and the Greco-Roman period. At one time it was used to (...)

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  • poster for Kazuhiko Miwa + Jun Takegoshi + Kiyoyuki Kato Exhibition

    Kazuhiko Miwa + Jun Takegoshi + Kiyoyuki Kato Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2007-07-24 - 2007-08-01

    The Japan Ceramic Society Award is given to ceramic artists who have accomplished the most in this field. These three artists, Kiyoyuki Kato (winner of the first prize), Takegoshi and Miwa, were chosen (...)

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    Goup Rin Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2007-07-13 - 2007-07-21

    Consisting of 2 sculptors and 3 painters, artist group Rin's 6th exhibition presents viewers with a mysterious world. "From representational sculpture to an abstract painting and Japanese painting, (...)

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    Glass Art 2007 Japan Glass Artcraft Association Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2007-07-03 - 2007-07-10

    In early 1960s America, there was a movement among glass artisans who started looking for artistic expressions in glass work, just like painters practice on canvas in their studios. The movement also spread (...)

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    Manji Inoue Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2007-06-22 - 2007-06-30
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    Nahomi Iwase Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture - Crafts
    • 2007-06-13 - 2007-06-20

    "Tamayura (Swaying Soul)" [picture] is one of 20 works by Nahomi Iwase, now having her 4th solo exhibition. For more than 40 years she has been creating figurative works using themes of nature, the universe, (...)

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    Shunkei Yahagi "Calligraphy, then, Empress Dowager"

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    • Media: Calligraphy
    • 2007-06-01 - 2007-06-09

    In the work "Ferocious Woman and yet a God," a single piece of Japanese paper contains those two opposing meanings. It has been 100 years since Empress Dowager passed away. The artist focuses on this women (...)

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    Fumio Shimada Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2007-05-22 - 2007-05-30

    This is his third solo exhibition at the Wako Hall. Using his favorite flowers such as attleya, cornus kousa, and camellia as motifs for his works, he creates vases, plates, and bowls characterized by (...)

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    Herend Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2007-05-12 - 2007-05-19

    Known for its colorful and detailed painting on clear white porcelain, Herend is an internationally popular brand of porcelain from Hungary. Its history began in 1826 in a village called Herend, located (...)

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    Tamazaburo Bando x Kishin Shinoyama Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2007-05-04 - 2007-05-10

    Photographer Kishin Shinoyama and Kabuki actor Tamazaburo Bando met 37 years ago. Back then, Shinoyama was given an opportunity to photograph Bando for an art magazine. This exhibition includes original (...)

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    Koichi Inakoshi "101 Portraits"

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2007-04-20 - 2007-05-02

    This is the fourth photography exhibition at Wako Hall, featuring 101 of Koichi Inakoshi's portraits of leading creators. He worked with specialists from various genres such as Kabuki actors, artists, (...)

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    Kanako Iwai "Some Iro (Stained Colors)" Exhibition

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    • Media: Fashion - Crafts
    • 2007-04-03 - 2007-04-10

    This exhibition features dyed Kimono by Kanako Iwai. She creates Kimono with the color green as her theme (a color associated with rebirth and healing) hoping that all women would want to wear her works (...)

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    "Light Group" Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting
    • 2007-03-23 - 2007-03-31

    This is the 12th exhibition by the "Hikari (light) Group", taking "landscapes with water" as its theme.

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    Mauser Exhibition

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    • Media: Sculpture - Crafts - Other
    • 2007-03-10 - 2007-03-17

    In 1957, Mauser "the King of Glass" established his studio in Karlovy Vary, known for its hotspring resort located near the border of Germany. Works of beautiful glass cutting and delicate engraving produced (...)

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    Yuzen Textile Exhibition

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    • Media: Fashion - Crafts - Other
    • 2007-03-01 - 2007-03-08

    "Dying" is a method particularly developed in Japan. During the mid Edo period, the Yuzen style was invented using starch in Kyoto. It became popular over the years and started to be crafted in Tokyo as (...)

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    "Japan Ceramic Society Prize-winning Artists" Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2007-01-24 - 2007-01-31

    As one of the events being held to mark the beginning of the new year, Wako Hall is presenting an exhibition of work by a prize-winning artist from the Japan Ceramic Society, 1980 prizewinner Ko Takenaka. [Ko (...)

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    "Contemporary Calligraphy - New Spring" Exhibition

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    • Media: Calligraphy
    • 2007-01-05 - 2007-01-13
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    Costume Jewelry Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-12-18 - 2006-12-26

    This is an exhibition of costume jewelry made out of glass, shell, wood, non-precious metals and other materials such as Turkish stone. In Europe at the beginning of the 20th century, there were many jewelry (...)

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    Nao Oishi "Antique Lace Dresses"

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    • Media: Fashion
    • 2006-12-09 - 2006-12-17

    In the West, sophisticated costumes and fashion accessories are widely acknowledged as art. In particular, antique lace, made with consummate skill during the mid-15th century to the beginning of the 20th (...)

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    Masutani Kano Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2006-11-28 - 2006-12-06

    Masutani Kano is from a family based in Kyoto that has been producing pottery for three generations. This exhibition presents pottery that expresses his concepts regardless of whether they appear to (...)

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    Kokei Eri & Sayoko Eri Exhibition

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    • Media: Drawing
    • 2006-11-15 - 2006-11-25

    For their fifth exhibition at Wako Hall, the artists are presenting their work of Buddhist sculptures and reliefs. Kokei is displaying 20 Maria Kannons, while Sayoko is presenting 80 works of her solemn (...)

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    Gianmaria Buccellati Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts - Art Talk
    • 2006-11-09 - 2006-11-11

    The theme of this exhibition is "Paradise". Gianmaria Buccellati thought about how to express this abstract world and about the possibilities of discovering paradise for oneself through the limitless spread (...)

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    Kaneya Maeda Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-10-24 - 2006-11-01

    This is an exhibition of 40 doll works by Kaneya Maeda, who turns 77 years old this year.

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    Kyoko Matsuo Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-10-14 - 2006-10-21
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    "Three Generations of the Jozan Yamada Family" Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-10-03 - 2006-10-11

    This posthumous exhibition brings together approximately 100 works, including small teapots, flower vases, drinking vessels, and other works which have not been seen by the public before.

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    Hiroshi Kondo Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2006-09-22 - 2006-09-30

    The artist's first exhibition at the Wako Hall will have "4 seasons and 7 colours" (pine trees, bamboo, plum trees, grapes, fujiyanagi, plants and scenaries) as its central theme and will present 70 works (...)

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    Kagaku Hosomi Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-09-12 - 2006-09-20

    The works of hand-woven tapestry artisan Kagaku Hosomi, registered as living national treasure, emanate a beauty akin to the dynamism of nature. This exhibition, the 5th one at the gallery, will present (...)

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    Jyun Takegoshi Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-09-01 - 2006-09-09

    This is Jyun Takegoshi's 6th exhibition, the first in 3 years, at the Wako Hall. It will present around 50 works including vases, dishes, incense burners, boxes and frames. Further developing the motifs (...)

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    Masahiko Ichino + Hiroshi Nakashima Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts - Ceramics
    • 2006-07-26 - 2006-08-03
  • poster for Tadashi Inami "Impressions at the Water's Shore"

    Tadashi Inami "Impressions at the Water's Shore"

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-07-14 - 2006-07-22
  • poster for Wataru, Seki and Satoshi Ishida "Quiet Beauty"

    Wataru, Seki and Satoshi Ishida "Quiet Beauty"

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-07-04 - 2006-07-11

    This is the first solo exhibition of these three glasswork artists, and on display will be approximately 80 of their finest works, including boxes, vases, incense containers and ornamental plates.

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    Manji Inoue Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2006-06-23 - 2006-07-01

    This is the 30th exhibition of vases by Manji Inoue, who has been exhibited at Wako Hall since 1977.

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    Mitsuko Tamaoki Doll Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-06-13 - 2006-06-20

    This is Mitsuko Tamaoki's third solo exhibition at Wako Hall, at which 30 of her works are being shown.

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    Masahiro Maeda Pottery Exhibition

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    • Media: Painting - Ceramics
    • 2006-05-23 - 2006-05-30

    Masahiro Maeda's pottery is full of the lighthearted joy of bright colours and patterns, featuring the distorted shapes of birds and trees. He has been working on developing his expression for many years. (...)

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    Hibiki no Kai "Wood, Bamboo and Lacquer"

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-05-12 - 2006-05-20

    The "Hibiki no kai" group aims to breathe new life into the wood, bamboo and lacquer which Japanese people love. Ten years have passed since these artists, each trained in different disciplines, came (...)

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    Akira Kinoshita Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2006-05-02 - 2006-05-09

    This is the third exhibition of Kinoshita's photography at Wako Hall, showing pictures of musicians who he has now been photographing for forty years; these prints are all autographed by the musicians (...)

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    Norio Kamiya Ceramic Art Exhibition

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2006-04-21 - 2006-04-30
  • poster for Akiko Watanabe Dyeing and Weaving Exhibition

    Akiko Watanabe Dyeing and Weaving Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-04-11 - 2006-04-18

    This solo exhibition brings together 40 years of works. In the fresh colours and delicately dyed patterns of the impressionistic "Spring Breeze", the harmony of the glossy texture and refined composition (...)

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    Hisashige Ito Exhibition

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    • Media: Product - Crafts
    • 2006-03-10 - 2006-03-18

    In 1767, Hisahige Ito was given the name of "Court Dollmaker Hisahige Ito" by Emperor Gosakuramachi and since then the head of each of the 12 subsequent generations of the Ito family has been making dolls (...)

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  • Kyoichiro Kawakami "The World of Glass - Playing with Tea, Food, Flowers and Space"

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-03-01 - 2006-03-08
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    Tetsuhiro Makino "French Dolls"

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2006-02-17 - 2006-02-25

    The ninth exhibition by Tetsuhiro Makino, a doll creator and writer. The theme is 'waiting for spring...'. Makino is one of the few artists still creating French Dolls using traditional techniques from (...)

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    Kishin Shinoyama Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography
    • 2006-02-07 - 2006-02-15

    Photography is about instants, without any rehearsal or practice. It starts in the studio, on the stage; Kanda-san starts dancing to the music; Shinoyama, camera in hand, starts dancing to her movements, (...)

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  • Winners of the Japan Ceramic Society Award

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    • Media: Ceramics
    • 2006-01-19 - 2006-01-28

    An exhibition of the successive winners of the Japan Ceramic Society Award and Japan Ceramic Society Golden Award.

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    Kazuyoshi Miyoshi Exhibition

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    • Media: Photography - Art Talk
    • 2005-12-18 - 2005-12-25

    Kazuyoshi Miyoshi, renowned for taking photographs to the theme of 'paradise', is back once more at Wako Hall. His B&W Paris series put on display was shot using the Leica M3 camera that the late Ihei (...)

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    Toshie Okuda Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2005-12-10 - 2005-12-16

    Fifty colorful needlework by Toshie Okuda inspired by life in Italy. Her colors are based upon Japanese senses, and the artist has added warm and happy Italian aspects to the works shown in this exhibition. (...)

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  • Takahiro Kondo "Works 1985-2005"

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    • Media: Other
    • 2005-11-22 - 2005-11-30
  • Tunenobu Namiki

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2005-11-12 - 2005-11-19

    Tunenobu Namiki's third exhibition at Wako Hall, "Mountains, Rivers and Oceans", consists of fifty works filled with the essense of Japan. Namiki returned to his alma mater, Tokyo National University (...)

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  • Keiko Kobayashi - Textile-Dyeing Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2005-11-01 - 2005-11-09

    Keiko Kobayashi's first solo exhibition at Wako Hall features 50 kimonos and 30 obis. A veteran of thirty years, Kobayashi is renowed for her tasteful dye and weaving techniques. She has spent an extraordinary (...)

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    Lacquered Ware by Shunshoh Hattori - Sky, Earth and Ocean

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2005-09-10 - 2005-09-17

    This exhibition displays the result of a 3-year-long work by Shunshoh Hattori, who created an ornament shelf for the main guest room of the newly completed State Guest House in Kyoto. The three words in (...)

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    Japan Jewelry Designers Association's 11th Biennale Exhibition

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    • Media: Fashion - Product - Other
    • 2005-09-01 - 2005-09-08

    The Japan Jewelry Designers Association, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, is a pioneer in spreading creative jewelry-making. They have taken their work overseas recently, and have exhibited (...)

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  • poster for Arisumi Mitamura Laquer Craft Exhibition

    Arisumi Mitamura Laquer Craft Exhibition

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    • Media: Crafts
    • 2004-12-18 - 2004-12-25

    An exhibition of 80 works of lacquer craft by Arisumi Mitamura, who has created a visionary and mystical world through his art in varying forms such as sculptures, reliefs, boxes and vases.

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    The World of Junkyu Muto