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Toguri Museum of Art - Past Events

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

"Auspicious Vessels: Selected Masterpieces of Imari and Nabeshima Ware" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2012-01-04 - 2012-03-25
Familiar auspicious motifs such as sho-chiku-bai (pine, bamboo, and plum), symbols of longevity such as the crane and tortoise, and phoenixes and giraffes representing peace. Many Japanese ceramics bear...More »
"Imari Ware Goes to Europe -Export Ceramics during the Period of National Seclusion" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2011-10-02 - 2011-12-23
Despite emerging in the Edo period when Japan implemented a policy of national seclusion, Imari ware left its mark on the era as export porcelain that came to dominate the global porcelain market. In Europe,...More »
"The Artistry and Elegance of Imari Ware: Learning the Rudiments of Ceramics through Ko-Imari ware" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics - Art Talk
- 2011-07-03 - 2011-09-25
Shape, color, design. Imari ware delights the eye from every angle. However, the world of ceramics is full of specialist terms and compared to exhibitions of paintings and sculptures, for example, exhibitions...More »
“The Warmth of Celadon, the Brilliance of White Porcelain” Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2011-04-03 - 2011-06-26
While the bulk of Japan's first domestically produced porcelain, Imari ware, consists of blue-and-white sometsuke ware and polychrome iro-e ware, celadon ware and white porcelain were also produced from...More »
"Nabeshima" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2011-01-04 - 2011-03-27
The Nabeshima clan from the feudal domain of Saga in Kyushu were the first to succeed in manufacturing porcelain in Japan. The Nabeshima ware they produced for use as gifts under direct management of the...More »
"Ko-Imari Ware" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2010-10-03 - 2010-12-23
Imari ware was Japan's first porcelain, first manufactured at the beginning of the 17th century in and around the town of Arita in modern day Saga prefecture using techniques introduced by Korean ceramicists...More »
“Ko-Kutani Ware” Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2010-07-04 - 2010-09-26
After many years of debate over its place of production, today the most widely accepted theory is that Ko-Kutani ware is actually early iro-e (polychrome overglaze) Imari ware produced in the mid 17th...More »
"Early Imari Ware and Korean Ceramics" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2010-04-04 - 2010-06-27
Production of Japan's first porcelain, Imari ware, began in the 1610s in the Arita region of Saga prefecture using techniques introduced from the Korean peninsula. The term "early Imari" is used to describe...More »
"Edo Food Culture and Imari-ware" Exhibition
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- Media: Crafts - Ceramics
- 2010-01-05 - 2010-03-28
During the 265 years in the Edo era, there were two periods that saw a particularly fervent cultural flourishing: the first was at the turn of the 18th century when prominent merchants emerged helped by...More »
"Nabeshima and Keitokuchin -The Sovereign's Porcelain Ware-"
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- Media: Crafts - Ceramics
- 2009-10-04 - 2009-12-23
“Small Plates and Dishes from Old Imari Ware” Exhibition
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- Media: Crafts
- 2009-07-05 - 2009-09-27
From the outset, Imari ware, production of which began in the early part of the 17th century, included a range of items small enough to fit in the palm of the hand, among which were small dishes and mukozuke...More »
"Kakiemon style -- the Pride of the East" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2009-04-05 - 2009-06-28
The Kakiemon style was a development within Japanese Imari ware, which was first produced in the early 17th century in what is now Saga Prefecture, using techniques imported from the Korean peninsula....More »
"Auspicious Patterns - Vessels for Special Occasions" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2009-01-06 - 2009-03-29
Pine trees, bamboo and plum blossoms; peaches symbolizing longevity; collections of figures symbolizing such things as health, comfort, sweetness and luxury. These are just some of the auspicious patterns...More »
"Celadon and Blue & White Ceramics　- Jade, Turquoise, Azure" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2008-10-05 - 2008-12-24
Celadon ware (seiji in Japanese) is porcelain that is coated with a glaze containing an iron oxide colorant and then reduction fired (fired in an oxygen-starved kiln) to produce blue or green coloring....More »
"Old Imari - Iro-e Enameled Wares" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2008-06-29 - 2008-09-28
Iro-e (overglaze enameled) refers to porcelain made by painting motifs or patterns in various colored glazes on top of a white glaze on porcelain that has been fired at around 1350°C and then firing it...More »
"Early Imari Ware" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2008-04-01 - 2008-06-22
Because porcelain firing originated at the hands of Korean ceramicists, early Imari ware was produced using Korean porcelain-making techniques. However, it was the cobalt blue and white porcelain from...More »
"Nabeshima - Jewels of Porcelain, Beauty Created" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2008-01-05 - 2008-03-23
The Toguri Museum of Art opened on November 21, 1987. This year, to mark the 20th anniversary of the museum’s foundation, a series of commemorative exhibitions were held featuring selected masterpieces...More »
"Karakusa - The Collection of Seinosuke Nakajima" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2007-10-02 - 2007-12-24
Japanese antique ceramics from the collection of TV personality Seinosuke Nakajima. More »
"Chinese and Korean Ceramics" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2007-07-01 - 2007-09-24
The Toguri Museum is dedicated to preserving the ceramics collection of its founder Tohru Toguri, and with the aim of making it known to as large an audience as possible, opened its doors to the public...More »
"Masterpieces of the Toguri Museum of Art: Ko-imari - Craftsmanship and Beauty of the Edo Period" Exhibition
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- Media: Ceramics
- 2007-04-01 - 2007-06-24
The Toguri Museum of Art opened on November 21, 1987. This year, to mark the 20th anniversary of the museum's foundation, a series of commemorative exhibitions are being held featuring selected masterpieces...More »