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Taro Okamoto’s Okinawa
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
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Taro Okamoto recorded his impressions of native Okinawan cultures during a late-1959 trip in his “Essay on Okinawan Culture: A Forgotten Japan” (published in 1961). This visit had a profound impact on his later creative activities, as did another trip to the Okinawan island of Kudakajima in 1966, during which he witnessed the women-only Izaiho Shinto ritual held once every twelve years. What exactly was Okinawa to Okamoto? Introducing works from before and after these two trips, this exhibition attempts to understand Okinawa’s significance to this artist. There is also a display touching on the influence of Mircea Eliade, a Romanian scholar of shamanism.
Schedule | Oct 9 (Thu) 2014-Jan 12 (Mon) 2015 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥500; University Students, Seniors 65 & Over, High School Students ¥300; Junior High School Students & Younger Free. | ||||
| Venue | Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki http://www.taromuseum.jp/index_english.html  | ||||
| Location | 7-1-5 Masukata, Tama-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 214-0032 | ||||
| Access | 17 minute walk from the South exit of Mukogaoka-yuen Station on the Odakyu line; From the South exit of Mukogaoka-yuen Station, take the bus and get off at Ikuta Ryokuchi Iriguchi. The venue is 8 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 044-900-9898 | ||||
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