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Mitsuo Aida Museum - Past Events

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

The Power of Mitsuo’s Words
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- Media: Crafts
- 2020-02-11 - 2020-09-13
Calligrapher and philosopher/poet Mitsuo Aida is known for maxims such as “To stumble is ok. It’s Human.” and “Happiness is always decided by your heart.” What gives his words such staying power? This...More »
New Departures
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- Media: Crafts
- 2019-10-08 - 2020-02-09
This exhibition surveys the scope of calligrapher and poet Mitsuo Aida’s career and the transformations in his work. More »
A Life of Study, a Life of Youth
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- Media: Crafts
- 2019-05-28 - 2019-10-06
An exhibition for the 95th anniversary of the birth of the calligrapher and poet Mitsuo Aida surveys his works, from when he was in his teens, through practice and experimentation in his 30s and 40s, the...More »
The Power of Mitsuo’s Letters
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- Media: Crafts
- 2019-01-29 - 2019-05-26
This exhibition considers the visual power of poet and calligrapher Mitsuo Aida’s written characters and how they evolved from his teens through his thirties.More »
The Life of Mitsuo
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- Media: Crafts
- 2018-10-02 - 2019-01-27
Mitsuo Aida was a well-known philosophical calligrapher whose works are featured in Japanese schoolbooks. This exhibition sheds light on his life from his youth during the turbulent WWII and post-war eras...More »
Mitsuo Aida “Nobility in Losing”
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- Media: Crafts
- 2018-06-05 - 2018-09-30
The core of this exhibition is work that shows the “nobility in losing”.More »
Mitsuo Aida Exhibition
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- Media: Crafts
- 2018-03-13 - 2018-06-03
Poetry is poetry. Calligraphy is calligraphy. First comes the poetry, then comes the calligraphy. Mitsuo Aida’s artistic style was a time-consuming process of draft upon draft to create even a single poem....More »
Seisai “The Thirty-Six New Views of Mount Fuji”
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- Media: Prints
- 2013-12-17 - 2014-01-26
With “The Thirty-Six New Views of Mount Fuji,” the artist Sesai hopes to teach people in Japan and abroad about the splendor of Mt. Fuji as an aspect of Japanese culture. [Related Events] Artist’s...More »
Mitsuo Aida “Just Being There”
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- Media: Graphics
- 2013-12-17 - 2014-03-02
Aida Makoto believed in leaving room for interpretation in his works. For instance, the last line of “Just Being There” is “I too want to become someone like you,” which allows the viewer to imagine what...More »
Mitsuo Aida “Even Just One Thing”
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- Media: Drawing
- 2013-09-03 - 2013-12-15
Displaying one of calligraphy artist Mitsuo Aida’s most famous works in celebration of the museum’s 10th year at the Tokyo International Forum. [Image: Mitsuo Aida “Even Just One Thing” (1960)] More »
Practices in Passivity and Losing
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- Media: Graphics
- 2013-06-04 - 2013-09-01
A belief that life is made up of clumsy defeats and messy embarrassments than more often than attractive victories was the foundation of Mitsuo Aida’s philosophy. Instead of giving up in the face of life’s...More »