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Stone City Utsunomiya – The Modern Architecture and Regional Culture of Oya-ishi
Utsunomiya Museum of Art
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Shigenobu Nakayama, Touki Okamoto, Kanji Suzuki, Asajiro Hida et al.
The use of oya-ishi stone found in the Utsunomiya area dates back to prehistoric times. In the Edo period (1603–1867), a local industry of carving, transporting, and working with oya-ishi emerged, and Utsunomiya became known as “Stone City Utsunomiya.” Many works of modernist architecture were made with oya-ishi, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel, which survived the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1924 and sparked an interest in stone construction. This exhibition tells the full story of oya-ishi stone from the perspectives “geology and history,” “industry and architecture,” and “art.”
Schedule | Jan 8 (Sun) 2017-Mar 5 (Sun) 2017 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adult￥600, University and High School Students￥400, Junior High and Elementary School Students￥200 | ||||
| Venue | Utsunomiya Museum of Art http://u-moa.jp/etc/english.html  | ||||
| Location | 1077 Nagaoka-cho, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi 320-0004 | ||||
| Access | From the West exit of JR Utsunomiya Station, take the Kanto bus towards to Utsunomiya Museum of Art via Toyosatodai and Teikyo University and get off at Utsunomiya Museum of Art. 20 minutes by taxi from JR Utsunomiya Station. | ||||
| Phone | 028-643-0100 | ||||
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