Mingei: The Beauty of Unintentionality - Objects That Moved Naoto Fukasawa
民藝 無作為の美 ―深澤直人が心を打たれたものたち
2025Mar30(Sun)–Jun1(Sun)About this exhibition
プロダクトデザイナーで当館館長である深澤直人が、館蔵コレクションの中から自身が感動し刺激を受けた生活道具を選び、「温もり」や「親しさ」「愛らしさ」といった民藝美の魅力に光を当てます。
Artists in this exhibition
- 深澤直人
Themes
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This exhibition has closed. Exhibitions coming up at museums within about 15 km of Japanese Folk Crafts Museum.
- 黒の躍動2026Jul17(Fri)–Nov23(Mon)Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum3kmfrom Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
- “Ku-Ten” (Works of Meguro City Citizens)2026Sep16(Wed)–Sep27(Sun)Meguro Museum of Art4kmfrom Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
- 大志学園卒業制作展2027Feb23(Tue)–Mar7(Sun)Sato Museum of Art4kmfrom Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
- 百花精彩 明から清までの中国陶磁2026Oct27(Tue)–2027Feb7(Sun)Matsuoka Museum of Art4kmfrom Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
- 粧い眠る 秋と冬の日本画名品選2026Oct27(Tue)–2027Feb7(Sun)Matsuoka Museum of Art4kmfrom Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
- マリメッコ展 模様のちから2026Oct3(Sat)–Dec20(Sun)Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum4kmfrom Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
- リトアニアの手工品展（仮称）2027Jan16(Sat)–Mar28(Sun)Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum4kmfrom Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
- 森万里子展2026Oct31(Sat)–2027Mar28(Sun)Mori Art Museum5kmfrom Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
- ロン・ミュエク2026Apr29(Wed)–Sep23(Wed)Mori Art Museum5kmfrom Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
- ぐるぐる展2026Mar28(Sat)–Sep23(Wed)MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives6kmfrom Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
- いのちの未来＋2026Jul25(Sat)–Sep25(Fri)MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives6kmfrom Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
The red line is today. Where bars overlap, those shows are open at the same time.
In September, 5 of these are open at the same time.
Dates come from the sources cited on each exhibition page. Please check each museum’s official site before you go.
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- Grounded web search: mingeikan.or.jp/schedule/2025-2026 ↗
- Grounded web search: www.artagenda.jp/exhibition/detail/7739 ↗
- Grounded web search: mingeikan.or.jp/schedule/2023-2024 ↗
- Grounded web search: mingeikan.or.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/reiwa_5_annual_sc ↗
- Grounded web search: mingeikan.or.jp/schedule/2024-2025 ↗
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