Yanagi Sōetsu's Tea: Masterpieces from the Japan Folk Crafts Museum
特別展「柳宗悦の茶～日本民藝館名品選」
2019Oct1(Tue)–Dec1(Sun)About this exhibition
This special exhibition features masterpieces from the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, exploring the world of tea through the aesthetic vision of Yanagi Sōetsu, the founder of the folk craft movement. It reconstructs elements of past "Mingei-kan Tea Ceremonies."
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This exhibition has closed. Exhibitions coming up at museums within about 100 km of Toyama City Sato Memorial Art Museum.
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The red line is today. Where bars overlap, those shows are open at the same time.
In September, 4 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: kobijutsu-matsuyama.com/posts/post28.html ↗
- Grounded web search: www.city.toyama.toyama.jp/etc/muse/kikakusatobi/list/r02/020 ↗
- Grounded web search: toyama.mypl.net/shop/00000342780/news?d=1734396 ↗
- Grounded web search: www.city.toyama.toyama.jp/etc/muse/syuppansatobi/syuppansato ↗
- Grounded web search: www.shusui-museum.jp/schedule/exhibition/ex-archive/%E7%A7%8 ↗
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