”The Miracle of M.C. Escher Prints from The Israel Museum, Jerusalem”

Ueno Royal Museum

A rare printmaker, also called “visual magician,” Mauritz Cornelis Escher . The strange and mysterious style continues to fascinate the people of the world, such as the fact that there are actually unlikely existing worlds, a world with different gravity exists in one picture.

In the large exhibition “Miracle Escher Exhibition” to commemorate the 120th anniversary of birth, from the collection of the Israel Museum boasting the world’s largest Escher collection, famous “Tromp-Ruille” (cheating painting) works In addition, about 150 treasured collections that are not permanently displayed in the museum will come to Japan.

Summary

Exhibition name Miracle Escher exhibition of the birth 120 Israel Museum Collection 8 keys to solve the mystery of the fantasy painter
Venue Ueno Royal Museum
Ueno Park 1-2 in Taito-ku, Tokyo
A session Wednesday, June 6, 2018 – Sunday, July 29 (Sun)
※ Open throughout the exhibition
Opening hours 10: 00 ~ 17: 00
※ Every Friday until 20:00
※ Admission until 30 minutes before closing
Price General: 1,600 yen (1,400 yen), university · high school student: 1,200 yen (1,000 yen), junior high school · elementary school student: 600 yen (500 yen)
※ In parentheses are group fee
URL http://www.escher.jp/

Mr. Beat Takeshi also entered the event, ”Edo Machi Taito Geirakusai” press conference report

Mokubatei

In Taito Ward, from August 2018 to February 2019, we will hold a new project "Edo Macho Morning Art Performing Festival (Genkaku)" that will let you feel the arts and traditional culture rooted in this district. On the press conference held at Asakusa · Kimaitei on May 30, Beat Takeshi, who was appointed honorary advisor, also appeared.

Inheritance and development of entertainment / traditional culture

Taito Ward where living culture feels a sense of heart, such as chi and humanity. In this climate, the forerunners refined their arts and sent them to the world. "Edo Machi Taito Geirakusai" is an effort to discover new talent who will be responsible for the next generation, as well as being touched by such arts and traditional culture. Between August and October 2018 entitled "The Summer Campaign", a series of workshops were held, including Ueno Park 's outdoor screenings directed by Takeshi Kitano, and a workshop on creative acts demonstrating performing arts at a Yakata boat I will. In addition, from November to February 2019, as a "Winter Camp", luxury programs are planned that can recite readings, theater, etc. making use of cultural resources such as entertainment venues, as well as Edo ~ Heisei performing arts.

As an honorary advisor, Beat Takeshi, who was a professor at Asakusa French President (present Toyo Kan) and aimed at entertainers, is appointed. Mr. Hisayuki Matsukura (Mr. Hisayuki Matsurakura) who grew up Mr. Beat Takeshi and Mr. Kinichi Hagimoto led the adviser "Asakusa Entertainment Hall / Toyo Kan" was inaugurated. In the talk session of the press conference, in addition to the two people, Hiro Hattori (Hatto Yukuo) Taito ward director also attended. At the beginning, there was also a scene where Mr. Hattori referred to Beat Takeshi as "Take a bird Welcome to Asakusa, Takeshi".

Hirotsugu Hattori Taito Chairman

Talk session

There was a word "Welcome back" from the head of the district a while ago. Takeshi, how are you?

Mr. Beat Takeshi:
Well, it is not because I came back, so it is often (laugh). If I have time to spare, I am swallowing in Asakusa. Anyway, in this town, I reached the school with fun. So, it's like an entertainer to a strange beat, so it's like half or more of my life brought with Asakusa's personality. I hope to give back to you as far as time permits, if possible.

Takeshi Beat Takeshi
Mr. Takuji Kawai (Mr. Taito Ward Cultural & Industry Tourism Division) who served as a moderator

President Matsukura will also make the entertainment festival excitement. How is your feeling now?

Mr. Hisayuki Matsukura:
I think Takeshi assumed honorary counsel very much for Asakusa for Taito Ward. Where Asakusa is, a lot of entertainers nest after the enoken. Young artists are clouting that they will become the second "Takeshi" now. I am thinking that Asakusa will become more and more popular from now, so please everyone, everyone.

Mr. Hisayuki Matsukura (Asakusa Entertainment Hall · Toyo Kan's Chairperson)

Takeshi assumed the adviser this time, did he feel like returning to Asakusa and repaying it?

Mr. Beat Takeshi:
Going to Asakusa is like an excursion from childhood. When I was a junior high school student and a high school student, it was anything from movies to plays, it was like Shimokitazawa now. But, theater theaters were gone, and young people 's entertainment went to Shimokitazawa. Asakusa is working hard at the Toyokan and so on but Asakusa takes the initiative to create a free theater where all can feel free from the Rock Band from Rakugo to Rakugo from the comic story, the young guys take on the challenge I think that young people will become prominent if there is a place to do it. I want to do something for that help.

Asakusa of Takeshi's practice era is an era when people have not gathered yet. How is Matsukura chairman seeing the current Asakusa?

Mr. Hisayuki Matsukura:
The era when Takeshi came to Asakusa was, so to speak, the era of Asakusa's rock bottom. As the TV penetrates the Olympic games, the movie theater is gone, the entertainment venue is gone. However, there happened to be a wonderful entertainer named Fukami Chisaburo in Asakusa, and there were a lot of entertainers who came to Asakusa after admiring to him. Takeshi is also one who received tranquility. As I thought, it was a wonderful thing for Asakusa and the Japanese entertainment world that there was a wonderful senior, Fukami Chisaburo, the leader. I would like Asakusa to continue to be a place where such a wonderful entertainer nests. In that sense, I think that the festival is grateful.

Do you have any advice from Takeshi to young performers who are aiming for Takeshi?

Mr. Beat Takeshi:
Being an entertainer in the past was a little bad thing. It is Mr. Kinichi Hagimoto who broke such a thing, I think that we succeeded after that. Recently, I never see comedian enthusiasts on TV. However, as the generation of the Internet appeared, the times also changed. Next time it is a live era, it is like Shimokitazawa where live houses are full, all the culture is flowing. Nevertheless, as for Asakusa, there is a history in the beginning, and there are many things such as comedy and movie and culture originating Asakusa. Since Asakusa has a season since the Edo period, I think that people growing there will taste better. It is very pleasant if a wonderful entertainer and craftsman who carried the tradition and the backing of history came out a lot. I hope that Asakusa will be the center of culture again.

Photo session after talk session

In the talk session, I was able to feel the love of all the entrants to Asakusa and the desire to have young people succeed in Asakusa. "Edo Matoto Toroi Musical Festival" will start from the outdoor screening of movies to be held at Ueno Impression Park fountain square from Saturday, August 4, 2018. Please expect it at the festival of performing arts and traditional culture rooted in Taito Ward.

For details of the event to be held, please visit the official website.

【Edo Machibachu Taito Geirakusai】
http://www.taitogeirakusai.com/

NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition ” SEGO DON ”

Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum

NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition “SEGO DON” will be held at the Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum during the period from Saturday, May 26th to July 16th (Monday, congratulation).

Takamori Saigo (1826-77) who raised herself from a samurai samurai of Satsuma (Kagoshima) and accomplished the Meiji Restoration. However, he does not have any portrait photographs, and his life is enveloped in many mysteries. This exhibition, in conjunction with the river drama, highlights the era of “People of Saigo” and the era of turbulence, with historical documents and works of art about Saigo.

Summary

Exhibition name NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition “Saigo Don”
Society May 26, 2018 – Saturday, July 16 (Mondays / holidays)
10 am – 5 pm (Admission is until 4:30 pm)
closing day Monday (Open on July 16 (Mondays / holidays))
Venue Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum Main Building
Exhibition rooms 1, 2, 3, 4
Admission fee General 1,500 yen (1,200 yen) High school / university students 1000 yen (700 yen)
(Free for junior high school students and below)
※ () is a group rate of 20 or more
※ 1 group leader per 20 group visitors is free
※ Persons who have a handicapped Person (Including 1 Caregiver) are free
URL https://www.geidai.ac.jp/museum/exhibit/2018/segodon/segodon_en.htm

Information provided: Kokosil Ueno
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”The 36th Asakusa horseback archery” is held! We interviewed a venue that is brave for archers!

Taito Ward Sumida Park

On Saturday, April 21, 2018 (Saturday), this day when it became sweaty and cheerful, at the Sumida Park in Taito Ward “The 36th Asakusa Yabusame” was held.
The appearance that Archer shoots a target while riding a horse is brave. We interviewed the venue filled with its brilliant technology, so I will show how that situation is.

Kusajishi

Prior to Yuuma horse, “Kusajishi” was performed at the venue. The Kusajishi is aimed at shooting, that is, shooting a bow from the ground, not on a horse. Its origin is said that when Yoritomo held a hunt, families often shoot deer and other prey, it began as a practice of shooting.

The Kusajishi is in the form of a deer, the shooter aims at the white spots drawn on the deer with arrows, and competes for win / loss. However, hitting just is not a hit. Magistrate as a referee will comprehensively judge the appearance of arrows, the way the arrows fly, the place where the sharp arrow fell, and so on. Therefore, if there is an error in the work such as how to carry the feet, it will be off even if you are in the middle. In the old book is written down as “shooting” and is a Kusajishi that was done in a competitive sense, but its work is strictly stipulated. In the Kusajishi held this time, commentaries were made at key points so that visitors can be familiar with them according to the prescribed work.

As occasionally a strong wind blows, when the shooter makes a fine impression, the cheers cheered from the venue. In fact, words are exchanged between the archer and the magistrate. This is because the magistrate asked the shooter, “Do you think that the current arrow was a good arrow”? Or, the shooter tells the judgment of the magistrate, it is done in an old wording such as “I think with ~” I will. Some shooters say that they should have been a wonderful arrow like a sky tree, and the venue was laughed with laughter.

Horseback archery

Flower horse was performed at the venue next door when the Kusajishi was over. In Fushima, you will shoot three parts from the top of the horses. It is surprising to see the venue, the narrow width of Baba. Horses will sedge sand with a width of about 2 meters and a length of about 300 meters.

The horse horse begins after the horse is a matrix and walks along Baba. When the magistrate who stands at Baba book (starting point) and the end of Baba (end point) signals big Baba by swinging a big fan, the horse runs out and the shooter rushes out with the first, second, To go. He is a plate of 54 centimeters square. Paper is set behind that, confetti snow flying at once when it is shot. A great cheer came out of the audience as the gods shot through.

Some horses were able to run at a tremendous speed, and there were scenes where the shooter got shot by too much speed. It seems that young horses sometimes get out of speed too much. However, it is not necessarily easy to shoot on a slow horse, and the late running horse shakes up and down, so the shooter was explained in the plaza that it is necessary to train the trunk.

Asakusa Ryoma horse is performed in Ogasawara style under the guidance of Ogasawara Muneya. Ogasawara style is a style beginning with Nagasute Ogasawara who served Yoritomo. The Ogasawara family served as a teacher of generals at the end of the Tokugawa period, and today they communicate relet, archery and archery art. The Ogasawara family tells the rewarding and manners to train the archer’s trunk and improve archery.

Inherit the tradition, send out to the world

In Asakusa Shrine in the Edo period, it is a ridiculous horse race held as a priestess, but Asakusa Ryoma horse, which has reached 36th this time, is held as a sightseeing event, and the thought of restoring traditional events and inheriting it is put in it . Mr. Kiyotada Ogasawara, a 31-year-old samurai who told us a story at the venue, said, “I am very pleased with this opportunity because I can pass on to the next generation while preserving the old traditions.”

Also, many foreigners were present at the venue, and commentaries were also made in English on the premises. In addition, since this year marks the 160th anniversary of friendship between Japan and France, the French Embassy in Tokyo served as General Magistrate, traditional but international aspects were also seen.

It has been 150 years since Edo changed from Meiji. In Taito Ward this year we will position this year as the “Edo Renaissance first year” and we plan to develop business to succeed Edo’s charm and develop into the future. Why do not you visit history and traditional culture by all means?

Summary

Schedule April 21 (Sat) on Heisei 30
Kusajishi 11: 45 –
Yabusame 13: 00 –
place Kusaka at Taito Ward Sumida Park Sayano Hori Square
Fumiga is near the Language Bridge at Taito-ku Sumida Park special venue
Advance tickets Advance tickets: 1 seat 3,000 yen
※ free viewing of the Kusajishi is free

”Genealogy to the masterpiece of East-West beautiful painting” Maiko no Mai ”

Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum
Uemura Matsuen “Maiko no Mai” Important Cultural Property Showa 11 years (1936) Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music College

At the Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum, the period from March 31 (Sat.) to May 6, 2018 (Sunday), 2018, “Genealogy to Maiko no Mai” by Tozai beauty paintings will be held.

A Japanese painter, Uemura Matsuen who established her own beauty painting style and received the first medal of culture as a woman. “Maiko no Mai” (important cultural property), a masterpiece of Shozoen and the best masterpiece of modern beauty paintings, will be made public for the first time in this exhibition after repairing.

Please dress like a new, more beautiful “Maiko no Mai”.

Outline of the exhibition

Exhibition name Genealogy to masterpiece of East-West beauty painting “Maiko no Mai”
Hosting Tokyo University of the Arts, Yomiuri Shimbun
Society Saturday, March 31, 2018 – Sunday May 6, 2010
Closed every Monday (except April 30, May 1 is open)
place Tokyo University of the Arts University Art Museum
Ueno Park 12-8 Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8714
Official site http://bijinga2018.jp
Opening hours 10 am – 5 pm Admission until 30 minutes before closing
Admission fee General 1400 yen / high school / university students 900 yen (Advance, group 100 yen discount)
※ Free from junior high school students
※ Group tickets are 20 people or more (One guardians per 20 group visitors are free)
※ One who has a handicapped Person and one carer is free

Information provided: Kokosil Ueno
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”Prado museum exhibition Velázquez and the glory of paintings”

National Museum of Western Art
Diego Velázquez “Ottoman Baltasar · Carlos equestrian statue”
About 1635 Madrid, the Museo del Prado © Museo Nacional del Prado

From Saturday, February 24th to Sunday May 27th, 2018, the National Museum of Western Art will hold “Prado Museum Exhibition Velázquez and Glory of Painting”.

Prado art museum which is regarded as one of the world’s most beautiful “Hall of Fame”. This exhibition will display 70 treasured treasures of the Prado Art Museum, centered on 7 works by Diego Velázquez, one of the greatest painter in the history of Western art.

You can recreate the international art scene of the 17th century Spain and enjoy the collection of a wide range of Prado museums.

Summary

Exhibition name Commemoration of 150th anniversary of establishment of Spain diplomatic relations in Japan
Prado Museum exhibition Velázquez and the glory of paintings
A session Saturday, February 24, 2018 – May 27 (Sun)
VenueNational Museum of Western Art
Ueno Park 7-7, Taito-ku, Tokyo
closing day Monday
※ Open on March 26 (Monday), April 30 (Monday)
Opening hours 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
(Friday, Saturday until 8 PM)
※ Admission until 30 minutes before closing
Viewing Fee General 1,600 yen (1,400 yen), college students 1,200 yen (1,000 yen), high school students 800 yen (600 yen)
※ Group fee in parenthesis. Group rates are 20 people or more.
※ Junior high school students and below are free.
URL https://artexhibition.jp/prado2018/outline-en/
Traveling exhibition Wednesday, June 13, 2018 to October 14 (Sun)
Hyogo Prefectural Art Museum

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A masterpiece for only one month! I covered a special exhibition of the calligraphy museum

Taito Ward Shogo Museum

Exhibition “Everyone wants to see” Excellent Exhibition Part 14 Nakamura’s Famous Collection for a Month before Closed! Claims of Calligraphy Museums “

Calligraphy museum standing next to “Konami-an” where Masaoka Kikuna resides. Collections of valuable collections in Chinese and Japanese calligraphy history collected by Nakamura Fumi (1866-1943), both a Western painter and a calligrapher, are held.

Because of facility construction, the calligraphy museum will be closed from the whole building for approximately five months from April 16 (Monday) to September 25 (Tue) in 2018. As a special project before this holiday closed, a lot of masterpieces held in the collection are released from March 16 (Fri) to April 15 (Sun) in 2018. We interviewed this exhibition, so we will introduce it.

Kanji used for ritual, kanji used for reward from king

Skull sentence
Kodokuden

In this exhibition, ‘Konjotobun’, which is the oldest existing kanji material present, is displayed. In the Yin Dynasty (around the 13th century before), the shell statements engraved on the bones of the turtle’s stomach and the shoulder of the cow. It was used to divine the will of God. At the time of the brush sentence, it is already seen that it is biased.

“Kodoku Den”, which was made in the Xi’an era (the ninth century before), is a bronze ware made in commemoration of the mission of a man who is a member of the king who works as a king’s nearby servant. On the inside is sentence on achievement. Looking from the front, it seems that the sentences are lined up straight though the vessel draws a curve. I carefully adjust the length of the letters. You can ask about the height of technology at the time.

The type of kanji changed from ”Tensho” to ”Reisho”, and it became easier to write.

Kanji, called ”Tensho”, used in places related to God, had a typeface like a hieroglyph and it was hard to write.In the era of Han, Kanji changed to a typeface called ”Reisho” which reduced the curve and became easier to write.

Yi Jie after Han / Yongxing first year (153)
After Zhang monument Han / Nakahira 3 years (186)

“Zhang transition monster” was a work that Mr. Nakamura never liked very much. I write this work and I am learning that taste. Actually, unfamiliar books are used for the signs of “Shinjuku Nakamuraya” and the label of sake “Masumi”. From those works, you can sense the style similar to Zhang Tradition.

Nishigaki Huashan Mausoleum – Long Kakimoto –
Later Han / Nobunaga 8 years (165)

Among the numerous collections, one disappointing item was “Nishigaki Huashan Mausoleum – Long Kakimoto – (Shiga Kanzan Biwa Kobanban)”. This work with good shape and powerfulness, and taste of antiquity is a takamoto taken from a stone monument about 1000 years ago. The monument has already been lost, and only 4 trakuses exist. It is a highly value-priced item.

Documents protected by the desert

Zuzo Tomokuni Play 22nd Important Cultural Property Tang · around the 8th century

Paper is a very difficult material to save. The older one had fewer handwriting, and the one before Tang was thought to be close to absence. However, in 1900, the wall collapsed within the Dunhuang Mogao caves (Tonkobakko) located at the entrance to China from the Taklimakan Desert in Central Asia, from which 4 to 60 thousand brushed documents were discovered It was. The climate of the desert with constant humidity and few insects kept the document. In this exhibition, a document of a magazine which was excavated in this area and designated as an important cultural property is displayed.

God of writing, Wang Fuyuyuki

Orchid Tei Introduction – Zhang Kim Daughter Books –
Autumn Autumn Hall Wang Peng Peng Higashi Jin · Eiwa 9 years (353)

Wang Yunoyuki (Ogushi 303 – 361) called the god of the book. I do not have a handwriting, but that taste is conveyed by reproduction. In this exhibition, a duplicate of Wang Yuyu’s books was displayed, including “Ranjitei-sama (Ranjojo kotoba)”, which is regarded as the highest masterpiece in the history of Chinese books It is.

Ancient monument of Japan in UNESCO “Memory of the world”

Last year, Gunma Prefecture’s “Ueno Sanmon (Kozuku Sanpi)” was registered in UNESCO “World Memory”. In this exhibition, the three monuments of Takamoto are released. Not only do you enjoy the book, but also pay attention to the Takamoto technique and you may find it interesting to see it from the viewpoint “What kind of patcher is the best?”

All the works we have introduced so far are exhibited in the “Nakamura Mugen Memorial Hall”, but valuable collections are also displayed in the main building.

In this interview, Nomura Nakamura researcher Shoki Nakamura (Nakamura Nobuhiro) gave a commentary on the work of the calligraphy museum. In various places of the museum there are sticky notes that make me smile, but these are written by Ms. Nakamura. When visiting, please try looking.

Kanji essential to our lives. At the calligraphy museum, you can enjoy its history. Why do not you come and visit the charm of the books?

Nobuhiro Nakamura. Lovely note and two-shot
This is what was placed in the main building. That mind … Please check with this museum by all means.

Summary

A session March 16 (Fri) – April 15 (Sun) in 2018
location Calligraphy Museum Nakamura Taikan Memorial Hall
2, 10 – 4 Negishi, Taito – ku, Tokyo
Opening hours 9: 30 am – 4: 30 pm (Admission is until 4 o’clock)
closing day Monday
However, March 26 (Mon), April 2 (Monday) Sakura Special Opening Hall
Admission fee General 500 yen (300 yen)
Small, medium, high school student 250 yen (150 yen)
* In parentheses, group fee of 20 people or more
※ Person who presents handbook of disability and its carer is free
※ Entry Saturday every month, entrance fee for small, junior high school students and their guardians living and staying in Taito-ku is free
※ Specific medical care recipient certificate presenters and their carers are free
inquiry 03-3872-2645
URL https://www.culture.city.taito.lg.jp/eventdetails/show/00001c000000000000020000005400ab

Masterpieces of French Landscape Paintings from The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Claude Monet ‘Lunch on the Grass’
1866 © The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.

At the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, “Masterpieces of French Landscape Paintings from The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow” will be held from Saturday, April 14, 2018 to Sunday, July 8, 2018.

Located in Russia’s capital Moscow, the Pushkin Museum boasts more than 700,000 collections. From Impressionists to Matisse, Picasso, it is known for having a modern painting of French modern paintings.

This exhibition introduces the flow of French modern landscape painting around the places and times drawn, from the hustle and bustle of the big city Paris to the world of imagination.

Summary

Exhibition name Masterpieces of French Landscape Paintings from The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Venue Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
A session April 14, 2018 – July 8, 2018
Official site http://www.tobikan.jp/en/exhibition/2018_pushkin.html

Information provided: Kokosil Ueno
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Echoes of a Masterpiece: The Lineage of Beauty in Japanese Art

Tokyo National Museum

During the period from April 13 to May 27, 2018, the Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan will hold a special exhibition ”Echoes of a Masterpiece: The Lineage of Beauty in Japanese Art”.

There are many “masterpieces” that exist in Japanese art history. They are born by being influenced by contemporary and past works or overseas works, and they are affecting another work as well.

In this exhibition, we will display a number of masterpieces, paying attention to the influence relationship between these works and the common social background.

Summary

Exhibition name Echoes of a Masterpiece: The Lineage of Beauty in Japanese Art
Venue Tokyo National Museum Heiseikan
A session April 13, 2018 – May 27, 2018
Official site http://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=1889&lang=en

Information provided: Kokosil Ueno
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THE BODYーChallenging the Mysteryー

National Science Museum
Andreas Vesarius “Fabrica” ​​facsimile version from 1964

A special exhibition “THE BODYーChallenging the Mysteryー” will be held at the National Science Museum from Tuesday, March 13, 2018 to Sunday, June 17, 2018.

This exhibition is a special exhibition linked with the NHK Special “Human Body – Huge Network of Mystery -“.

While reviewing the history and achievements of the pioneers’ efforts, we will explain the structure and function of the human body and introduce how it is changing in state-of-the-art research.


Official site

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