Introduction
Japan Design Committee presents an exhibition entitled The Future of Japanese Tradition
which is intended to recapture Japanese crafts as resources for the future. More and more
people are travelling internationally for pleasure and the mainstream of the industries of
this century is shifting towards sightseeing. While the number of visitors to Japan has been
steadily increasing, the Japanese industrial structure is transferring the pivot foot towards
tourism. On this occasion we would like to closely re-examine the hidden underground
value streams and demonstrate a broad view of Japan from the viewpoints of various craft
productions.In particular, the committee members re-evaluate through their expertise the
contemporary power and possibilities of traditional industries. We present the cutting edge
of the present phases of various disciplines such as wood carving, metalwork, sake, lacquerware,
ceramics, cutting tools, paper, textiles, and architecture. In addition to the above we
also feature ryokan, the Japanese traditional inn, as the pinnacle of the unification of multiple
traditional crafts. Ryokan become sophisticated sites in expressing the totality of culture,
pointing out very clearly an enlightened method of presenting Japan to visitors. What do we
encounter when we open up Japanese distinctive traditions and environments to the world?
What is the result of this hybrid of traditional aesthetics and the cutting edge of the age?
Kenya Hara│Commissioner, The Future of Japanese Tradition exhibition
Exhibition archive
JAPAN DESIGN COMMITTEE Exhibition “The Future of Japanese Tradition” was held from September 28, 2016 to October 3, 2016.
Exhibition outline
- Title
- Japan Design Committee, Exhibition of 2016
The Future of Japanese Tradition
- Period
- September 28 – October 3, 2016
- Venue
- Matsuya Ginza
- Sponsorship
- JAPAN DESIGN COMMITTEE
- Curate
-
Woodworking - Ryuji Mitani
Bamboo Craft - Kenya Hara
Metalwork - Motomi Kawakami
Japanese Sake - Shin Matsunaga
Lacquerware - Makoto Koizumi
Knives - Fumie Shibata
Japanese paper - Koichi Sato
Ceramics - Makoto Koizumi
Textile - Reiko Sudo
Architecture - Kuma Kengo
Ryokan - Kazufumi Nagai
- Cooperation
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Itagaki Motoaki, Inoue Minori, Iwamoto Tadami, the Westin Miyako Kyoto, Uchida Kouichi, Enomoto Toru, Oigen,
Osakasuzuki, Ohashi Masayoshi, Okumura Yukimasa, Oda Hirotaka, Kaikado, Kakurezaki ryuichi, Gajoen,
Kanaamitsuji, KANAYA, Kaneshige Yuho, Kamisoe, Kawai Masaru, Kukan Chuzo, Kengo Kuma and associates,
Craft planning, Gombi Ayumi, Saeki Yasuhide, Sakata Kazumi, Sakuma Toshiharu, Sanjo City, Shimotani Nisuke,
Shinkenchiku-sha, Sugahara Glassworks, Seikado, Taira Toshio, Takaoka D esign & Craft Center, TAKATA Lemnos,
Takeo, Chushin Kobo, Tsuruoka Fablic Industry Cooprerative, Tsurunoyu, Tokura, Toyama Design Center,
Nagai Hiroaki, Nakashima Koumuten, Nakajo Masayoshi, Nippon Design Center Hara Design Institute, Nousaku,
Hakusan Porcelain, Hasshokan, Hattori Kzazunari, Baba Yukiko, Formlady, Fukumitsuya, Fujii, Futagami,
Beniya Mukayu, Tadafusa, Hosono Mitsuo, Maeda Daisaku, Maruto Hasegawa Kosakujo, Marumi Kougei,
Mizusawa Komuten, Tamiya Orimono, Ysuda Orimono, Yahagi Syunkei, Yabe Shunichi, Yamada Photo Process,
Isoya Yoshida Memorial Arts Foundation, Reliance, London Gallery, WASARA, Wajima Kirimoto, Watanabe Yoshio
- Commissioner
- Kenya Hara
- Venue construction
- Kengo Kuma
- Explanatory text
- Mari Hashimoto
- Photo│Web design
- NIPPON DESIGN CENTER
Talk show
Talk shows by participating artists were held.
