This summers special exhibition has started!

This summers special exhibition has started! You can find figures in the exhibition in Japan often but we are going to show you our different point of view.

In this exhibition we are showing you how figures came to be accepted in Japanese culture throughout the history. The exhibition starts with Haniwa and Dogu which are the clay figures from the arch era, then it will take you to the present day with Kaiyodo figure works.

On the first day of the exhibition we had a talk by figure sculptor BOME from Kaiyodo and contemporary artist Takashi Murakami who combines art and Japanese sub-culture.

The special exhibition is held at the gallery 1,2,3 in the museum. When you go through the entrance of the museum you will find figures which were created by BOME, as you go up stairs you will find Kaijyu staring at you and when you walk pass that you will see a Daimajin in front of the gallery. You will feel very welcomed for sure!

The exhibition is divided into two sections, the first section is with Irie collections which are owned by Hyogo prefectural museum of history where you can see the history of figurines in Japan. In the second section you will find out how Kaiyodo progressed until today with their poplar works.

You can also buy a booklet to accompany of exhibition in the entrance of the gallery and the museum shop.

In the museum shop you can buy Dogu chan (a character we have on the poster of the special exhibition) T-shirt and also Kaiyodo figures.

We have reduced the price of the Sankokushi series from Kihachiro Kawamoto collection (these are 60% off), we also have limited figures of Keiko Takemiya so hurry up and get them!

☆★Updated news★☆

■Special exhibition gallery talk and lecture "Yokai/Figure"
8/Aug/2010

■A special workshop for the summer "I want to draw Manga!"
31/July - 21/Aug/2010 (Sat, Sun and 13/Aug Fri)