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Daughters of Sun Goddess
− Japanese Femininity
29 JAN – 17 MAY 2009
The Sinebrychoff Art Museum is arranging an exhibition on the theme Daughters of Sun Goddess - Japanese Femininity, from 29 January-18 May 2009, and its key theme is built around old Japanese wood engravings from the collections of the Finnish National Gallery. The collection is administered by Ateneum Art Museum, and it includes around 600 wood engravings.
The exhibition includes works by:
Keisai Eisen, Chôbunsai Eishi, Kikugawa Eizan, Utagawa Fusatane, Yashima Gakutei, Suzuki Harunobu, Utagawa Hiroshige, Katshushika Hokusai, Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Kikugawa Senchô, Kitagawa Shikimaro, Kubo Shuman, Nishikawa Sukenobu, Utagawa Toyokuni, Kitagawa Utamaro, Utagawa Yoshiku, Masanubu Okumura,Yoshikuni, Isoda Koryusai, Shigenobu Ynagawa, Harumasa Koikawa, Tsukimaro Kitagawa.
In addition to the Finnish National Gallery’s collections, we are also borrowing works from The National Museum of Finland
(The Museum of Cultures) and private collections.
This section of the exhibition presents the life and image of women during the Edo period.
The life of a Japanese woman is captured in wood engravings from many perspectives, and they clearly show the ideal woman and Japanese feminine beauty of the time. The exhibition includes artefacts that relate to a Japanese woman’s life and that also appear in the old wood engravings. It features parasols, mirrors, musical instruments (the koto), calligraphy tools, kimonos, fans and items used for beauty care. |
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The second section of the exhibition presents works by contemporary artists. These women artists continue the old tradition of wood engraving as well as the tradition of calligraphy. Their works of art are deeply intertwined with Japanese culture and people’s relationship to nature as well as to Shintoism and Buddhism. The artists in the exhibition are very well known in their own country as well as abroad.
The exhibition includes works by:
Toko Shinoda, Mayumi Oda, Nana Shiomi, Naoko Matsubara, Reika Iwami, Hiroko Kimura (calligraphy).
With the exception of the calligraphy works by Hiroko Kimura, the works by contemporary artists in the exhibition are from the Tolman Collection in Tokyo.
Norman Tolman has been involved in the gallery business for 40 years and specialises in Japanese graphic arts. In 1990, Tolman organised a comprehensive exhibition of Japanese graphic art in the Retretti arts centre, which was a resounding success. In 1995, he cooperated with the Hämeenlinna Art Museum in an exhibition presenting Japanese graphic art, entitled Japanese Moment, which also included lacquer and bamboo works. |
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Chado – The Japanese Way of Tea 29.1.−28.6.2009
is being prepared in cooperation with the head house of the Urasenke Tea Tradition, Kyoto.
The exhibition will be on show in the museum’s red basement. It presents tea art and the Japanese cultural activity widely known as the tea ceremony, and its central theme is a tea ceremony to celebrate spring and the Girls’ Festival.
Tea art dating from the 16thcentury to the present, personally chosen and loaned by the Urasenke Grand Master from his family’s collection. It also includes articles selected by the Urasenke Chado Research Center which is maintained by the Urasenke Foundation, Kyoto, to effectively represent the range of artistic crafts used in the Japanese Way of Tea.
The exhibition space will include a model tearoom built through the help of the Urasenke Tankokai Finland Association, who have been lending their expert assistance in creating the exhibition and arranging the special programs and tea service that will be offered during the exhibition period. |
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A publication on the themes of the exhibition will be released to coincide with the exhibition. The writers are Professor Ilmari Vesterinen, Professor Jouni Elomaa, Professor Minna Eväs-oja, Seija Jalagin PhD, graphics artist Tuula Moilanen, writer and translator Kai Nieminen, Maria Osamitsu MA and Mr Norman Tolman.
A series of lectures will coincide with the exhibition. The lectures will deal with Japanese wood engraving, calligraphy, women’s clothing, and the culture of the Edo period, ikebana, food, music, poetry, literature and Japanese history. Another programme running parallel to the tea exhibition will present the tea ceremony and Japanese tea art.
The lectures consist of 8 lectures which are collaborated with the Embassy of Japan in Finland:
Wednesday 4.2.2009 at 6.00 pm.
Timeless and in Time – Special features of Object Culture in Chadô Art of Tea
Lector of Japanology, Mr. Jouni Elomaa
Thursday 5.2.2009 at 6.00 pm.
The Mythical Women of Japan
Professor, Mr. Ilmari Vesterinen
Wednesday 11.2.2009 at 6.00 pm.
Good Wife − Wise Mother − Independent Woman.
The Japanese Woman’s Choices of Life during the Edo Period and Now
Lic. Pol. Sc., Ms. Annamari Konttinen
Wednesday 25.2.2009 at 6.00 pm.
Tea – Art - Harmony
PhD., Ms. Minna Eväsoja
Wednesday 4.3.2009 at 6.00 pm
From Geisha to Gyaru: Many Faces of the Japanese Woman
PhD., Ms. Minna Eväsoja
Wednesday 11.3.2009 at 6.00 pm.
The Japanese Woman as an Author and a Poet
Author, Mr. Kai Nieminen
Wednesday 18.3.2009 at 6.00 pm.
Ikebana – The Japanese Art of Flower Arrangement
Ikebana-artist, M.A., Ms. Liisa Nurminen
Wednesday 25.3.2009 at 6.00 pm.
The Evening of Japanese Music and Poetics
Minna Padilla & The Helsinki Koto Ensemble Ms. Minna Padilla, composition (koto)
Mirja Mäkelä, song
Kristiina Ilmonen, flute, perkussios
Olli Kari, accordion
Mr. Gunnar Linder, shakuhachi
Ms. Helka-Maria Kinnunen, poems
Saturday 18.4.2009 at 3.00 pm.
Tea catering
Saturday 9.5.2009 at 3.00 pm.
Tea catering
Saturday 16.5.2009 at 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm.
My Path from Noh Theater to NohKiDo
Therapeutic Noh Theater and Kalevala Women
Sirkku M. Sky Hiltunen, Ph.D., Ed.D. and Master teacher of NohKiDo
Tells how Japanese Noh Theater and other wisdom traditions have inspired her work since 1966.
Saturday 6.6.2009 at 3.00 pm.
Tea catering (demo)
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TOKO SHINODA |
REIKA IWAMI |
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The Tolman Collection |
The Tolman Collection |
| NAOKO MATSUBARA |
NANA SHIOMI |
MAYUMI ODA |
Daigo no to, 1976
The Tolman Collection |
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The Tolman Collection |
Pola Cosmetic Culture Archives |
Pola Cosmetic Culture Archives |
Pola Cosmetic Culture Archives |
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