Tale of Artisans Vol.1 “Miyabi”

Shiba district in Tokyo is a place where you can still feel the wind of Edo-era. Shiba Park Hotel is a good old hotel that has weaved its way through time in harmony with the traditions and culture of this area. Shiba Park Hotel is also a library hotel with a diverse collection of books. We hold an exhibition called “Tale of Artisans” which tell stories of traditions (tales) that they have developed and nurtured. The exhibition has different themes for each season and it has a focus on Japanese culture and is displayed with books. Since ancient times, Japan has been a country rich in nature and rich in changes. In Japan, you can feel the changes of the four seasons are naturally and sensitively reflected in various places including the changing natural scenery, plants, festivals, traditional crafts, and traditional culture. Japanese people have come to appreciate the beauty, enjoyment, and harshness of the changing seasons, as well as respect the blessings of nature. In addition to the traditional crafts and culture nurtured by nature’s bounty, we also bring you the characteristics and attractions of traditional events that have been carefully passed down from generation to generation throughout Japan.
We welcome our guests from our heart with Japanese warm hospitality for all four seasons so that our guests can have such a sustainable experience that “history and culture are spun through the ages, leading to a better and richer tomorrow.”

Tale of Artisans Vol.1 MIYABI

Pamphlet (PDF)

Period

December 20 (Mon.), 2021 – March 6 (Sun.), 2022

Time

11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Location

1F Library Lounge/ 2F Foyer Book & Culture

Admission

Free

Curated by :https://www.nipponnowaza.com/

Collaboration menu

アフタヌーンティ　職人ものがたりコラボレーション　芝パークホテル

Blissful Afternoon Tea in a Restaurant with Tea, Sweets, and Books

“Karakami” and “Wajima-nuri” are traditional crafts that have been handed down by Japanese artisans. A variety of Japanese, Western, and Chinese sweets inspired by these works will be served on stands luxuriously. Each chef took great care in expressing the taste, decoration, and colors. Please enjoy these works with a cup of fragrant-rich tea.

MIYABI Collaboration Cocktail

Since ancient times, “Karakami” and “Wajima-nuri” have been used to decorate banquets and rooms with fine handwork and numerous patterns. We expressed these colors in small cocktail glasses. Four-colored sugars are used to decorate the glass, and the aperitif is dyed a light indigo color.
A perfect first drink for a moment of elegance.

Wajima-nuri
×Karakami

The season at the beginning of a new year, is when the heart is in high spirits. In The Tale of Artisans Vol.1, I would like to introduce two types of crafts where the theme is ” Miyabi “. They are “Wajima-nuri”, which is is said to be the accumulation of sincere handcrafts that are “robust and elegant”, and “Karakami”, which has been used to add gorgeous colors to fusuma and folding screens since ancient times. Please enjoy this richly elegant exhibition of works as long as time permits.

Tsuyoshi Nakayama

Born in 1960, in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Interior Design Department at Ishikawa Prefectural Wajima Vocational High School in 1979. He graduated from the Chinkin Department at the Ishikawa Prefectural Wajima Institute of Lacquer Arts in1982. A traditional craftsman, who is enthusiastic about creating works that combine various painting techniques, centering on the “Chinkin” technique for decorating Wajima-nuri (2003-).
1980 Wajima City Art Exhibition Honorable Mention Award
1987 Wajima-nuri Crafts Exhibition Wajima City Council Chairman’s Award
1988 Honorable Mention Award of Ishikawa Prefecture Traditional Industry Promotion Council Traditional Industry Skills and others

Yukio Koizumi

The third generation of Karakami-shi/Karagen, founded during the Edo and Kaei years. He is the 5th generation since first generation Shichigoro Koizumi, who was praised as a master craftsman during Edo. He has been studying under his father since he was 20 years old, and is engaged in the family business. Now his two sons, Masayuki and Akio are following in his footsteps.
2000 Traditional craftsman certified by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry 2002 Tokyo certified traditional craftsman
2002 Bunkyo Ward skilled master craftsman
2013 Tokyo Meister certification
2017 Nationally selected skill preservation holder certification
2019 Decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun
2020 Yashio City first class technician/artisan

Kikuchi Fusuma Manufacturing

A fusuma paper manufacturing factory founded in 1924. Within the traditional technique of Karakami, the technique of Sunago has been handed down. In 2015, in order to continue this traditional Japanese decorative technique, the Traditional Crafts Office was set up as a team specializing in traditional crafts. It is mainly engaged in activities such as producing custom-made fusuma paintings, and restoring Japanese paper decorations at shrines, Buddhist temples and old mansions, etc.

https://fusuma.co.jp/ippinshu

Tale of Artisans Vol.1 “Miyabi”