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“Maestro Mizuno Kuuemon and Echizen Pottery Exhibition in Fukui Minami Aoyama 291” will be Held
“Fukui Minami Aoyama 291”, a Fukui Prefecture antenna shop located in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo, and Fukui Prefectural Pottery Museum will hold “Maestro Mizuno Kuuemon and Echizen Pottery Exhibition in Fukui Minami Aoyama 291” at the multipurpose hall on the 2nd floor of Fukui Minami Aoyama 291, from February 22nd (Mon) to 28th (Sun).
And we would like to ask a favor of coverage when we hold an explanation meeting on the exhibition for the press on the first day, February 22nd (Mon), starting at 13:00 pm.
1. Date and place
Date: February 22nd (Mon)2010 to 28th (Sun)
11:00 am to 19:00 pm
*the first day starts at 13:00 pm. The last day closes at 17:00pm.
Place: the multipurpose hall on the 2nd floor of Fukui Minami Aoyama 291
2. Objective
Fukui Pottery Museum introduced designated manager system on April 2009, and has been actively promoting the museum and Echizen pottery since then. This exhibition is held with an aim to have people outside Fukui know more about the attraction of Echizen pottery, which is the first event of considerable works displayed outside Fukui.
3. Content
Among the priceless collection excavated and gathered by late Maestro Mizuno Kuuemon, an Echizen pottery researcher, 11 of ko-echizen (older-type pottery) are displayed. Also, his photographs and favorite goods will be displayed as well.
4. Explanation meeting
Date: February 22nd (Mon) 2010, 13:00 pm －
Place: the multipurpose hall on the 2nd floor of Fukui Minami Aoyama 291
Instructors: Kariya Michiaki, Head of Fukui Pottery Museum
Inoue Yoshinobu, Director of Fukui Minami Aoyama 291
Tanaka Teruhisa, official of Local Industry and Technology Promotion Division, Industry and Labor Department, Fukui Prefecture
*They will give an explanation about the objective of the exhibition, the displayed works, and Maestro Mizuno’s achievement to the press.
5. Cooperative event: “Contemporary Echizen Pottery 2009 – 2010 / Presentation of a New Collection and Sale”
This is a presentation and sale of 8 contemporary Echizen pottery artists, who are active successors of traditional Echizen pottery. Please touch and feel their vivid works with your hands, in which they inspire a sense of new era. Click the supplementary sheet below for the participating artists.
6. How to contact “Fukui Minami Aoyama 291” and other information
in the GLASSAREA AOYAMA building, 5-4-41 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(3 minutes walk from the exit B3 Omotesando, the subway station)
Tel: 03-5778-0291
Fax: 03-5778-0305
URL: http://fukui.291ma.jp
Mail: info@291ma.jp
Click here for the supplementary sheet (Japanese only).
We regret to say that the stuff members on the day speak only Japanese.
Contact information
Management Assistance Division, Local Industry and Technology Promotion Division
Person in charge: Kasashima, Uwafuji, Matsushita
Tel: 0776-20-0366
Main Switchboard (extension): 2713
Mail: keieishien@pref.fukui.lg.jp
Information: http://pref.fukui.lg.jp/doc/keieisien/
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