From January 9th (Saturday), a collaboration art exhibition "The Birth" of ancient characters and ikebana has been held at the "Machikado Exhibition Hall" (Nihonbashi Kobunacho 4) operated by the long-established fan shop "Ibasen".
By the way, "Ibasen" was founded in 1590 (Tensho 18).
It seems that he also worked on publishing Ukiyo-e in the Edo period.
Ancient characters are hieroglyphic characters born for fortune-telling records in China 3,000 years ago, and are considered the roots of modern kanji.
In this exhibition, foil and Japanese lacquer were used on a folding screen with Japanese paper for fans, along with ancient characters meaning pine, and bamboo-based by young flower artist Naohiro Kasuya, who is active internationally, large ikebana works are on display.
Opening hours are from 8:00 to 20:00, admission is free.
It will be held until January 29th (Friday).
The location is 
on the map red circle below.
Click here for the website of the Iba Sen Machikado Exhibition Hall. ⇒
http://www.ibasen.co.jp/gallrey.html
