While being overwhelmed by the number of people who support the Tokyo Marathon, I came across this exhibition when I was walking around Brabra from Nihonbashi to Ginza with tea. In a historical novel I read before, there was a scene where a merchant who was in a fire `` put a long string in the Daifuku book and throws it into a well '', and the line at that time was `` This is made of Mito's Nishinouchi Washi, so it gets wet in water Even if it gets wet, it will be normal if it dries without scattering ink. " According to the explanation of the venue, the name "Nishinouchi Washi" was Mitsukuni Mito, which had been produced in the Nishinouchi region of Ibaraki Prefecture since ancient times became the Mito Domain, and the size was determined, inspected and sold exclusively for the Mito Domain. It was shipped to Edo and became one of the funding sources of the Mito Domain. The raw material is Nasu Kozo, according to the pamphlet, "Kozo is produced in various parts of Japan, but what can be made in the Okukuji region is the highest Takashina in Japan." In this exhibition, paper maker Kinya Koyama made Japanese paper made by papermaking craftsman Masaki Kikuchi into works such as "paper cloth" and tapestry. There are also works like contemporary art named cushions, Japanese shop curtain, Kamiko, and "Aerial Floating". Is this paper depending on the work? There were some things that seemed to me, and I liked Japanese shop curtain, which looked like a folding screen, the windows opened in two places were bright and can be folded, and the wind could not enter, so I could have an instant tea room. A part of the room quickly turns into an independent tea room! It seems good to make a summer zone with `` paper cloth '', and those who can not buy silk and cotton in the Edo period seemed to have put cotton and straw in `` paper cloth '' and used it as winter clothes and gamets, so it is durable Things and warmth are guaranteed. Traditional Japanese crafts combine practicality and beauty, and I feel that it is really amazing. On Saturdays and Sundays, there will be a workshop for the first 10 people.
Tachikawa Blind Ginza Space Ginza 8-8-15
TEL 3571-1373
"Meeting with Collaboration Nishinouchi Paper"
From 10:00 to 18:00 until March 4th 16:00 Admission free
