作品展示・購入
Exhibits & Collecting
Included with your admission ticket.
The following exhibits are all accessible with general admission to MOSS KOGEI Kyoto. Unless otherwise marked within the venue, all display items are available for purchase. Kogei exhibitions and sales take place across several spaces within the gardens. There is no fixed route — wander the moss gardens and explore at your own pace.
Great Masters名匠の仕事
A special display of masterworks by leading figures of modern kogei, including Kuroda Tatsuaki and Kawai Kanjiro. Some pieces are not for sale. Works by lacquer master Nishimura Keikou are also shown.
Kogei’s Next Wave工芸のいま
Around thirty contemporary kogei artisans from across Japan show work across ceramics, woodwork, lacquer, metalwork, glass, washi, bamboo and textiles, installed through the historic buildings of SHOZAN Kyoto. All pieces are available to purchase.
- Images are for reference only and differ from the works shown at the venue.
- Whether the artisans themselves will attend on the day is not yet decided.
- More participating artisans will be added.
Artisans of Takagamine鷹峯の作家たち
In Takagamine and its surroundings, which carry on the culture nurtured by the artists' village, many ways of making are still alive. Through the work of makers tied to Takagamine, we look at the lineage of creation that runs from Hon'ami Kōetsu.
Shokuraku Asano織楽浅野
Nishijin weaving house Shokuraku Asano, founded in 1980 by father-and-son Asano Hirotaka and Asano Hiroki (the family's weaving workshop itself dates to 1924, founded by Asano Seiichi). Working under the philosophy "the joy of weaving," the studio creates obi favoring a restrained palette with depth and texture. Winner of the 1987 International Textile Competition (Industrial Design category); has held solo exhibitions at Ginza Motoji since 2005. Hiroki, who studied graphic design, joined the family business in 2014 and explores contemporary expression within traditional weaving technique.
Chiyoko Tanaka田中千世子
Textile artist working in the tradition of Kyoto's woven silk textiles. Her distinctive process, which she calls "Grinding," involves weaving cloth and then rubbing it repeatedly with tools such as brick or white stone, adding color through soil or charcoal application. Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 1965. Exhibiting internationally since 1980, with solo shows across Japan and group exhibitions at institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago, MoMA New York, and the Stedelijk Museum. Awarded the Bronze Prize at the 6th International Textile Triennial in Łódź, Poland (1988). Work held in public collections in Germany, the USA, the Netherlands, Israel, and France.
Hisashige Ito伊東久重
The Ito Hisashige family are hereditary makers of Gosho Ningyo (imperial court dolls), a lineage traced to the Kyoho era of the Edo period. In 1767, Emperor Kokaku bestowed on the family the title "Yushoku Gosho Ningyo Shi" (Official Court Doll Maker), and they have carried the name Ito Hisashige ever since. The current head is the twelfth-generation Ito Hisashige (Ito Ken'ichi), with Ito Shogoro as his designated successor — a nearly 300-year unbroken tradition of court-doll craftsmanship.
SHOZAN Kyotoしょうざん
Kyōkechi is one of three ancient resist-dyeing techniques (with kōkechi and rōkechi) that fell out of use after the Nara period. The process presses fabric between two carved wooden boards and pours dye through pierced openings to create the pattern. It was revived in the Shōwa era, over fourteen years, by the Nishijin craftsman Tokuda Yoshizō. Shōzan produces kimono and obi using this technique.
Shoichi Ida井田照一
Shoichi Ida (born September 13, 1941, in Kyoto; died June 5, 2006) was a contemporary artist working primarily in printmaking, alongside oil painting, paper works, ceramics, and bronze. His practice centered on the concept "surface is the between," exploring the relationship between image and perception. He exhibited internationally from the 1970s, including at the Venice Biennale and the Paris Biennial, and in 1986 collaborated on a publication with Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly. A retrospective of his work was held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, in 2012.