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21 August 2009

Made in Japan

Made in Japan

 

Renate Noda  (curator for the Asian collections in the Viennese Museum of Ethnology) has created this exhibition which is presented in Vienna from 22 April to 28 September 2009.

 

To commemorate the 2009 Japan year, which marks the 140-year jubilee of the commencement of official relations between Japan and Austria-Hungary, the Museum of Ethnology – in collaboration with the Institute for East Asian Studies/Japanese Studies at the University of Vienna, and with the support of the Japanese Embassy in Austria – has planned a yearlong program series, “Japan for All Seasons.” The focal point is the exhibition “Made in Japan”, assembled from the most important Japanese collections in the Museum, which will illustrate cultural contacts between the two countries. Beginning with early artifacts from the period before the opening of Japan (1853−54) and from the Vienna World Exposition of 1873, the range of the exhibition includes recently acquired objects.   In addition to the numerous collection highlights presented, the object ensembles in this exhibition are designed to provide views of everyday life for various social strata in Japan from the end of the 19th century until the present, emphasizing the ethnographic character of the collection.

 

 

Made in Japan

Contents - The Early Collections before the Opening of Japan - The Austro-Hungarian East Asia Expedition 1868-1871 - The Vienna World Exhibition 1873 - The Drasche-Wartinberg Collection 1877 - The Troll Collection 1886 - The Siebold Collection 1889     - Este Collection 1893 - The Kreiner Collection 1964, 1966 and 1969 - The Haga Collection 1965 and 1969 - The Kubō Collection 1987−1989 - The Collections of Curators - HARU – SPRING

 

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