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fourth-generation Tanabe Chiku'unsai.

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Japanese Bamboo Art from New York: The Abbey Collection, Gifts to The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Japanese Bamboo Art from New York: The Abbey Collection, Gifts to The Metropolitan Museum of Art

From September 13th, 2019 to December 8th, 2019, “Japanese Bamboo Art from New York: The Abbey Collection, Gifts to The Metropolitan Museum of Art” will be held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

With the growing international appreciation of Japanese crafts, the unique beauty and expression of bamboo crafts are attracting worldwide attention.

Japanese modern bamboo crafts collected by Abbey and his wife in New York are known as the “Abby Collection”.

In 2017, when the collection was stored in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, an exhibition “Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection”, was held. More than 470,000 people visited the exhibition and it drew a big attention.  This is the first exhibition of the Abbey Collection in Japan.

Along with masterpieces of modern crafts from the the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 75 bamboo crafts from the Abbey Collection will be displayed.

The work of of Chikuunsai Tanabe Ⅳ will be included as well.

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