Exhibition: Yokai Parade
Supernatural Monsters from Japan
Te Auaha Gallery, 65 Dixon Street, Wellington
25th August
Monday
Admission: FREE
Have you heard of Japanese yokai? Yokai are traditional supernatural monsters that have permeated every aspect of Japanese culture for hundreds of years through various media forms such as woodprints, children’s games, ghost stories and folktales, anime, and films. These unique, diverse characters and designs have captivated people with their spookiness and mysteriousness, as well as their friendliness and charm.
The Embassy of Japan in Wellington is now preparing for Yokai -related events, including the Yokai Exhibition in late August. People are sure to enjoy this unique spiritual world of Japanese aesthetic art.
Exhibition
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About the Japan Foundation
Since its founding in 1972, the Japan Foundation has conducted a comprehensive and worldwide
program of activities
with the aim of promoting international understanding through cultural exchange in three areas:
arts and cultural
exchange, Japanese-language education overseas, and Japanese studies and intellectual exchange.
The Japan Foundation engages in international cultural-exchange activities in cooperation with over 130 countries around the world, it endeavors to promote international mutual understanding, setting its mission “Cultivating friendship and ties between Japan and the world,” in its main areas of activity, arts and cultural exchange, Japanese-language education overseas, and Japanese studies and intellectual exchange.
In the field of arts and cultural exchange, the Foundation focuses on activities to introduce Japanese art and culture to overseas, and in conjunction with these activities, the Foundation continuously conducts “Traveling Exhibition Program” organized with artworks from the Foundation's own collection. These traveling exhibitions feature about 15 different types of art, including contemporary art, crafts, photography, architecture, design, manga, and Japanese dolls, and are held every year at approximately 80 museums and exhibition facilities around the world. It is our hope that these exhibitions, which connect Japan and other countries, will bring people together and generate a dialogue around creativity through the sharing of rich artistic experiences.
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