Kimono Landscape
Mary L. Tod
describing the work of a Japanese artist, Itchiku Kubota. "He is half-way
through a project to make 75 handcrafted kimonos, which when hung
shoulder-to-shoulder will form a landscape tapestry of the four seasons
and the universe.
"A single Kubota kimono can take more than a year to create using a
technique that he has developed called Itchiku Tsujigahana, which is a
painstakingly laborious process of tie-dying, fine brush painting,
embroidery, and gold and silver leaf imprinting."
The kimonos are appearing at the Canadian Museum of Civilization near
Ottawa, and will come to the Smithsonian Institution's Natural History
Museum in the fall - sorry, no exact dates for either location were given.
The exhibit consists of 30 kimonos which have "captured autumn's gradual
transition into winter."
Sounds heavenly, doesn't it?
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/ ) _) ...and everywhere that Mary went,
\__)_/ the lamb was sure to go...
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Thea Dueck
Mary,
I am very intrigued by this amazing exhibition.
Do you happen to know if it is coming out west, like
in Vancouver? Perhaps you could post an address
for the Museum of Civilization near Ottawa. I
seem to remember you can see it across the Rideau
from the Chateau. But I'd love to contact them
for further info and/or posters.
Thea
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Tara
I'm pretty sure this exhibition will have a catalogue of the pieces. If
it does, I'll post the info. I'm also going to keep an eye out to see if
"Smithsonian" magazine has an article (since I do have a subscription to
that mag).
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Tara R. Scholtz University of Maryland at College Park
ta...@wam.umd.edu or ts...@umail.umd.edu McKeldin Library
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A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its
rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general
merriment. -Duke of Endinburgh
SUSAN TANIGUCHI
In a previous article, ta...@wam.umd.edu (Tara) says:
>On Sat, 8 Jul 1995, Thea Dueck wrote:
>
>> I am very intrigued by this amazing exhibition.
>> Do you happen to know if it is coming out west, like
>> in Vancouver? Perhaps you could post an address
>> for the Museum of Civilization near Ottawa. I
>> seem to remember you can see it across the Rideau
>> from the Chateau. But I'd love to contact them
>> for further info and/or posters.
>
>I'm pretty sure this exhibition will have a catalogue of the pieces. If
>it does, I'll post the info. I'm also going to keep an eye out to see if
>"Smithsonian" magazine has an article (since I do have a subscription to
>that mag).
>
Yes, please do post. Anything to do with Japan and Kimonos
is top priority in our house. Hubby is of Japanese decent.
Sue
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Mary L. Tod
> Mary,
> I am very intrigued by this amazing exhibition.
> Do you happen to know if it is coming out west, like
> in Vancouver? Perhaps you could post an address
> for the Museum of Civilization near Ottawa. I
> seem to remember you can see it across the Rideau
> from the Chateau. But I'd love to contact them
> for further info and/or posters.
> Thea
Thea,
The only info I have on this exhibit was the small bit I quoted from the
newspaper article. It was carried from Reuter's news service, so maybe
they would have more information about additional stops. And I'm eagerly
awaiting its appearance in Washington, since I live in Baltimore, so I'm
afraid I can't help you with the address of the museum near Ottawa :)
Sorry to disappoint ...
Dawn Draper
> On Sat, 8 Jul 1995, Thea Dueck wrote:
> > Mary,
> > I am very intrigued by this amazing exhibition.
> > Do you happen to know if it is coming out west, like
> > in Vancouver? Perhaps you could post an address
> > for the Museum of Civilization near Ottawa.
> Thea,
> The only info I have on this exhibit was the small bit I quoted from the
> newspaper article. It was carried from Reuter's news service, so maybe
> they would have more information about additional stops. And I'm eagerly
> awaiting its appearance in Washington, since I live in Baltimore, so I'm
> afraid I can't help you with the address of the museum near Ottawa :)
> Sorry to disappoint ...
[various bits of snippage]
The Canadian Museum of Civilization
100 Laurier Street
Hull, Quebec (yep, you can see it across the river from
the Chateau Laurier)
The local paper lists this phone #: 776-7000.
Doh! I forgot to look up the area code.
I'll give them a call once they open today, and post the
info about the exhibit. I haven't seen anything in the local
paper about it, yet. If the exhibit turns out to be showing
at a time when I can visit, I would be willing to purchase
and mail posters or other memorabilia to those interested.
Later...
Dawn
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Dawn Draper "People who know where they're
going are much more likely to
ddr...@chat.carleton.ca get there!" -- Day-Timer (R)
Spring/Summer 1995
Catalogue
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Dawn Draper
*Cool*, I get to follow-up my own post...
> The Canadian Museum of Civilization
> 100 Laurier Street
> Hull, Quebec (yep, you can see it across the river from
> the Chateau Laurier)
> The local paper lists this phone #: 776-7000.
> Doh! I forgot to look up the area code.
> I'll give them a call once they open today, and post the
> info about the exhibit. I haven't seen anything in the local
> paper about it, yet. If the exhibit turns out to be showing
> at a time when I can visit, I would be willing to purchase
> and mail posters or other memorabilia to those interested.
> Later...
That phone # I gave is voice mail (bleah), although I think
this system actually gives you the option of waiting to speak to
a human fairly early in the call. I can hardly believe this exhibit
is showing so close by, and I wouldn't have known about it if not for
the NG! (Thanks, Mary Tod) Here's the poop:
"Homage to Nature" is the title of this exhibit, which is showing
in the museum's Special Exhibitions Hall until October 29.
The Museum of Civilization is open every day from 9 a.m. to
6 p.m. except on Thursdays when it is open until 9 p.m. I believe
the admission charge is around $5.00 for adults. If all goes well,
I will visit the exhibit tomorrow. I'll post a description of the
exhibit and I'll check out the gift shop for souvenirs, too.
Philippe Bruneau
The Museum of Civilization is in Hull Quebec. I would be willing to
bet if you just wrote to that address it would get there. It si a
big museum in a small city and the Post Office can't possibly not
know where it is. My mother lives in Ottawa so I will try to get
the correct address for you.
Karen Bruneau
Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Terry Niles
saw it when I was in Ottawa on Canada Day. Since shopping was out of
the question that day, I wandered about the downtown area and across
the bridge to Quebec. The museum was free for the holiday, and cool,
and wonderfully uncrowded ! The kimonos are fantastic. The exhibit
explained the dying process both with signs and samples of each step.
It is incredible the subtle color variations and control that the artist
had over the process. I highly recommend the exhibit if you are
anywhere near any of the tour stops.
Terry Niles
nil...@tempest.adsnet.net
Franfogel
prices for them have to do with two factors: the fact that they are
extrremely high priced even for Japanese, and the incredible plunge of the
American dollar against the Japanese yen which makes everything there even
more expensive for us. I was just in Japan in late May and early June, and
made a trip to a second hand kimono shop that I knew from previous trips.
Unfortunately they had moved from a convenient spot near the Asakusa
temple (easy to get to) to a new location out in the suburbs. After three
changes of trains and an hour's travel I found the place again. Their
cheapest kimono were 2,000 yen (about $25) and a nice obi was about the
same amount. If you were to go to a middle-of-the-road department store
for a new kimono you would spend about $10,000 or more (American currency,
and yes, you read it right). Accessories are equally expensive, and I saw
really fancy kimono for $38,000-40,000. They are often hand woven, always
hand stitched together, and are like works of art. The expense is so
great that many Japanese rent them for weddings rather than buying them.
I was happy to spend a few hundred dollars on my second hand treasures and
drag them back to my hotel (three trains again!)
Fran