Where to look in London for Japanese art, books on Japan, etc.
le...@xs4all.nl
I'm planning to go to London for a week or so. I would like to know if
someone has interesting places to visit (bookstores, antiquedealers,
printdealers, museums, general stores) related to Japanese art or Japan
in general. If you know of something interesting, I'd really appreciate
to hear from you soon. Replies by email are preferred as I plan to go
to London quite soon.
Best wishes,
-Leon
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muchan
I've heard that in British Museum there is huge collection of Japanese metal
art masters in Meiji era, which directly inspired Art Nouveux in France.
They are the work of artisans, who learned traditional technic of treating
metal (for 'inrou' or 'metsuke of katana' etc.) and applied it to make more
European look article, for the purpose of present from imperial family.
These work are nowhere in Japan but you can see in British Museum...
I don't know any detail... Please inform me if you'll know something more.
Robert Teeter
le...@xs4all.nl wrote:
: I'm planning to go to London for a week or so. I would like to know if
: someone has interesting places to visit (bookstores, antiquedealers,
: printdealers, museums, general stores) related to Japanese art or Japan
: in general. If you know of something interesting, I'd really appreciate
: to hear from you soon. Replies by email are preferred as I plan to go
: to London quite soon.
Don't miss the British Museum, both for the art works and the
bookstore.
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Kazumi Honda
In article <320F73...@promikra.si>,
muchan <muc...@promikra.si> wrote:
>I've heard that in British Museum there is huge collection of Japanese
metal
> art masters in Meiji era, [snip]
There's no denying the BM is one of the must-go places for Japanese art in
London, but the collection you're thinking of may be a temporary
exhibition
held between September 94 and January 95 called "Japanese Imperial
Craftsmen: Meiji Art from the Khalili Collection". The Khalili Collection
consists not only of metalwork, but also lacquer, enamel, and ceramics,
all from the Meiji period. There are some 800 items in the Collection, of
which about 100 pieces were shown at the BM. The ceramics from the
Collection were also shown around the same time at the National Museum
of Wales.
I know that it was planned to tour the exhibition around the world. I
don't
know where it is now, but can find out if anyone's interested.
Going back to where to go for Japanese art in London, don't forget the
Victoria
& Albert Museum in South Kensington. Their collection of Japanese
woodblock
prints is supposed to be the largest in the world outside Japan. Those on
show
change from time to time, but it's possible to see other works by prior
arrangement.
HTH
Kazumi
If you would rather reply by e-mail:
kaz...@edobarn.demon.co.uk
Andrew Dinn
Robert Teeter (rte...@netcom.com) wrote:
: le...@xs4all.nl wrote:
: : I'm planning to go to London for a week or so. I would like to know if
: : someone has interesting places to visit (bookstores, antiquedealers,
: : printdealers, museums, general stores) related to Japanese art or Japan
: : in general. If you know of something interesting, I'd really appreciate
: : to hear from you soon. Replies by email are preferred as I plan to go
: : to London quite soon.
: Don't miss the British Museum, both for the art works and the
: bookstore.
There are also a few Japanese print dealers scattered around the
British Museum (e.g. walk along from the front entrance towards
Tottenham Court Road). One of them assured me that London is the
biggest and best market for such prints - but then he would wouldn't
he. We get ours from my Jenny's father in Northumberland, an antique
dealer who still picks up all sorts of Oriental stuff even though the
tea trade died out well over a century ago.
Also, there is a Japanese supermarket in Camden High Street about 1/2
mile south of the tube station - cannot remember the name but I recall
vividly my feeble attempts to make sushi rolls from the raw tuna I
purchased there.
Finally, there are a few Japanese bits and bobs to be found in some of
the Chinese supermarkets in London's Chinatown. We have a handsome
collection of Japanese chop-stick rests obtained from careful browsing
over a period of several years.
Andrew Dinn
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books, magazines and a small supermarket. Also Nippon Books (or a
similar name) on an alley right next to St Pauls.