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The Fusion of Tool and Art: A Master and Disciple Preserving the Heritage of Wamegane

Name: The Fusion of Tool and Art: A Master and Disciple Preserving the Heritage of Wamegane
Start: 2026-08-25T15:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-08-25T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Tokyo National Museum

◇ When

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

⌖ Where

Tokyo National Museum

13-9 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-8712

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Set within Hyokeikan at the Tokyo National Museum—a National Important Cultural Property and a masterpiece of late-Meiji Western architecture—this exhibition showcases the works of Ryoin YAMANOSE Ⅶ and Moeka Yamamoto, the only master and disciple in Japan keeping the traditional craft of WAMEGANE(Traditional Japanese Spectacles) alive today. Seeking to "discover a new world through a small window," this exhibition transcends the concept of glasses as mere vision-correction tools, introducing the aesthetics of WAMEGANE as pure art that connects humanity with the world.

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