Term :
June 24 -October 24, 2006
Closed :
Every Tuesday
Museum hours :
10 a.m.-8 p.m. (No one will be admitted after 7:30 p.m.)
Special Nights on 12&13 August, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
(No one will be admitted after 9:30 p.m.)
Entrance fees :
Adult: 1200yen (1000yen)*
University&High school students: 800yen(600yen) *
Junior high/ elementary school students: 400yen (300yen) *
Junior high/ elementary school students in Kumamoto city: FREE
*Parentheses indicate reduced price for groups of 20 or more.
Place :
Gallery I & II at Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
Organizer :
"Iki-ningyo and Desire in the Edo period" Executive Committee;
Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Art and Cultural Promotion Foundation, Kumamoto Nichinichi Press, RKK Kumamoto Broadcasting
Curator
Hiroshi Minamishima
(Director at CAMK)
Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
TEL.+81-96-278-7500 FAX. +81-96-359-7892
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| We would like to review the popular amusement in the late 19th century, focusing around Iki-ningyo, Ukiyo-e and Eejanaika (Never-mind) movement in 1867/68. Desire of mass at that time will be examined from various historical, visual materials. |
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Kamehachi Yasumoto Sumo-Iki-ningyo |
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| 170x150x160cm, 1890 (C)Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, foto: Katsuo Tsutsumi |
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Sumo Cosmology |
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| (C)Sumo Museum (Tokyo) |
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Mandala World of Ukiyo-e |
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| Utamaro Kitagawa, A Woman playing a Poppin, 38.6x25.5cm,1971 (C)Sakima Art Museum (Okinawa) |
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European’s Understanding of Edo- Life |
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| Samurai, 162x110x52cm, ca.1871 (C) Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy,
foto:Hidehiko Nagaishi |
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| dog 7x12x5.5cm, 19C. (C) National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, Netherlands |
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| Basket seller, 37.5x18x20(figure), 59x61x31(stand)cm ,19C., (C) National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, Netherlands |
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Local festivals and Iki-ningyo |
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Kabuki properties and Iki-ningyo |
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| Kamehachi Yasumoto, Severed Head for Kabuki, 24x17x21cm, (C) Fujinami Properties Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) |
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 Iki-ningyo Commemorative Lecture |
| Place: CAMK Home Gallery (free of charge) |
| Time: 2 p.m.- |
| free of charge |
| June 24 (Sat.) |
"The Stibbert Museum and their Japanese Collection"
Dr. Francesco Civita
(Curator, Stibbert Museum; Florence, Italy)
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| July 9 (Sun.) |
"Desire and Imagination in the Edo Period "
Masao Yamaguchi (Anthropologist)
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| August 20 (Sun.) |
" Sakima Art Museum's Collection"
Michio Sakima (Director at Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa)
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| September 10 (Sun.) |
"Cosmology of Akusho(red-light district) "
Kazuteru Okiura (Professor emeritus at Momoyama Gakuin University )
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| Iki-ningyo Talk Show "Culture of Character and Iki-ningyo" |
Go Ito |
Hirohito Miyamoto |
Go Ito (Manga watcher), Hirohito Miyamoto (Associate professor at Kitakyushu University)
Moderator: Kodama Kanazawa (Curator at Kawasaki City Museum)
Place: CAMK Home Gallery
free of charge |
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CAMK Lecture Series |
| free of charge |
| Place:CAMK Home Gallery |
| June 25 (Sun.) |
"Iki-ningyo and Desire in the Edo period"
Hiroshi Minamishima(Director at CAMK)
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| July 23 (Sun.) |
"Structure of Iki-ningyo" Haruko Tomisawa (Curator at CAMK)
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| August 27 (Sun.) |
"Iki-ningyo Collection in Europe and the U.S.A."
Yoshiko Honda (Chief Curator at CAMK)
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Appreciation of Iki-ningyo in Kumamoto |
July 16 (Sun.)
15:00-16:00 |
Tanikumi-Kannon by Kisaburo Matsumoto and Eijiro Ejima in 1871
Jyokoku-ji Temple (2-20-35 Takahira, Kumamoto City) |
July 22 (Sat.)
15:00-16:00 |
Sho Kanzeon Bosatsu by Kisaburo Matsumoto in 1887
Raiko-in Temple (6-8-8 Kasuga, Kumamoto City) |
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Registration to CAMK is necessary.
Get together & break up on site.
There is no parking lot. Please use public transport.
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Happy Family Tour |
| Tours for the whole family! This offer is for families with of children of ages 1-6 |
| Time: |
August 12 (Sat.), Septemper 10 (Sun.), October 1(Sun.) 10:30-11:30
Place:The exhibition space
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| Charge: |
Entrance ticket for adult is required.
We can only accept 7 group (registration is necessary)
*This offer is exclusively for family consists of 0-6 years old child and adult. |
| Guide: |
Akiko Sakamoto (Curator at CAMK) |
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Expectant Mother's Tour |
| Let's enjoy art experience at CAMK!
We will show you our convenient facilities for mothers like nursing room too.
You can come with your family and friends.
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Time: |
Ocotber 11, 10:30-12:00 |
| Place: |
The exhibition space |
| Charge: |
Entrance ticket is required. |
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| We can only accept 15 people (registration is necessary)
Guide: Akiko Sakamoto (Curator at CAMK)
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| Gallery Talk |
Curators will introduce the exhibitions highlights.
On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, at 3 p.m.
(the days of lectures at 4 p.m.)
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| Charge: |
Entrance ticket is required |
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| Workshop Kids' Summer Art College |
| Art Camp in Kinbo Mt.
Enjoy Nature and Art yourself in Kinbozan Shonen Shizen no Ie!
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| Date: |
July 29(Sat.)-30(Sun.), 2006 |
| Ages: |
Primary school children
(10 student limit)
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| Cost: |
actual expenditure for meal etc.
(about 2000yen)
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| Place: |
Kinbozan Shonen Shizen no Ie, Nishi Hirayama, Ikegami, Kumamoto
(get together & break up on site)
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| Leader: |
Hiroshi Minamishima (Director at CAMK) |
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International Adviser's Lecture
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Haydee Venegas |
October 12(Thu.) 14:00-15:30
"Art is Life itself - Contemporary Art in Latin America"
Haydee Venegas (Art History professor at the Escuela de Artes Plsticas in Puerto Rico)
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| Puppet Show |
| A show for the whole family. |
| Free of charge @Art Loft 14:00- |
July 2 (Sun.)
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"Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse" Chapa Puppet Theather |
September 2 (Sat.)
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"The Ugly Duckling" Fantasia Puppet Theather |
October 14 (Sat.)
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"Country Mouse, City Mouse" Kasuperu Puppet Theather. |
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| Special Screening at Long Night |
| Free of charge @Home Gallery 19:00- |
August 12 (Sat.)
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A.I. 143min. U.S.A. 2001 |
August 13 (Sun.)
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Heaven and Earth 141min. U.S.A. 1993 |
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FOCUS ON ASIA – FUKUOKA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
ASIA FOCUS・in・Kumamoto |
| October 4～9, 2006 @ArtLoft 14:00～ |
Price:500yen (Only Day Ticket; You can get a numbered ticket from 1 p.m.)
80 seats (first-come-first sold basis) |
| October 4 (Wed.) |
Two Guys (111min./2004/Korea) |
| October 5 (Thu.) |
The Big Durian (75min./2003/Malaysia) |
| October 6 (Fri.) |
Tumur of Mountain (107min./2004/Mongolia) |
| October 7 (Sat.) |
Hejar (120min./2001/Turkey) |
| October 8 (Sun.) |
A Breath (107min./2003/India) |
| October 9 (Mon.) |
Bird-Man Tale (90min./2002/Indonesia) |
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| Monday Movies |
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| Free of charge @Art Loft 14:00- |
| June 26 |
An American in Paris (113min./1951/U.S.A.) |
| July 3 |
East of Eden (115min./1954/U.S.A.) |
| July 10 |
Enter The Dragon (100min./1973/U.S.A.) |
| July 17 |
An Unfinished Piece for A Player Piano (102min./1977/Soviet) |
| July 24 |
Bowling for Columbine (120min./2002/Canada) |
| July 31 |
HISAI (103min./1997/Japan)
(Japanese caption for hard-of-hearing person ) |
| August 7 |
Alexei and the Spring (104min./2002/Japan) |
| August 14 |
Edges of the Lord (101min./2000/U.S.A.) |
| August 21 |
Manneken Pis (90min./1995/Belguim) |
| August 28 |
Our Hospitality (67min./1923/U.S.A.) |
| September 4 |
Acacia Walk (90min./2000/Japan)
(Japanese caption for hard-of-hearing person ) |
| September 11 |
After Hours (98min./1985/U.S.A.) |
| September 18 |
Gaslight (114min./1944/U.S.A.) |
| September 25 |
The Gold Rush (85min./1925/U.S.A.) |
| October 2 |
Ossessione (117min./1942/Italy) |
| October 9 |
Bird-Man Tale (90min./2002/Indonesia)
(see ASIA FOCUS·IN·Kumamoto) |
| October 16 |
La Strada (107min./1954/Italy) |
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*Films on June 26, July 10 and October 16 will be presented by the Kamitori Fan Club.
Weekly screenings of various cinematic masterpieces Monday afternoon and evenings at 14:00-, 18:00- |
| Friday Jam Concert |
| Live concerts taking place every Friday 18:30- |
| Place:Home Gallery or Art Loft |
| free of charge |
| Home Gallery Concert |
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Every night concerts in the home gallery at 7 p.m. |
| free of charge |
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Exhibition Information
