Overview of the Exhibition | Everett Brown is a photojournalist who lives in Japan and travels across the country and continues to explore the traditional culture of Japan. Traditional Japanese culture that has disappeared rapidly since the Meiji era. Brown says young people in Japan now seem to be wandering in search of the water veins of divided culture.
Following the Tokyo exhibition held at Gallery Akwad in 2014, this exhibition showcases about 40 contemporary masters, carpentry tools owned by the museum, and traditional architectures taken by Mr. Brown using photography techniques from the late Tokugawa period to the Meiji period. The wetplate photographs, which have been carefully copied over time, exude the lost time of Japan, so to speak, the "remnants of Japan." Mr. Brown follows the remnants of Japan who live in the present age, and see the footprints of the the museum's tools and dialogues with masters.
In addition, as a special project of the Kobe exhibition, young craftsmen who interact with Mr. Brown will create objects related to the photo exhibition under the theme of the remnants of Japan that have been handed down to the present day.     
| Period | January 30, 2016 (Sat)-March 13 (Sun) | | Venue | Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum 1F Hall | | Opening hours | From 9:30 to 16:30 (entrance until 16:00) | | Closed days | Monday (or the next day if it is a national holiday) | | Admission fee | General 500 yen, Odaka student 300 yen, junior high school students and younger free,
200 yen for those aged 65 and over (including Permanent exhibition viewing fee) | | Sponsorship | Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum | | Cooperation | Gallery Akuwad, Sagawa Art Museum, Japan
Sankeien, Chochikukyo-The Wooden Modernism of Koji Fujii, Tomisato City Board of Education, Myokian |
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Major exhibits | 
Ms. Mitsuo Ogawa, Domiya Carpenter | 
Plane blade of Chiyozuruzehide "Autumn in Saga" | 
Koi ink pot | 
Sankeien Garden |
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Download | You can download leaflets in A4 size and PDF format.
Flyer (PDF file, 710KB) |
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Profile |  | Evarett Brown
Everett Kennedy Brown (wetboard photo artist)
Born in America. I lived permanently in Japan since 1988. Art Advisor to the Japan Arts and Culture International Center and awarded the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Cultural Dissemination Division). After serving as Director of the Japan Branch of epa Communications Corporation, he has been involved in planning to introduce Japanese culture overseas since 2012. He has been widely involved in domestic media, as well as in "National Geographic", "GEO", and "Home Art Bulletin INTERNATIONAL". He has authored many books such as "Our Nippon", "Japan Power" (co-authored with Masago Matsuoka). |
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Commemorative event | ◎Opening event
Open production of objects by young craftsmen
As a special project of this exhibition, young craftsmen who interact with Mr. Brown will create objects related to the photo exhibition under the theme of the remnants of Japan that have been handed down to the present day. | Date and time | January 30, 2016 (Sat)-February 5, 2016 | | Location | Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum special venue | | Production | Ikuya Sagara (a thatch craftsman), Tatsuya Tsukura (Sakan plasterers), Yosuke Yamaguchi (a gardener) | ※Cancellation of rain
※It will not be held on February 1 (Monday).
※Break times (10: 00-10: 30, 12: 00-13: 00, 15-00-15: 30) cannot be viewed. Thank you for your understanding.
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Artisan's production object (image) |
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| ◎Gallery Talk by Everett Brown
Mr. Brown himself explains the highlights of the exhibited works.  | Date and time | February 6, 2016 (Sat.) 10: 30-11: 10 2 14: 00-14: 40 | | Location | Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum 1F Hall | | Tutor | Evarett Brown | | Capacity | 20 people each time (application required) | | Application deadline | Must arrive on Friday, January 15 | | Participation fee | Free (admission fee is required) |
[How to apply]
・Webmail Click here (* Application has been closed)
・Up to 1 person per round-trip postcard | [Back of outgoing credit] | ①Event name, desired time 2 Participant name (furigana) 3 Postal code and address
④Phone number 5 Ages | | [Reply surface] | Enter the postal code, address, and name of the applicant in the address.
Please fill in the back side. | | [Application] | 〒651-0056 7-5-1 Kumauchi-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Event Section |
◎Skills and Mind Seminar
"Japanese Takumi" who speaks with Everett Brown
This is a talk session by Mr. Brown, who supports Japanese craftsmen, and three young craftsmen who have met through his activities. | Date and time | Sunday, February 21, 2016 13:30-15:30 | | Location | Lasse Hall (4-10-8 Nakayama Tedori, Chuo-ku, Kobe) | | Tutor | Everett Brown, Ikuya Sagara (thatched craftsman),
Tatsuya Tsukura (Sakan plasterers), Yosuke Yamaguchi (Gardener) | | Capacity | 100 people (application required) | | Application deadline | Must arrive on Friday, January 29 | | Participation fee | Free of charge | | | Click here for details on how to apply. |
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