KAB Events - Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum - Past Events

Below is a list of all past events for Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.

Japanese Architecture in Animation: From the Films of Studio Ghibli
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- Media: Architecture
- 2018-02-24 - 2018-05-06
How is traditional Japanese architecture portrayed in the country’s world-renowned culture of animation? Japanese buildings are the settings for plenty of drama scenes in the animated films of Studio Ghibli,...More »
Tradition and Innovation in the Modern Finnish Wood Culture - Nikari Stories from Fiskars FInland
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- Media: Crafts
- 2017-12-16 - 2018-02-18
The exhibition tells the story of the Fiskars-based Nikari company, its designer and products, along with the story of the village itself. [Related Events] Workshop - Hats for Children Date: Jan.19...More »
Pure and Refined Elegance – Japanese Fine Woodwork by Living National Treasure Kenji Suda
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- Media: Product
- 2016-06-03 - 2016-07-10
While focusing on a variety of works including chests of drawers, boxes, and furniture, this exhibition also introduces the precious woods, tools, and studio where Living National Treasure creates his...More »
Shipwright
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- Media: Product
- 2016-03-26 - 2016-05-22
An exhibition on the traditional tools and techniques used in Japanese shipbuilding, with special mention of Douglas Brooks, an American who provided guidance to the Sanriku shipwright Mr. Murakami after...More »
Everett Kennedy Brown “Echoes of Tradition”
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- Media: Photography - Sculpture
- 2016-01-30 - 2016-03-13
The photojournalist Everett Kennedy Brown has traveled across Japan in search of its traditional culture. Some 40 exhibits of carpentry tools, traditional Japanese architecture, and photographs of contemporary...More »
Modern Japanese Architecture - Challenges in Construction Technology
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- Media: Photography - Architecture
- 2015-10-31 - 2015-12-27
The Meiji era, the Taisho era and the Showa era: those were the times when Japan experienced great changes in construction, with new techniques arriving from the west. The workers and craftsmen developed...More »
Collaboration with Architecture and Furniture Worker
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- Media: Architecture - Sculpture - Product
- 2015-09-19 - 2015-10-25
Architect Yoshifumi Nakamura collaborates with three furniture designers in an exhibition that unites likeminded artists.More »
The Kanamono Eagle: An Exhibition of Famous Miki Tools
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- Media: Product
- 2015-07-07 - 2015-07-20
The Kanamono Eagle is a sculpture created from around 3,330 traditional metal tools such as saws and knives, the highlights of which are famed Miki Kanamono tools from Miki, Hyogo Prefecture. More »
Ikkyakuten + 2015
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- Media: Product
- 2015-06-02 - 2015-06-14
A group exhibition by Hyogo based furniture designers.More »
A Life with Lumber— The Work of Woodcraftsman Eiichi Ogura
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- Media: Crafts
- 2015-03-21 - 2015-04-26
The works and tools of Eiichi Ogura, an artisan from Nagiso, Nagano Prefecture, reveal the skill of kichi, a lathe-based form of woodcraft that brings out the beauty of the wood’s grain. [Related Event] Talk...More »
Master Capenters in Japan, China, and Korea
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- Media: Product
- 2014-11-01 - 2014-12-28
In this exhibition, three master carpenters representing Japan, China, and Korea are introduced. These three carpenters’ architectural models and carpentry tools have been gathered from overseas, allowing...More »