Dates for the Diary: Sashiko Exhibitions

Autumn is now well and truly here, and in Japan this season is traditionally a time for cultural activities, such as
reading and of course sashiko! If you’re in Japan over the next few months, here are a few exhibition dates​ for the diary. 
*This post has been updated on ​13 November to include the following new event.

Yuza and Shonai Sashiko exhibition, Yuza, Yamagata

Yuza and Shonai Sashiko 
Part I Oct 16 2018 ~ Feb 24 2019 
Part II Mar 1 2019 ~ Jun 30 2019 
9:30-4:30 (closed Monday) 
Tel. 0234-75-3145 (Aoyama House) 
Tel. 0234-72-5892 (Inquiries, Yuza Board of Education)  
 
Aoyama House 
Aotsuka 155, Hiko, Yuza-machi, Akumi-gun, 999-8438, Yamagata  
 
An exhibition featuring historical garments from Yuza made with sashiko in the Shonai region. Shonai sashiko stands alongside koginzashi and Nanbu hishizashi as one of three major styles of sashiko from Northern Japan.  

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Genken Arts Club & Friends Exhibition, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki

 
Genken Arts Club & Friends Exhibition 
Sun. Nov. 11 ~ Sat. Nov. 17,  2018
​Time: 10:00~19:00
(Finishes 15:00 on the 17th) 
Tokai Station Gallery, 2F Tokai Station (on the Joban line)  
Tokai-mura, Ibaraki-ken    
 
My sashiko group is participating in this. You can see the joint
snowflake pattern wall hangings we’ve been working this year as well as individual pieces. 

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Sashiko Exhibition, Kita-kamakura, Kanagawa

 Sashiko Exhibition 
 Thurs. Nov. 1 2018 ~ Sun. Jan. 6 2019 
 (closed Dec. 31 and Jan. 1)   Time: 10:00~16:30
  Kitakamakura Kominka Museum 
  Yamanouchi 392-1 
  Kita-kamakura, Kanagawa-ken 
  Tel. 0467 25 5641

​This exhibition affords a wonderful opportunity to see the work of 
artists and groups from Tohoku in different styles and regions, all
in the one place. It features the work of Kiyoko Endo (from Yonezawa, Yamagata prefecture), the Nanbu Hishizashi Research Group
 (Aomori prefecture), Hirata Sashiko Group (Shonai sashiko from
Sakata city in Yamagata prefecture) and Hirosaki Kogin Kenkyujo
​ (Hirosaki, Aomori prefecture).        

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Sashiko and Bandori Exhibition, Sakata, Yamagata

Sashiko and Bandori Exhibition 
Aug. 8 ~ Nov. 18 
Matusyama Bunka Denshokan, 
Sakata city, Yamagata prefecture 
Tel. 0234-62-2632 
 Website 

This exhibition features the bandori (a back pad used for carrying things) and other everyday items of sashiko used by fishermen and farmers in the Tohoku region. Work by modern day Shonai sashikoists, Yuichi Onodera and Emi Sato is  also on display.  

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Boro Exhibition, Asakusa, Tokyo

Boro 
Currently open until March 31 2019 (closed Mondays) 
Amuse Museum 
2-3-24 Asakusa, Taito-ku Tokyo 
Tel. 03 5806 1181 
Website

An exhibition of boro from the collection of Chuzaburo Tanaka. In these humble items of clothing clothing and bedding you can see the origins of sashiko, and how it was used to stitch pieces of cloth together to preserve and  reuse. 

Nanbu Hishizashi Exhibition 
From Jan 29 to Mar 31 2019 (closed Mondays) 
Amuse Museum 
2-3-24 Asakusa, Taito-ku Tokyo 
Tel. 03 5806 1181 
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This is a companion exhibition to the Tsugaru Koginzashi I saw here earlier this year, which was also from the collection of Chuzaburo Tanaka. Nanbu hishizashi, like Tsugaru koginzashi, originated in Aomori prefecture, but whereas Tsugaru koginzashi is blue and white, Nanbu hishizashi is colourful. ​

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