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Japanese Netsuke exhibition to open in Greenbelt 5

The Japan Foundation, Manila, in collaboration with Ayala Museum and Ayala Malls, with the support of Ateneo de Manila University Japanese Studies Program, Arete, and the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, presents “Contemporary Wood-Carved Netsuke,” a traveling exhibition to open at Ayala Malls Greenbelt 5 from July 1 to 21, 2019. Viewing is free.

A series of special events are also lined up to complement the Netsuke exhibition. We have invited two renowned netsuke artists and experts from Japan, Mr. Tadamine Nakagawa and Ms. Asuka Kajiura, to give a talk, demonstration, and workshop on netsuke, together with a talk by Dr. Karl Cheng Chua from Ateneo de Manila University.

In celebration of Philippine-Japan Friendship Month this July, the exhibition run also coincides with the 22nd Japanese Film Festival or EIGASAI, screened in film theaters around the Philippines, and The Strangers, a dance collaboration to be held at the Blackbox Theater, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.

Special Events:
The Art of Netsuke: Talk and Demonstration
With Netsuke Masters Tadamine Nakagawa and Asuka
Kajiura, and Karl Cheng Chua of Ateneo de Manila
University
July 1, Monday, 4 pm
3rd Level Gallery, Greenbelt 5, Makati City

Netsuke Workshop
With Netsuke Masters Tadamine Nakagawa and Asuka
Kajiura, and Artists from Paete, Laguna
July 2, Tuesday, 10 am to 2 pm
Arete, Ateneo de Manila University
Participants in the workshop are already pre-selected, but
we invite observers to be a part of the audience.

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