SERIZAWA KEISUKE (1895-1984) Chinese Character Kotobuki (Long Life), 1974. Noren (entrance curtain), stencil-dyed cotton, 61 5/8 x 43 5/8 in. Tōhoku Fukushi University Serizawa Keisuke Art and Craft Museum. EXHIBITION Serizawa: Master of Japanese Textile Design Now Open Living National Treasure Serizawa Keisuke (18951984) used stencil-dyeing techniques to create irresistible works of art that range from screens and kimonos to book covers and magazine designs. View an image gallery from the exhibition Gallery hours: Tuesday through Thursday 11 am – 6 pm Friday 11 am – 9 pm Saturday & Sunday 11 am – 5 pm

LECTURE
Exhibition Lecture:
Serizawa: Master of Japanese Textile Design
Tuesday, October 27
6:30 PM

Textile scholars Terry Satsuki Milhaupt and Amanda Mayer Stinchecum discuss different facets of Living National Treasure (1895-1984) Serizawa Keisuke’s creative career.

Buy Tickets Online or call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. – Fri. 11 am – 6 pm, Weekends 11 am – 5 pm.

FAMILY PROGRAM
Meet Japan’s Mystical Folktale Creatures & Ghosts through Kamishibai Storytelling at Kinokuniya Bookstore
Sunday, November 1
2 PM

Offsite event held at Kinokuniya Bookstore
2nd floor, 1073 Avenue of the Americas (between 40th and 41st Street)

Photo: George Hirose.

Participants will hear Japanese folktales featuring ghosts and otherworldly creatures in English and Japanese, accompanied by song and dance, and will create their own masks of the folktale characters featured in the stories.

Admission is free; space is limited.

For more information, call Japan Society Education Program at (212) 715-1203 or Kinokuniya Bookstore’s general number: (212) 869-1700.

LOCATION
Unless otherwise noted, all programs are held at Japan Society,
333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 (at First Avenue).

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