ATELIER MUJI GINZA (Chuo-ku, Tokyo / MUJI Ginza store) will hold an exhibition "Wild Handicrafts and Wisdom" at Gallery 1 from September 10, 2021 (Friday) to November 7, 2021 (Sunday). We will hold it.
The ethnic and biological materials that were once exhibited and stored in the "Amazon Folk Museum" and "Amazon Nature Museum" in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, have been protected for posterity even after closing in 2014. .. The collection of Yoshihiko Yamaguchi, a cultural anthropologist who goes far beyond the level of personal collection, with about 8,000 items of daily life crafts and 12,000 items of biological specimens and strips, is a collection of people living there, mainly indigenous people in the Amazon River basin in South America. We have a wide range of materials, from tools closely related to daily life to biological specimens that inhabit the area. From the 1970s to more than a dozen years, the items he has collected through direct communication with local people, such as "bartering," are natural cultural resources.
We get materials around our lives, make our own tools, and live using those tools and wisdom. The indigenous people living in the Amazon River basin are undergoing major changes such as civilized society and environmental destruction, and the traditions and languages of the people are disappearing, but even now, when the number is small, they coexist very close to nature. There are people who continue to live.
It's not about the story of the distant past or another world, but the life that is still practiced on this earth today. There, tools for living have been made in consideration of the relationship with nature and the user. The various thoughts of those who have continued to make these tools are included in Mr. Yamaguchi's collection.
Nature, family, ethnicity, posterity, and as a human being. No relationship can exist without compassion for others. It seems that there is more awareness and learning now that various disasters are occurring.
ATELIER MUJI GINZA
Yoshihiko Yamaguchi (Cultural Anthropologist )
Born in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture in 1942. Started fieldwork around 1967 and traveled to 85 countries including Asia and Africa. Survey of the Amazon basin began in 1971. After returning to Japan, he worked to promote international understanding and exchanges in his hometown of Tsuruoka, and served as the director of the Amazon Folk Museum. In 2005, he received the Tsuruoka City Government Achievement Award. Advisor to the Amazon Museum.
The first insect-loving boy longed for was the "insect kingdom," with giant beetles and glowing blue morpho butterflies in the Amazon forest.
After that, he was fascinated by Levi-Strauss's fieldwork while studying in France. We are conducting surveys, research, and collecting materials related to the harmony.
[Related event]
Various events are planned to be held during this exhibition.
Details will be announced on the ATELIER MUJI GINZA official website and SNS as soon as they are decided.
【basic information】
"Wild Handicrafts and Wisdom" Exhibition Venue ｜ MUJI Ginza 6F ATELIER MUJI GINZA Gallery1 Free Admission Session ｜ September 10th (Fri) -November 7th (Sun), 2021
Holding time ｜ 11: 00-20: 00 (Business hours and closures are based on the store.)
* Some of the exhibits may not be available on some dates due to schedule changes such as the session and time, or events.
Organizer ｜ MUJI Cooperation ｜ Amazon Museum, Mother Dictionary Co., Ltd., Nichisha Graphic Design ｜ SARAVAH design
Construction ｜ HIGHURE 17-15 cas
Planning and operation | Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. Planning and Design Office, MUJI Ginza ATELIER MUJI GINZA
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MUJI Ginza 6F, 3-3-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Access ｜ Tokyo Metro Ginza Line / Marunouchi Line / Hibiya Line "Ginza" Station Exit B4 3 minutes walk Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line "Ginza 1-chome" Station Exit 5 3 minutes walk
JR Yamanote Line "Yurakucho" Station Central Exit 5 minutes walk
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