Collaborating with Kyoto City and the POLA Research Institute of Beauty and Culture
TOKYO, May 3 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo, one of Japan's most prestigious international hotels, located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, hosts an special exhibition entitled "Ogi Mystique -Exhibition of Japanese & European Fans-" highlighting the beauty of Japanese decorative fans, which found their way to Europe and became the inspiration for fans used by aristocratic ladies in Europe. This exhibition is complimentary and is held in May, 2017. A wide variety of about 50 fans are displayed to show their beautiful allure and how they came to be highly popular fashion items amongst aristocratic women of the Rococo Era of the 18th century.
The Japanese ogi fans to be put on display are loaned from the Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts, Kyoto Folding Fans and Round Fans Commercial Cooperative Association and the Organization of Cultural Inheritance, and illustrate the history of traditional Japanese Imperial Court "Hi-ogi" fans. There will be explanations of the various uses of these ornate fans in Japanese traditional dance and monologue rakugo storytelling. Thirty different fans will be displayed to illustrate the aesthetic beauty of this Japanese cultural art form.
TOKYO, May 3 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo, one of Japan's most prestigious international hotels, located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, hosts an special exhibition entitled "Ogi Mystique -Exhibition of Japanese & European Fans-" highlighting the beauty of Japanese decorative fans, which found their way to Europe and became the inspiration for fans used by aristocratic ladies in Europe. This exhibition is complimentary and is held in May, 2017. A wide variety of about 50 fans are displayed to show their beautiful allure and how they came to be highly popular fashion items amongst aristocratic women of the Rococo Era of the 18th century.
The Japanese ogi fans to be put on display are loaned from the Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts, Kyoto Folding Fans and Round Fans Commercial Cooperative Association and the Organization of Cultural Inheritance, and illustrate the history of traditional Japanese Imperial Court "Hi-ogi" fans. There will be explanations of the various uses of these ornate fans in Japanese traditional dance and monologue rakugo storytelling. Thirty different fans will be displayed to illustrate the aesthetic beauty of this Japanese cultural art form.
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