Japan's Masterpieces of Wooden Architecture - Photographs by FUJITSUKA Mitsumasa
In the Rotes Rathaus
In 2014, architectural historian Fujimori Terunobu and photographer Fujitsuka Mitsumasa set off together on a voyage of discovery, searching for special examples of wooden construction within Japan. Their findings were published in an impressive illustrated volume: “Japan’s Wooden Heritage, A Journey Through a Thousand Years of Architecture” (English-language edition, 2017). This exhibition came about on the basis of this book.
This photographic exhibition is now being shown in the Rotes Rathaus at the close of the jubilee year celebrating 160 years of German-Japanese friendship. Around 40 exhibits afford insight into the history and characteristics of Japanese wooden architecture. All images are by renowned photographer Fujitsuka Mitsumasa, who has worked with master architects such as Andō Tadao or Kuma Kengo. His body of work was recognized by a special prize at the prestigious “2017 Mainichi Design Award”.
A first version of the exhibition premiered in Germany in 2018/2019 in the Japanese-German Center Berlin in cooperation with the Japanese Cultural Institute Cologne (The Japan Foundation). Due to overwhelming popular demand, an extended version of the exhibition was produced in 2020, which is currently in the possession of the Japanese Cultural Institute. It is this exhibition that will now be shown in Berlin for the first time.
Venue: Rotes Rathaus, Rathausstraße 15, 10178 Berlin
Duration: 21.03 – 29.04.2022
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6 pm, free admission
The current corona measures for exhibitions in Berlin apply.
Left: Five-storied pagoda of Rurikō-ji temple ©Fujitsuka Mitsumasa
Center: Itsukushima-jinja shrine/ partial view of the torii (gate) ©Fujitsuka Mitsumasa
Right: Matsumoto castle ©Fujitsuka Mitsumasa
Japan's Wooden Heritage: A Journey Through a Thousand Years of Architecture
by: Fujimori Terunobu, Fujitsuka Mitsumasa; Koshihara Mikio
Translation: Hart Larrabee
Published by: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC) Tokyo 2017
An event within the framework of:
2022-03-21
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2022-04-29
Rotes Rathaus, Rathausstraße 15, 10178 Berlin (U Rotes Rathaus, U Klosterstr, S+U Alexanderplatz)
Organizer: Japanese Cultural Institute Cologne (The Japan Foundation) and the Japanese-German Center Berlin, in cooperation with the Berlin Senate Chancellery and the Japanese Embassy
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Joint exhibition of the Japanese Cultural Institute Cologne (The Japan Foundation) and the Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB) in cooperation with the Berlin Senate Chancellery and the Japanese Embassy. Marking the occasion of “160 Years of Friendship between Germany and Japan 2021/2022” as well as within the framework of the Berlin-Tokyo city partnership.