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Carved wooden mask by Kawai Kanjiro, c. 1959

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Kawai Kanjiro's House · Higashiyama

Wood Carvings

Now showingPermanent collection·¥1,000

Nearly 100 wood carvings made in Kawai's sixties alongside his pots: hands, figures and animals, then carved masks. He kept almost all of them, so they are seen here.

Also at Kawai Kanjiro's House

On now nearby

"Leaves of Wild Ginger" (Aoi) from Illustrated Handscrolls of The Tale of Genji (Moriyasu edition), Kyoto National Museum

The Tale of Genji: Radiant Culture of the Japanese Imperial Court

Kyoto National Museum

Exhibition visual for Children during the War, Kyoto Museum for World Peace

Children during the War: Children's Lives in the Showa 10s (1935-1944)

Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University

Key visual for the AQUIRAX UNO exhibition at Museum "EKi" KYOTO

Uno Akira Exhibition: AQUIRAX UNO

Museum "EKi" KYOTO

All exhibitions in Kyoto this month Coming up in November

Nearby

The red-brick Meiji Kotokan Hall of the Kyoto National Museum seen from the garden steps

Kyoto National Museum

Kahitsukan – Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art

Kahitsukan – Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto

Children17 min walk

Image credits

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Wood CarvingsCourtesy of Kawai Kanjiro's House
The Tale of Genji: Radiant Culture of the Japanese Imperial CourtCourtesy of Kyoto National Museum
Children during the War: Children's Lives in the Showa 10s (1935-1944)Courtesy of Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University
Uno Akira Exhibition: AQUIRAX UNOCourtesy of Museum "EKi" KYOTO
Kawai Kanjiro's HouseNicholas & Debra Jewell / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Kyoto National MuseumChainwit. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

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