Kyomono Certified Craftsmen Association "Hibiki" 5th Craft Exhibition

Preview: written before the show opened

When you walk into the MOCAD Gallery, you get a vote. The Hibiki general election asks visitors to pick the one piece they like best, and the first voters take home Hibiki merchandise. It's called a sōsenkyo, the word Japanese idol fans use for their annual popularity polls, and here the candidates include tatami makers and seal carvers.

Every exhibitor holds Kyoto Prefecture's Kyomono Certified Craftsman title, awarded each year from an open call to makers under 40 with at least five years in a designated Kyoto craft; 189 have received it. Hibiki is their association, and this is its fifth show. Members work in Nishijin weaving, yuzen dyeing, ceramics, lacquer, Buddhist altars, bamboo craft and bamboo fencing, tatami, metalwork, Shinto ritual objects and seal carving.

The museum hasn't named individual works, so come for the range. Entry is free with no booking, in the Miyako Messe basement, 10:00 to 17:00 from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 November, closing at 16:30 on the last day.