Seika University and Oita Prefectural Museum, Japan (2017)

During summer 2017, our Katagami in Practice project made an impact overseas. An exhibition, curated by MoDA’s Zoe Hendon and Serena Dyer, was hosted by Seika University in Kyoto, and the Oita Prefectural Museum in Japan.

Japan and the Silver Studio

This exhibition explored the influence of Japanese katagami stencils on Western art in the nineteenth century, and in particular the outputs of the Silver Studio in the 1890s. Japanese people are aware of the importance of katagami in their own culture.   But they are interested to find out more about how they were used in the West, and the exhibition was very well received.

The exhibitions were organised as part of the research trip carried out by Mamiko Markham, one of the researchers on our Katagami in Practice project. Mamiko spent the summer of 2017 in Japan to conduct further research, and to make international connections with Japanese researchers and practitioners.

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