“Tokugawa & the Masters” In Georgia 22nd-25th October 2018

Japanese Embassy in Georgia hosted an special event “Tokugawa & the Masters” from 22nd October starting at Georgian National Museum for 4 days.

15th Head of Mito Tokugawa Shognate family, Mr Norimasa Tokugawa, and well-known Porcelain artist, Mr Kakiemon Sakaida (15th) and tea ceremony master Mrs Naoko Matsudaira are specially invited from Japan and Koshu as calligrapher from the UK for this event.

栃ノ心で知られるジョージアは親日に大変力を入れており、今回日本大使館主催で、「Tokugawa & Masters」が開催されました。

日本からは徳川水戸家の15代徳川氏、人間国宝有田焼酒井田柿右衛門15代、松平家13代の奥様、茶道家元松平先生がご招待され、10／22からジョージアの首都トビリシのジョージア国立美術館、国立民族博物館、国立植物園、国立古文書館にて、商業・文化が爛熟した江戸時代に焦点を当てて日本文化を紹介するイベントとなりました。その内容、またテレビ、記事は下記のリンクをご覧下さい。

Koshu did her demonstrations for 4 days:-
22 Oct : at the Opening ceremony at the Georgian National Museum.
23 Oct : at the Georgian State Museum of Folk and Applied Art.
24 Oct : at the National Botanical Garden of Georgia. 
25 Cot : at the National Center of Manuscripts

You can look at the page of Japanese Embassy here :- ( click “English”)　日本大使館からのご案内：

https://www.ge.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_ka/tokugawa_geo.html

Opening ceremony at the national museum on Georgian TV:-

https://www.facebook.com/182756018953627/posts/342525416310019/

Articles of the opening ceremony: –https://www.facebook.com/126071207555510/posts/1080695835426371/

https://www.facebook.com/514031902014368/posts/1915420871875457/

The second day’s event at the Georgian Crafts Museum:-

https://www.facebook.com/583806975048410/posts/1874189482676813/

The third day’s event at the National Botanical Garden of Georgia :-

https://www.facebook.com/542181842592845/posts/1497713987039621/