Japan Creative Centre (JCC) and the Japanese Cultural Society (JCS) Creative Club jointly present Oshi-e and Kimekomi – The Art of Japanese Traditional Crafts, an exhibition celebrating the friendship between Japan and Singapore in light of SG60 through Japanese traditional crafts. Over 80 artworks focusing on oshi-e and kimekomi crafts by members of the JCS Creative Club – most of which are Singaporeans – and its founder, Mr Raymond Chan will be showcased at the exhibition. There will also be workshops where participants can learn and try out one of these two crafts.

Date:

24 September – 1 October 2025
Closed on Sunday and Monday
*The exhibition will be closed on 25 September 2025 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm

Time:

10am – 6pm

Venue:

Japan Creative Centre (JCC)
Embassy of Japan in Singapore
4 Nassim Road Singapore 258372

Admission:

FREE

Oshi-e, which literally means pressed picture, is a Japanese traditional craft that is said to date back to the Heian period (c. 800–1100 AD). It uses cardboard as a base, with cotton wrapped in cloth and the parts glued together to create three-dimensional patterns and images, such as people, flowers and birds. It gained significant popularity during the Edo period (c. 1600–1800 AD), particularly in modern-day Tokyo and Matsumoto.

Kimekomi, which literally means embedded wood grain work, is another Japanese traditional craft that involves carving patterns on a wooden product and embedding matching kimono fabric with a spatula tool. A technique that is said to have originated in the Genbun period (c. 1730–1740 AD) at the Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto, it has since evolved into a craft that expresses kimonos and costumes by applying fabric onto the body of a doll made with paulownia wood chips that are hardened with glue.

The JCS Creative Club was founded by Mr Raymond Chan in 2014, following requests from members and public during an event celebrating the Society's 50th anniversary at a mall. Mr Chan learned oshi-e and kimekomi when he was studying in Japan, and later studied Yuzen silk dyeing for kimonos and glass fusing while working there.

At JCS, Mr Chan also teaches other Japanese handicrafts such as tsumami fabric flowers, temari (threads woven ball), chirimen crafts, washi paper boxes, origami, shrink plastic and resin jewellery making. Lately, he flew aboard to acquire the technique of lacquer gold gilding.

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Getting to Japan Creative Centre
4 Nassim Road Singapore 258372
Tel: +65-6737-0434

By Public Bus:
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