Dyeing the Nature of Yaeyama Islands
with Yuzen Zome
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20 - 22 November
Japan Creative Centre (JCC)
© Nei Museum of Art
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This art exhibition introduces the rich natural blessings of the Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa. Yuzen dyeing is a traditional Japanese dyeing technique that was developed during the mid-Edo period by a fan painter named Miyazaki Yuzen-sai, who started dyeing patterns onto silk fabric. Today, more than 350 years later, the technique has been inherited as "Yaima Yuzen Zome" by Nei and Nei Tomo, who create artworks using this Yuzen dyeing technique to showcase the beautiful nature of Yaeyama Islands.
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Exhibition Period: |
20 – 22 November 2024
Wednesday - Friday |
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Opening Hours: |
10am – 6pm
※ We will be open from 10am – 5pm on 22 November |
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Venue: |
Japan Creative Centre (JCC)
Embassy of Japan in Singapore
4 Nassim Road Singapore 258372 |
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Admission: |
FREE |
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Dyeing Experience Workshop
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Join us for a dyeing experience workshop at JCC. Participants will dye patterns onto a silk stole. The workshop is suitable for people aged 13 and over. Due to limited capacity, registration is required and seats will be confirmed only upon receipt of confirmation email from JCC.
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Date: |
Thursday, 21 November 2024
Friday, 22 November 2024 |
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Time: |
1pm - 3pm (you may enter from 12:30pm)
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Venue: |
Japan Creative Centre (JCC)
Embassy of Japan in Singapore
4 Nassim Road Singapore 258372 |
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Admission: |
FREE (Registration required) |
| REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP |
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Due to overwhelming response, all spaces for both workshops have been fully registered. The waiting list is also full, and people on the waiting list will be informed once there is a cancellation for the indicated session.
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© Nei
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Nei, was born in 1948 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. While working as a graphic designer, Nei learned the Edo Yuzen dyeing technique in Shinjuku, Tokyo. She began creating paintings and established the Yaeyama Zen dyeing technique. In 1980, she founded the "Nei Gallery" in Shinjuku, Tokyo. She passed away in 2005.
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© Nei Tomo
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Nei Tomo was born in 1964 in Shizuoka, and studied under Masako Tada at "Yuzen Kobo Somekoji" in Kagurazaka, Tokyo. She began creating paintings using the hand-painted Yuzen dyeing technique. In 2015, she established the "Nei Museum of Art" on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa.
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Far to the south of the Japanese archipelago and about a three-hour flight from Tokyo, are the Yaeyama Islands, consisting of 32 islands, large and small, at the southernmost tip of Okinawa Prefecture. This region enjoys a subtropical climate year-round and is a treasure trove of nature, blessed with abundant gifts from the earth, sun, and sea.
In 2021, some of these mystical islands, where the gods of nature reside, were registered as a World Natural Heritage site alongside Amami and the Yanbaru region of the Okinawa main island.
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| WHERE IS JAPAN CREATIVE CENTRE (JCC)? |
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Getting to Japan Creative Centre
4 Nassim Road Singapore 258372
Tel: +65-6737-0434
By Public Bus:
Bus services: 7, 36, 77, 105, 106, 111, 123, 132, 174, 174E, 502, 502A, 502B (Alight in front of Delfi Orchard)
For latest information on bus routes and fares, please refer to SBS Transit.
By the MRT:
You may also take the MRT to the nearest MRT station, Orchard (NS22).
Train fares, travel times and route maps are available on the SMRT website.
Driving to JCC:
Nearest parking is at Orchard Hotel, Delfi Orchard and Orchard Rendezvous Hotel.
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