Groups of Friends of the Miho Museum visited the traveling Kenzan and Kyoto Ceramics Exhibition on January 12 at Nipponbashi Takashimaya (4th tour; 35 people), May 25 at Kyoto Takashimaya (5th tour; 24 people), and June 8 at Osaka Namba Takashimaya (6th tour; 22 people).
    Thanks to the kindness of representatives of NHK (Japan's national broadcasting company), the exhibition's sponsor, and Takashimaya, these tours were a great success, despite the overcrowded exhibition space.
    This exhibition allowed us to trace the evolution of superb Kyoto ceramics through five ceramic works that were displayed at all the sites and one painting from the Miho Museum Collection, displayed only at Shimane and Ibaraki. The exhibition at Nipponbashi Takashimaya was a particularly enriching experience because of the commentary by Mr. Masaaki Arakawa, who is curator of the Idemitsu Art Museum and author of the commentary in the exhibition catalogue. The lucid and friendly guidance of the Miho Museum curators made the visits to the Kyoto and Osaka exhibitions an exceptionally enjoyable and relaxed experience.