Exhibitions

The collections of the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art include some 500 surimono prints (摺物, surimono: "something printed"), most of them from the collection of the Museum's founder, Felix Tikotin.

The exhibition presents woodblock prints of the Yakusha-e (役者絵) genre - depictions of Kabuki (歌舞伎) actors by the most esteemed artists dealing with this subject.

he Japanese word "bonsai" (盆栽) is written with two Chinese characters: 'bon' meaning tray, and ‘sai' meaning planting - i.e. ‘planting in a tray'.

Two videos by the Japanese artist Tanaka Katsuki are presented in sequence.

Kokeshi are Japanese wooden dolls, made by hand by specialist craftsmen working in wood, or by creative artists.

This exhibition, celebrating the Jubilee year of the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, is the outcome of the initiative of the Yoseido Gallery in Tokyo and the Tikotin Museum.

The early years (1893-1918)
"I was born on Columbus Day, October 12, 1893, an excellent wine year, in the fortress and garrison town of Glogau on the Oder River in Silesia (now Poland) [...]

This exhibition is the third of its kind since the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art reopened its doors to the public in 1995.

As part of the celebrations in honor of the Jubilee of the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, broad spectrum of items from the Museum's collection, one of the finest and most important outside Japan, is on display.

A Japanese fable relates that while out hunting Prince Yamato Takeru was enchanted by the beauty of the trees in their autumn glory.