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May 30, 2007
At the Mingeikan (Folk Craft Museum)
In Tokyo I went to the Mingeikan to check out an Edo-era banner exhibit. 90% of the work was made for boy’s day (or what is now known as children’s day in Japan – May 5). I was looking at the embroidery pretty closely and taking notes (gosh, I’m so geeky when it comes to stuff like this), and an elderly gentleman came over to talk to me. At first I thought he was a docent, but turns out he was the collector. All the pieces in the exhibit were his! He was so kind and knowledgeable… he even does all the repair work himself. We had a very patient and slow conversation in English where I learned a lot. He was so excited that a gaijin (foreigner) was interested in the work, but I was just so excited he was even there to talk to! I continually feel so lucky to be on this trip.
Posted by lastern at May 30, 2007 04:42 AM