Kantha and Sashiko -Needle Works from Bengal and Tohoku- (The Japan Folk Crafts Museum)

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Tokyo, Komaba of the Japanese Mingei Museum, it has been visited time and again to this, was the it was the first time the eye so many visitors.

In Japan people Arts Museum, but go into the museum after take off your shoes at the entrance, its not fully put the visitors of shoes even in large entrance, had placed many also outside the entrance.

Even after wearing slippers, usually such is not considered, and from side by side in a long line, and finally able to get a ticket.

According to the acceptance of women, in particular, not that either to have been featured in television, in the Sunday between the 3 day weekend, or not because it is one day prior to the last day, and it had been said, even so, this crowded way is not unusual.

The contents of this special exhibition, India's Bengal of embroidery, Kanta.

As soon as it enters the second floor of the large exhibition room, the world of the colorful singer has jumped to the eye.

A large cloth of white, red, blue, yellow, using colors such as green, plants and animals, human beings have been sewn in a rustic flavor.

And laid on the floor and probably used as a rug. Depicted landscape, as enjoy even when viewed from four directions, has the pattern oriented in each direction.

Such pattern, each rather than a single design, we have expressed the story as a whole, though, seems to be the picture book that changed the shape.

I do not know the specific content of the story, even people like me who have lived in the far away from the Bengal Japan, summary of the story, it is possible to imagine something.

Such embroidery, women of Bengal is, for marriage and festivals, they hoped the growth of children, that were made in order to record the and events that happened in their village.

While you are looking at for a while, and found myself has become a prisoner of the world such as the rustic and colorful dream.

And, why, so many people, whether they visit this special exhibition, felt like why was found.

On the other hand, in another room, kimono, such as Japan's Tohoku region of thick coat has been exhibited. Here, in contrast to deep blue color. Pattern also, in many cases you have a diamond on base.

Literally, if Kaware place, change goods. Both, in neither people the Arts of life, and in this museum, it was a special exhibition of really worthy content.