12/22/2004 04:13 PM

Yoshiro Morino opens first creative exhibition of Japanese masters in Gomel

On December 22 Japanese Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Japan to the Republic of Belarus Yoshiro Morino opened the first creative exhibition of Japanese masters in Gomel. According to him, the displays of the exhibition “Traditional Japanese ceramics” have been provided by the Japanese arts fund, which was set up by the foreign ministry of Japan in 1976 to provide popularization of the Japanese culture in other countries. The exhibition arrived in Belarus from Lithuania. The citizens and guests of Minsk already visited the unique exposition when the National arts museum hosted it. Today the exhibition has opened in Gomel oblast. Mr. Morino has noted that such projects are an element of the bilateral cooperation in the field of arts.

The exhibition, displaying the modern Japanese pottery, has been accommodated in the hunters’ house of Gomel oblast natural museum. There are 60 pieces displayed there, created by the present day masters featuring such well-known authors as Kavai Kandziro and Hamada Sedzi. According to Mr. Morino, pottery used to be a part of the Japanese everyday life. Now it becomes more of the arts sphere. The unique exhibition will stay open until January 9.