2024.8.9 Fri. －10.27 Sun. Closed：Mondays(Open on holidays that fall on a Monday. In which case the following day will be closed: Open on 12th Aug., 16th Sep., 23rd Sep., 14th Oct. Closed on 13th Aug., 17th Sep., 24th Sep., 15th Oct.) ※Some of exhibits will be changed during the exhibition period. Open hours　10:00－16:30 Entry Case1 To view the exhibition only (open on weekdays only). Please enter from the main gate of the Yushima Local Common Government Offices. Admission is free. Visitors are not allowed entry into the Tokyo Metropolitan Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens. Case2 To view both the exhibition and Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens. Please enter via the Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens (Admission 400 yen) . Explorations of HORIGUCHI Sutemi：Modernism, Rikyu, Garden, Waka

 

Leaflet（PDF）

Press release （PDF）

Overview（Translation of the text in pamphlet）

　Architect HORIGUCHI Sutemi (1895-1984) played a central role in the formation of the Bunriha Kenchiku Kai (1920s), the first authentic modern architectural movement in Japan. In the 1930s, he realized some of the leading works of International Style architecture in Japan. In addition to his early understanding of modern architectural trends in the west, he undertook superlative research on Japanese teahouses and sukiya-style architecture. After the Second World War, his implementation of modern sukiya-style architecture was highly influential. From the 1920s to the 1970s, HORIGUCHI was a leading architect in the Japanese architectural world. His deep insight into both modern architecture and traditional Japanese architecture made him an exceptional architect. Well versed in the tea ceremony and waka poetry, his creativity was not limited to the design of architecture and gardens, but encompassed a wide range of genres. Here, we can see the fruits of HORIGUCHI’s uncommon spirit of inquiry and creativity.
　Through the display of original drawings of exemplary works from his student days through to his later years, as well as photographs he took during a tour of Europe in the 1920s, items from the Bunriha exhibition, material from his surveys of teahouses and gardens, and a full-size replica of a teahouse based on HORIGUCHI’s publication, this exhibition comprises a comprehensive introduction to the architecture, thinking, and creative world of architect HORIGUCHI Sutemi.

 

Basic Information

• • Organization：Agency for Cultural Affairs
  • Planning：National Archives of Modern Architecture
  • Cooperation：Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association
  • Kanto Chapter, Architectural Institute of Japan
  • Window Research Institute
  • Museum Het Schip
  • Venue：National Archives of Modern Architecture, Agency for Cultural Affairs
  • （4-6-15 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo）

 

• Date：2024.8.9 Fri. －10.27 Sun.
  Closed：Mondays(Open on holidays that fall on a Monday. In which case the following day will be closed: Open on 12th Aug., 16th Sep., 23rd Sep., 14th Oct. Closed on 13th Aug., 17th Sep., 24th Sep., 15th Oct.)
  Some of exhibits will be changed during the exhibition period.
  
  
• Open hours：10:00－16:30

 

Contents

1: Bunriha Kenchiku Kai and the Influence of Expressionism 1920–1929
Bunriha Kenchiku Kai, The Tokyo Peace Exibition, Koide House, Shienso, Soshokyo

 

2: Devotion to the International Style 1930–1939
Kikkawa House, Okada House, Oshima Island Weather Station, Wakasa House, Competition of Chureito Memorials to War Dead

 

3: Searching for “Japan” 1936–1958
Growing Interest in Teahouse, Actual Suevey of Teahouse, Hashokan Yagotomise

 

4: Transcending boundaries between tradition and modernity 1954–1984
Japanese Pavilion for Sao Paulo Exposition, Manyo Park, Manyo-kan, Manyo-tei, Shizuoka Futaba Gakuen, Tokoname Ceramics Research Institute, Seikei-an Teahouse