Last Metropolitan Police Department Staff Art Exhibition: 97 Items Including Japanese Paintings and Calligraphy, Held in Nihonbashi Until the 8th (Tokyo Shimbun) | dmenu News
The final Metropolitan Police Department Staff Art Exhibition, featuring 97 works, has opened in Nihonbashi and runs until the 8th.Summary
The 70th Metropolitan Police Department Staff Art Exhibition, featuring works by police officers and staff, has commenced at the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store in Tokyo and will run until the 8th. A total of 97 pieces are on display across five categories: Japanese painting, Western painting, calligraphy, photography, and handicrafts. This annual exhibition, which began in 1955 to make the police force more relatable, is concluding this year due to factors including the tendency for submissions to be concentrated among certain individuals and ongoing reviews of operational efficiency. At the opening ceremony, Superintendent General Yuji Sakoda expressed his hope that visitors would be able to see a different side of the staff not usually visible in their daily police duties. Naoko Hoshi (63) from the Welfare Division won the bronze prize in handicrafts for an embroidery piece promoting the eradication of fraud, expressing sadness that the exhibition is ending but happiness for receiving an award.
(Source：ｄメニューニュース)