Exhibition Looking Back at the Life of Art Dealer Shojiro Nomura, Who Spread Kimono to the World, Held at the National Museum of Japanese History
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An exhibition reviewing the life of art dealer Shojiro Nomura, who popularized kimono globally, is currently being held at the National Museum of Japanese History.Summary
An exhibition titled "Shojiro Nomura and the Age of Japonisme—The Man Who Spread Kimono to the World" is being held at the National Museum of Japanese History (Rekihaku) in Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture. The exhibition focuses on the life of art dealer Shojiro Nomura (1880–1943), a major kimono collector who promoted kimono as fine art overseas amid the Japonisme trend in the late Meiji era. The exhibition features 140 items, including three Important Cultural Properties and about 30 kimono artifacts, drawn from Nomura's collection, which constitutes one of Rekihaku's representative holdings.
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