Princess Aiko's Love for Japanese Art [Upward Trend]
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Princess Aiko of Mikasa appeared on an NHK program to discuss the British Museum's Japanese art collection exhibition.Summary
Princess Aiko of Mikasa appeared as a guest on NHK E-Tele's 'Sunday Art Museum' to introduce the ongoing exhibition 'British Museum Japanese Art Collection: A Hundred Flowers in Full Bloom - Edo Paintings that Crossed the Sea' at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. The Princess studied overseas Japanese art collections at the University of Oxford in the UK, earning a doctoral degree, and worked as a volunteer at the British Museum while writing her dissertation. The program detailed her research process, the historical context of Japanese art objects preserved by collectors abroad, and highlights of the exhibition, such as Kano school sliding door paintings reunited after about 150 years.
(Source：世界日報DIGITAL)