- Apr 1 - Sept 9, 2024.
- ANIMALS IN AFRICAN ART
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Various animals appear in African art. They are divided into two main categories. One is the animal itself, and the other is the combination of various animal parts into the image of an imaginary spirit. Animals could be the spirits themselves, their messengers, or symbols of royalty. Of course, you will not find European realism in these animal sculptures because each animal's image is exaggerated to create them. Combinations of animal parts are also expressed in various ways by different ethnic groups, and some of them do not even know what kind of animal they originated from. For example, there is the "Kanamato" mask of the Senufo people of the Cote d'Ivoire, with a hippopotamus mouth, boar tusks, antelope horns and a human nose, and a chameleon with a vessel on its head. Moreover, they have shapes and names which are unique to each ethnic group. It seems that these extraordinary forms were created by several figurative geniuses over the course of several millennia, and each time, the forms were modified and reached what they look now. This exhibition introduces a variety of African art with animal themes.
- General Admission Adult 800yen. Students 700yen. Children under 12 is free (accompanied by an adult).
- Open 9:30AM〜5PM (last entry is 4:30PM)
- Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Nominal Support Embassy of the Republic of Mali, Embassy of Burkina Faso, Embassy of the Republic of Ghana, Embassy of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Embassy of the Republic of Cameroon, Embassy of Democratic Republic of Congo, Hokuto City, Hokuto City Board of Education, YBS Yamanashi Broadcast, Yamanashi Nichinichi Shinbun, The Asahi Shinbun Kofu General Branch, The Mainichi Daily News Kofu Branch, The daily Yomiuri Kofu Branch, Yatsugatake Journal, and FM Yatsugatake.
(except when national holidays fall on these days)
Open every day through July and August.
