Media Release
For Immediate Release | March 7, 2024
Tailored With Love: Children’s Kimono Throughout Generations
Exhibition
The Japan Foundation, Sydney is proud to announce Tailored With Love: Children’s Kimono Throughout Generations, an upcoming exhibition showcasing traditional Japanese children’s clothing and artefacts dating from the Edo period to the early Showa period.
Curated by Iwao Nagasaki (Director of Kyoritsu Women’s University Museum, Professor of Department of Textiles and Clothing), Tailored With Love guides viewers through 200 years of children’s kimono styles, which are representative of the eras during which they were crafted.
This exhibition features a selection of children’s kimono inspired by the care and affection that parents have poured into their children, while also reflecting the historical context of each garment’s creation. From bold floral patterns to more subdued designs featuring pastels and animal motifs, the kimono featured in this exhibition reflect the diversity of textiles at the time.
Tailored With Love will be on display at The Japan Foundation Gallery from April 5 to June 8, 2024.
Curator Iwao Nagasaki will travel from Japan to Sydney for the exhibition and will be in attendance at the opening reception on April 5, 2024.
An event program accompanying the exhibition will be announced at a later date.
Tailored With Love: Children’s Kimono Throughout Generations
April 5 to June 8, 2024
Explore 200 years of traditional Japanese children’s kimono and artefacts in this exhibition, featuring garments dating from the Edo period to the early Showa period.
Held at The Japan Foundation Gallery.
EXHIBITION
OPENING RECEPTION
April 5, 2024
6-8pm
Opening address at 6:30pm
Join us on April 5 (Friday) for the opening of Tailored With Love: Children’s Kimono Throughout Generations. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.
Held at The Japan Foundation, Sydney. No bookings required.
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Gallery Hours
Mon–Thu: 10am–6pm
Fri: 10am–6pm
Sat: 11am–4pm
Closed on Sundays and public holidays
Venue
The Japan Foundation, Sydney
Level 4, Central Park
28 Broadway, Chippendale NSW 2008
Admission
Exhibition entry is free.
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