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==General information==
==General information==
Amuse Museum was established on 1 November 2009 as a private Japanese textile culture and [[ukiyo-e]] museum in the [[Asakusa, Tokyo|Asakusa district]] of the [[Taitō]] special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is located just east of [[Sensō-ji]]. The museum is operated and owned by the talent and entertainment agency [[Amuse, Inc.|Amuse]]. The concept of the museum curation, {{nihongo|''Don't be wasteful''|もったいない|Mottainai|lit. "Wasteful"}}, is based on the environmental and social activism of Nobel Peace Prize winner [[Wangari Maathai]].<ref name="mottainai">{{cite web|url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/blog/2009/10/post-19.shtml |title=アミューズ ミュージアムのコンセプト |accessdate=28 May 2015 |date=29 October 2009 |publisher=Amuse Museum |trans-title=Amuse Museum Concept |language=Japanese |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Yr8JPXmM?url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/blog/2009/10/post-19.shtml |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>
Amuse Museum was established on 1 November 2009 as a private Japanese textile culture and [[ukiyo-e]] museum in the [[Asakusa, Tokyo|Asakusa district]] of the [[Taitō]] special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is located just east of [[Sensō-ji]]. The museum is operated and owned by the talent and entertainment agency [[Amuse, Inc.|Amuse]]. The concept of the museum curation, {{nihongo|''Don't be wasteful''|もったいない|Mottainai|lit. "Wasteful"}}, is based on the environmental and social activism of Nobel Peace Prize winner [[Wangari Maathai]].<ref name="mottainai">{{cite web|url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/blog/2009/10/post-19.shtml |title=アミューズ ミュージアムのコンセプト |accessdate=28 May 2015 |date=29 October 2009 |publisher=Amuse Museum |trans-title=Amuse Museum Concept |language=Japanese |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528140111/http://www.amusemuseum.com/blog/2009/10/post-19.shtml |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>


The museum's collections were started with over 30,000 everyday clothing items from the collection of the [[Folkloristics|folklorist]] [[Chūzaburō Tanaka]]<!--ja:田中忠三郎-->.<ref name="about tanaka">{{cite web|url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/blog/cat03/cat03-05/ |title=プロフィール：田中忠三郎 |trans-title=Profile: Tanaka Chūzaburo |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Yqu3Hc61?url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/blog/cat03/cat03-05/ |archivedate=28 May 2015 |publisher=Amuse Museum |language=Japanese |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> Many of the pieces are in disrepair and appear to be loosely sewn rags.<ref name="dnp-pronko"/> About 1500 of those items are on display at any one time, and the pieces on display are rotated out every few months.<ref name="dnp-pronko">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnp.co.jp/artscape/eng/focus/1408_02.html |title=More Amazing than Amusing: Asakusa's Amuse Museum |first=Michael |last=Pronko |publisher=DNP Art Communications |accessdate=28 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YrBjuVqJ?url=http://www.dnp.co.jp/artscape/eng/focus/1408_02.html |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>
The museum's collections were started with over 30,000 everyday clothing items from the collection of the [[Folkloristics|folklorist]] [[Chūzaburō Tanaka]]<!--ja:田中忠三郎-->.<ref name="about tanaka">{{cite web|url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/blog/cat03/cat03-05/ |title=プロフィール：田中忠三郎 |trans-title=Profile: Tanaka Chūzaburo |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528140252/http://www.amusemuseum.com/blog/cat03/cat03-05/ |archivedate=28 May 2015 |publisher=Amuse Museum |language=Japanese |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> Many of the pieces are in disrepair and appear to be loosely sewn rags.<ref name="dnp-pronko"/> About 1500 of those items are on display at any one time, and the pieces on display are rotated out every few months.<ref name="dnp-pronko">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnp.co.jp/artscape/eng/focus/1408_02.html |title=More Amazing than Amusing: Asakusa's Amuse Museum |first=Michael |last=Pronko |publisher=DNP Art Communications |accessdate=28 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528135938/http://www.dnp.co.jp/artscape/eng/focus/1408_02.html |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>


The honorary curator of Amuse Museum is Tanaka,<ref name="about tanaka"/> and the Chief Curator is Kiyoshi Tatsumi.<ref name="about page">{{cite web|url=https://www.amusemuseum.com/info/index.html |title=Amuse Museum – About us |language=Japanese |publisher=Amuse Museum |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YrBcc5jw?url=https://www.amusemuseum.com/info/index.html |archivedate=28 May 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>
The honorary curator of Amuse Museum is Tanaka,<ref name="about tanaka"/> and the Chief Curator is Kiyoshi Tatsumi.<ref name="about page">{{cite web|url=https://www.amusemuseum.com/info/index.html |title=Amuse Museum – About us |language=Japanese |publisher=Amuse Museum |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528140243/https://www.amusemuseum.com/info/index.html |archivedate=28 May 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>


===Access and environs===
===Access and environs===
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}}</ref> There are two bus stops with a block of the museum.<ref name="tokyosights">{{cite web |url=http://www.tokyosights.com/cat2/amusemuseum.html |title=アミューズミュージアム: 浮世絵や日本の布を鑑賞！ |trans-title=Amuse Museum: Appreciation of Ukiyo-e and Japanese Textiles |language=Japanese |publisher=TokyoSights.com |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Yr9IjDJC?url=http://www.tokyosights.com/cat2/amusemuseum.html |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> The [[Asakusa Shrine]] and [[Sensō-ji]] are located just west of the museum.<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-sights"/>
}}</ref> There are two bus stops with a block of the museum.<ref name="tokyosights">{{cite web |url=http://www.tokyosights.com/cat2/amusemuseum.html |title=アミューズミュージアム: 浮世絵や日本の布を鑑賞！ |trans-title=Amuse Museum: Appreciation of Ukiyo-e and Japanese Textiles |language=Japanese |publisher=TokyoSights.com |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=23 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223190808/http://www.tokyosights.com/cat2/amusemuseum.html |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> The [[Asakusa Shrine]] and [[Sensō-ji]] are located just west of the museum.<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-sights"/>


Other nearby attractions within walking distance include [[Kaminarimon]],<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-sights">{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-ryokan.com/sightseeing.htm |title=Sightseeing Spots |publisher=Tokyo Ryokan |accessdate=28 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Yr9sWKzQ?url=http://www.tokyo-ryokan.com/sightseeing.htm |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> [[Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden]], the [[National Museum of Nature and Science]],<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-museums">{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-ryokan.com/sightseeing_museum.htm |title=Museum in Asakusa and Ueno |publisher=Tokyo Ryokan |accessdate=28 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YrBCHzAq?url=http://www.tokyo-ryokan.com/sightseeing_museum.htm |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> the [[National Museum of Western Art]],<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-museums"/> [[Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum]],<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-museums"/> [[Tokyo National Museum]],<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-museums"/> [[Ueno Zoo]], and [[Ueno Park]] (which contains the four museums above, as well as the zoo).
Other nearby attractions within walking distance include [[Kaminarimon]],<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-sights">{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-ryokan.com/sightseeing.htm |title=Sightseeing Spots |publisher=Tokyo Ryokan |accessdate=28 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528114918/http://www.tokyo-ryokan.com/sightseeing.htm |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> [[Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden]], the [[National Museum of Nature and Science]],<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-museums">{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-ryokan.com/sightseeing_museum.htm |title=Museum in Asakusa and Ueno |publisher=Tokyo Ryokan |accessdate=28 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528114643/http://www.tokyo-ryokan.com/sightseeing_museum.htm |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> the [[National Museum of Western Art]],<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-museums"/> [[Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum]],<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-museums"/> [[Tokyo National Museum]],<ref name="tokyo-ryokan-museums"/> [[Ueno Zoo]], and [[Ueno Park]] (which contains the four museums above, as well as the zoo).


A bar is located on the sixth floor of the museum building offering drinks snack items.<ref name="bar six">{{cite web |url=http://www.asakusabarsix.com/ |title=誰にも邪魔されないおしゃれな隠れ家 Bar six |trans-title=A fashionable refuge preventing anyone from intruding – Bar Six |language=Japanese |publisher=Amuse Museum |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Yr0mxKDO?url=http://www.asakusabarsix.com/ |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="">{{cite web|url=http://museum.guidenet.jp/spresent.php?id=347 |title=ＢＯＲＯ　美しいぼろ布展　～日本人は何を失い、何を守ってきたのか？～ |trans-title=Boro: Exhibition of beautiful rags: What should the Japanese people lose, and what should be protected? |language=Japanese |publisher=Ueno Asakusa GuideNet |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Yr70zPvU?url=http://museum.guidenet.jp/spresent.php?id=347 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>
A bar is located on the sixth floor of the museum building offering drinks snack items.<ref name="bar six">{{cite web |url=http://www.asakusabarsix.com/ |title=誰にも邪魔されないおしゃれな隠れ家 Bar six |trans-title=A fashionable refuge preventing anyone from intruding – Bar Six |language=Japanese |publisher=Amuse Museum |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=23 June 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623181626/http://www.asakusabarsix.com/ |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="">{{cite web|url=http://museum.guidenet.jp/spresent.php?id=347 |title=ＢＯＲＯ　美しいぼろ布展　～日本人は何を失い、何を守ってきたのか？～ |trans-title=Boro: Exhibition of beautiful rags: What should the Japanese people lose, and what should be protected? |language=Japanese |publisher=Ueno Asakusa GuideNet |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528135902/http://museum.guidenet.jp/spresent.php?id=347 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>


==Exhibit history==
==Exhibit history==
In 2010, Amuse Museum hosted the "Tsugaru – Nanbu Sashiko Kimono" collection, consisting of 768 pieces of [[sashiko]] kimonos from [[Tsugaru, Aomori|Tsugara]] and [[Nanbu, Aomori|Nanbu]] in [[Aomori Prefecture]].<ref name="amuse-indigo">{{cite web|url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/ex_archive/index03.html |title=藍きもの～美しいはたらき着～展 |trans-title=Indigo Kimono: Beautiful Working Clothes Exhibit |accessdate=27 May 2015 |language=Japanese |publisher=Amuse Museum |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YqrGaBKD?url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/ex_archive/index03.html |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="Internet Museum Office">{{cite web |url=http://www.museum.or.jp/modules/im_event/?controller=event_dtl&input%5Bid%5D=68601 |title=藍きもの～美しいはたらき着～展 |trans-title=Indigo Kimono: Beautiful Working Clothes Exhibit |language=Japanese |publisher=Internet Museum Office |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YqsJHfYj?url=http://www.museum.or.jp/modules/im_event/?controller=event_dtl&input%5bid%5d=68601 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2010, Amuse Museum hosted the "Tsugaru – Nanbu Sashiko Kimono" collection, consisting of 768 pieces of [[sashiko]] kimonos from [[Tsugaru, Aomori|Tsugara]] and [[Nanbu, Aomori|Nanbu]] in [[Aomori Prefecture]].<ref name="amuse-indigo">{{cite web|url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/ex_archive/index03.html |title=藍きもの～美しいはたらき着～展 |trans-title=Indigo Kimono: Beautiful Working Clothes Exhibit |accessdate=27 May 2015 |language=Japanese |publisher=Amuse Museum |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528140238/http://www.amusemuseum.com/ex_archive/index03.html |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="Internet Museum Office">{{cite web |url=http://www.museum.or.jp/modules/im_event/?controller=event_dtl&input%5Bid%5D=68601 |title=藍きもの～美しいはたらき着～展 |trans-title=Indigo Kimono: Beautiful Working Clothes Exhibit |language=Japanese |publisher=Internet Museum Office |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528140148/http://www.museum.or.jp/modules/im_event/?controller=event_dtl&input%5Bid%5D=68601 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Cloth culture is at the heart of this presentation of the handicraft of nameless artisans and ordinary women, the exhibit has been featured in media such as NHK's {{nihongo|''Bi no Tsubo''|美の壷||lit. "The Mark of Beauty"}} and {{nihongo|''Shin Nippon Fudoki''|新日本風土記||lit. "New Japan Culture"}}.<ref name="nhk-file159">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/tsubo/program/file159.html |title=file159 「青森のBORO（ぼろ）」 |trans-title=File 159: Aomori no Boro |language=Japanese |publisher=[[NHK]] |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Yr2k4fhS?url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/tsubo/program/file159.html |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="NHK New Japan Culture">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/fudoki/120106broadcast1.html |title=新日本風土記スペシャル　手の国にっぽん　名品名匠の旅 |trans-title=New Japan Culture – Japan: Country of the Hand – Journey of Master Crafts and Craftsmen |language=Japanese |publisher=[[NHK]] |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Yr3tb7J5?url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/fudoki/120106broadcast1.html |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>
Cloth culture is at the heart of this presentation of the handicraft of nameless artisans and ordinary women, the exhibit has been featured in media such as NHK's {{nihongo|''Bi no Tsubo''|美の壷||lit. "The Mark of Beauty"}} and {{nihongo|''Shin Nippon Fudoki''|新日本風土記||lit. "New Japan Culture"}}.<ref name="nhk-file159">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/tsubo/program/file159.html |title=file159 「青森のBORO（ぼろ）」 |trans-title=File 159: Aomori no Boro |language=Japanese |publisher=[[NHK]] |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=28 February 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228142524/http://www.nhk.or.jp/tsubo/program/file159.html |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="NHK New Japan Culture">{{cite web|url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/fudoki/120106broadcast1.html |title=新日本風土記スペシャル　手の国にっぽん　名品名匠の旅 |trans-title=New Japan Culture – Japan: Country of the Hand – Journey of Master Crafts and Craftsmen |language=Japanese |publisher=[[NHK]] |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=18 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093803/http://www.nhk.or.jp/fudoki/120106broadcast1.html |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>


===Permanent collection===
===Permanent collection===
The permanent exhibit is {{nihongo|''Miracle Textile Art "Boro"''|奇跡のテキスタイルアート「BORO」|Kiseki no Tekisutairu Āto "Boro"}}, based on the donations from Tanaka.<ref name="amuse=boro">{{cite web|url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/boro/ |title=常設コレクション 奇跡のテキスタイルアート「BORO」 |trans-title=Permanent Collection – Miracle Textile Art "Boro" |publisher=Amuse Museum |language=Japanese |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YqqaF66f?url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/boro/ |archivedate=28 May 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>
The permanent exhibit is {{nihongo|''Miracle Textile Art "Boro"''|奇跡のテキスタイルアート「BORO」|Kiseki no Tekisutairu Āto "Boro"}}, based on the donations from Tanaka.<ref name="amuse=boro">{{cite web|url=http://www.amusemuseum.com/boro/ |title=常設コレクション 奇跡のテキスタイルアート「BORO」 |trans-title=Permanent Collection – Miracle Textile Art "Boro" |publisher=Amuse Museum |language=Japanese |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528140246/http://www.amusemuseum.com/boro/ |archivedate=28 May 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>


The motifs found in the Boro exhibit inspired fashion designers such as [[Louis Vuitton]], [[Hiroyuki Horihata]]<!--ja:堀畑裕之-->, Makiko Sekiguchi, [[Joseph Altuzarra]], and [[Junya Watanabe]].<ref name="asahi20140609">{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/and_w/fashion/SDI2014060678411.html |title=作り手を触発　再評価される布仕事 |trans-title=Creator Inspiration – Reavaluating the business of textiles |first=Mayumi |last=Obigane |language=Japanese |date=9 June 2014 |publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun|Asahi Shimbun Digital]] |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Yr5e03EY?url=http://www.asahi.com/and_w/fashion/SDI2014060678411.html |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> Vuitton incorporated Boro motifs into his 2013 Spring/Summer Paris men's collection, and Altuzarra incorporated them into his 2014 Spring/Summer New York men's collection.<ref name="asahi20140609"/> Watanabe, a designer for [[Comme des Garçons]], used the motif for his Spring/Summer 2015 collection.<ref name="2015ss-watanabe-fp">{{cite web|url=http://www.fashion-press.net/news/11744 |title=コム デ ギャルソン・ジュンヤ ワタナベ マン 2015年春夏コレクション – 洋服と音楽のパッチワーク |trans-title=Comme de Garçons' Junya Watanabe 2015 Spring Summer men's collection – A patchwork of Western-style clothes and music |first=Kaijiro |last=Masuda |date=10 September 2014 |accessdate=27 May 2015 |language=Japanese |archivedate=28 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Yr6bI5is?url=http://www.fashion-press.net/news/11744 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>
The motifs found in the Boro exhibit inspired fashion designers such as [[Louis Vuitton]], [[Hiroyuki Horihata]]<!--ja:堀畑裕之-->, Makiko Sekiguchi, [[Joseph Altuzarra]], and [[Junya Watanabe]].<ref name="asahi20140609">{{cite web|url=http://www.asahi.com/and_w/fashion/SDI2014060678411.html |title=作り手を触発　再評価される布仕事 |trans-title=Creator Inspiration – Reavaluating the business of textiles |first=Mayumi |last=Obigane |language=Japanese |date=9 June 2014 |publisher=[[Asahi Shimbun|Asahi Shimbun Digital]] |accessdate=27 May 2015 |archivedate=18 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518102223/http://www.asahi.com/and_w/fashion/SDI2014060678411.html |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> Vuitton incorporated Boro motifs into his 2013 Spring/Summer Paris men's collection, and Altuzarra incorporated them into his 2014 Spring/Summer New York men's collection.<ref name="asahi20140609"/> Watanabe, a designer for [[Comme des Garçons]], used the motif for his Spring/Summer 2015 collection.<ref name="2015ss-watanabe-fp">{{cite web|url=http://www.fashion-press.net/news/11744 |title=コム デ ギャルソン・ジュンヤ ワタナベ マン 2015年春夏コレクション – 洋服と音楽のパッチワーク |trans-title=Comme de Garçons' Junya Watanabe 2015 Spring Summer men's collection – A patchwork of Western-style clothes and music |first=Kaijiro |last=Masuda |date=10 September 2014 |accessdate=27 May 2015 |language=Japanese |archivedate=21 May 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521140938/http://www.fashion-press.net/news/11744 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Textile Culture and Ukiyo-e Art Museum – Amuse Museum
「布文化と浮世絵の美術館」アミューズミュージアム
View of the front of the museum
Amuse Museum is located in Japan
Amuse Museum
Amuse Museum
Location of Amuse Museum in Japan
Established1 November 2009 (2009-11-01)
LocationAsakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates35°42′52.2″N 139°47′52.4″E / 35.714500°N 139.797889°E / 35.714500; 139.797889
TypeArt museum
Key holdingsMiracle Textile Art "Boro"
CuratorKiyoshi Tatsumi
OwnerAmuse, Inc.
WebsiteOfficial site (English site)

The Textile Culture and Ukiyo-e Art Museum – Amuse Museum (「布文化と浮世絵の美術館」アミューズミュージアム, Nuno Bunka to Ukiyoe no Bijutsukan Amyūzu Myūjiamu), or simply Amuse Museum, is a private museum specializing in Japanese textile culture and ukiyo-e. It opened on 1 November 2009 in Asakusa, Tokyo, not too far from Ueno Park, where multiple other museums are located.

The museum houses a collection of everyday clothing and other textiles from the private collection of folklorist Chūzaburō Tanaka. While only about 1500 of the items are on display at any time, the museum rotates through the collection every few months.

The talent and entertainment agency Amuse is the owner of the museum.

General information

Amuse Museum was established on 1 November 2009 as a private Japanese textile culture and ukiyo-e museum in the Asakusa district of the Taitō special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is located just east of Sensō-ji. The museum is operated and owned by the talent and entertainment agency Amuse. The concept of the museum curation, Don't be wasteful (もったいない, Mottainai, lit. "Wasteful"), is based on the environmental and social activism of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai.[1]

The museum's collections were started with over 30,000 everyday clothing items from the collection of the folklorist Chūzaburō Tanaka.[2] Many of the pieces are in disrepair and appear to be loosely sewn rags.[3] About 1500 of those items are on display at any one time, and the pieces on display are rotated out every few months.[3]

The honorary curator of Amuse Museum is Tanaka,[2] and the Chief Curator is Kiyoshi Tatsumi.[4]

Access and environs

Amuse Museum is located about 5 minutes' walk north-northwest of Asakusa Station on the Ginza Line and about 8 minutes from Asakusa Station on the Tsukuba Express line.[5] There are two bus stops with a block of the museum.[6] The Asakusa Shrine and Sensō-ji are located just west of the museum.[7]

Other nearby attractions within walking distance include Kaminarimon,[7] Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Garden, the National Museum of Nature and Science,[8] the National Museum of Western Art,[8] Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,[8] Tokyo National Museum,[8] Ueno Zoo, and Ueno Park (which contains the four museums above, as well as the zoo).

A bar is located on the sixth floor of the museum building offering drinks snack items.[9][10]

Exhibit history

In 2010, Amuse Museum hosted the "Tsugaru – Nanbu Sashiko Kimono" collection, consisting of 768 pieces of sashiko kimonos from Tsugara and Nanbu in Aomori Prefecture.[11][12]

Cloth culture is at the heart of this presentation of the handicraft of nameless artisans and ordinary women, the exhibit has been featured in media such as NHK's Bi no Tsubo (美の壷, lit. "The Mark of Beauty") and Shin Nippon Fudoki (新日本風土記, lit. "New Japan Culture").[13][14]

Permanent collection

The permanent exhibit is Miracle Textile Art "Boro" (奇跡のテキスタイルアート「BORO」, Kiseki no Tekisutairu Āto "Boro"), based on the donations from Tanaka.[15]

The motifs found in the Boro exhibit inspired fashion designers such as Louis Vuitton, Hiroyuki Horihata, Makiko Sekiguchi, Joseph Altuzarra, and Junya Watanabe.[16] Vuitton incorporated Boro motifs into his 2013 Spring/Summer Paris men's collection, and Altuzarra incorporated them into his 2014 Spring/Summer New York men's collection.[16] Watanabe, a designer for Comme des Garçons, used the motif for his Spring/Summer 2015 collection.[17]

References

  1. ^ "アミューズ ミュージアムのコンセプト" [Amuse Museum Concept] (in Japanese). Amuse Museum. 29 October 2009. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "プロフィール：田中忠三郎" [Profile: Tanaka Chūzaburo] (in Japanese). Amuse Museum. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b Pronko, Michael. "More Amazing than Amusing: Asakusa's Amuse Museum". DNP Art Communications. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Amuse Museum – About us" (in Japanese). Amuse Museum. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Amuse Museum". Tokyo Art Beat. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  6. ^ "アミューズミュージアム: 浮世絵や日本の布を鑑賞！" [Amuse Museum: Appreciation of Ukiyo-e and Japanese Textiles] (in Japanese). TokyoSights.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Sightseeing Spots". Tokyo Ryokan. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d "Museum in Asakusa and Ueno". Tokyo Ryokan. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  9. ^ "誰にも邪魔されないおしゃれな隠れ家 Bar six" [A fashionable refuge preventing anyone from intruding – Bar Six] (in Japanese). Amuse Museum. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  10. ^ "ＢＯＲＯ　美しいぼろ布展　～日本人は何を失い、何を守ってきたのか？～" [Boro: Exhibition of beautiful rags: What should the Japanese people lose, and what should be protected?] (in Japanese). Ueno Asakusa GuideNet. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  11. ^ "藍きもの～美しいはたらき着～展" [Indigo Kimono: Beautiful Working Clothes Exhibit] (in Japanese). Amuse Museum. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  12. ^ "藍きもの～美しいはたらき着～展" [Indigo Kimono: Beautiful Working Clothes Exhibit] (in Japanese). Internet Museum Office. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  13. ^ "file159 「青森のBORO（ぼろ）」" [File 159: Aomori no Boro] (in Japanese). NHK. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  14. ^ "新日本風土記スペシャル　手の国にっぽん　名品名匠の旅" [New Japan Culture – Japan: Country of the Hand – Journey of Master Crafts and Craftsmen] (in Japanese). NHK. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  15. ^ "常設コレクション 奇跡のテキスタイルアート「BORO」" [Permanent Collection – Miracle Textile Art "Boro"] (in Japanese). Amuse Museum. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  16. ^ a b Obigane, Mayumi (9 June 2014). "作り手を触発　再評価される布仕事" [Creator Inspiration – Reavaluating the business of textiles] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun Digital. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  17. ^ Masuda, Kaijiro (10 September 2014). "コム デ ギャルソン・ジュンヤ ワタナベ マン 2015年春夏コレクション – 洋服と音楽のパッチワーク" [Comme de Garçons' Junya Watanabe 2015 Spring Summer men's collection – A patchwork of Western-style clothes and music] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
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