Videos.
Encounters with Japan is a series of short videos in which Sophie discusses with various people from the art world their passion for Japanese art.
Museum tour: the Artizon Museum in Tokyo
We discover the Artizon Museum in the company of one of its curators, Anna Ueda. Located right in the center of Tokyo, the museum occupies since 2020 six floors within Museum Tower Kyobashi, an impressive skyscraper heralding the area’s new positioning as an art hub. …
A special visit to the Hara Museum ARC
We visit the Hara Museum ARC with its director Aono Kazuko. Located in a verdant setting about two hours from Tokyo in Gunma Prefecture, the museum opened in 1988 and presents the pioneering collection of postwar and contemporary art…
A Zen Garden in Kyoto with Yuri Ugaya
Born in Kyoto, Yuri Ugaya studied Japanese Cultural History at Doshisha University before obtaining a master’s degree from Awaji Landscape Planning and Horticulture Academy in Hyogo. She also studied horticulture and landscape design at the…
Masamitsu Saito
Masamitsu Saito has been researching and collecting bamboo art for 40 years. Sharing his time between Tokyo and Tochigi Prefecture, he has put together a collection of close to 1,000 works in bamboo, ranging from the Edo period (1603-1868)…
Israel Goldman
Israel Goldman (better known as Izzy) is one of the world’s foremost dealers in the field of Japanese prints and illustrated books. His personal collection of works by Kawanabe Kyosai, which has been extensively exhibited in Japan, is one of…
Artist Hanako Miwa
Hanako Miwa lives and works in Hagi, Japan. She hails from an illustrious dynasty of potters that originated in the mid 17th century; the Miwa lineage counts thirteen generations and two Living National Treasures. Hanako-san is the first female…
Collecting Japanese Ceramics
Tim Warner-Johnson is an art advisor specialised in Old Master Paintings. Over the last few years he has been building an interesting collection of Japanese ceramics, with limited budget and without going to Japan. His inspiring story shows what…
Art Advisor and Collector Ildegarda Scheidegger
Ildegarda Scheidegger is an art advisor and collector. Living in Zurich, she has maintained the deep bond with Japan she first developed when residing there in the 1980s. Today her Swiss home is the embodiment of her intimate connection with…
Museum Curator Masami Yamada
Masami Yamada is Curator in the Asia Department at the Victoria and Albert Museum with particular responsibility for Japanese lacquerware, netsuke and ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Before joining the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2018…