JapanLive - Little Stories from Japan

  The weather in Japan in autumn and winter is typically bad - very often, it is cloudy.

   The city of Narita in Japan has recently tested a new local transportation concept.   The results are still pending.  

  The Japanese chemical company  DIC Corporation , formerly Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, is the owner of an art museum,  Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art . The founding family was very interested in art and bought many drawings and sculptures. To make sure that other people can also enjoy these works they founded a museum, the Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art.  If you have the opportunity to visit the Tokyo area, try to find time to visit this museum. It is located about half an hour away from Tokyo but it can be easily accessed by train and bus (see the homepage for details).  In the same town is also the  National Museum of Japanese History , visit this one too if you go to the Kawamura museum. The founding family did more for spreading art. As they were also the CEO of the company, they published art books for the 60th, 70th, 80th and 90th anniversary of the company and gave each employee such a book. From left to the right: 1) Art of Contemporary Japan for the 90th anniversary 1998

  The Complete Guide to Japanese Systems 全図解 日本のしくみ  I just saw the new edition of this book at my local library. This seems like a book worth to study. Important topics in Japanese "daily" life are briefly addressed. Short but they can serve as an entry point for further study. The older editions have a few bad "reviews" on Amazon. I call them bozo reviews, just giving points, no explanations => no meaning.   So, better have a look for yourself when you visit your preferred bookshop. If you have to say something about this book or the older editions, please comment. Thank you.  Click on the photo with the contents view to see it enlarged.   Publisher：IBCパブリッシング Authors：安部 直文（著）／Michael Brase（訳） publication date：2023/11/04 ISBN-13：9784794607881 220 pages MRSP 2200 yen

 "Just" a link to openculture.com An Archive of Vividly Illustrated Japanese Schoolbooks, from the 1800s to World War II LINK Image is from Japan’s National Institute for Educational Policy Research License: CC BY 4.0

  近代日本の美術　相行90周年記念　大日本インキ科学工業　非売品　1998年 Modern Japanese Art The chemical company Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, now DIC Corporation, gave this book to their employees for the 90th anniversary of the company in 1998. As DIC is also the owner of an art museum, the Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art , it had access to a number of experts to make this book.  It is said that each book cost more than 15000 Yen at the time of the making. In this book, 100 artworks are explained in details, including an abstract in English. See details below in the pictures. In can be yours, for free - only paying the shipping cost is required. Contact me at mkengel@gmail.com