ARCHIVE
MONO JAPAN 2023
Date: September 15-17, 2023
Location: LOODS6, Bagagehal, KNSM-Laan 289, 1019 LB, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
TICKETS: from 10 Euro
VISITORS: 2000
PARTICIPATED EXHIBITORS: 23
EXHIBITORS
acoya | AISHITERU | ALIMANO | COQ KANAKO KAJIHARA | Harada Shokodo | Japanesque Medell | KADO PRESS / TANGETSU | KYO-TO-TO | KYOTO KARASUMA | LOCAL CRAFT JAPAN | Maeda Woodworks | MORITA | MUJUN | NISHIGUCHI KUTSUSHITA | OKURU | Onland | POLS | SHAO XUAN + Nakashoshiko | SUKIMONO | Toki Yuite | TOKU / Everyplan | Transcape SUPPLY | WATABUN
LECTURES:
Powerful Washi - Presentation of MONO MAKERS PROGRAM
Yohei Oue (Oue co.) | Mae Engelgeer (Textile designer)Tradition for contemporary life
Ryoichi Satake (Time & Style Amsterdam manager)Craft and the Future: Redefining Tradition
Vincent Schipper (Studio The Future)
Japan Craft meets Dutch Design
Carole Baijings (Designer) | Akihiko Maeda (Danjiri craftsman) l Yumiko Hoya (NN Life Insurance Company, Ltd.)What Lies Beneath MONO
Masaru Ito (CEO, SHIBAURA HOUSE) | Hiroaki Koizumi (REAL KOBE ESTATE)Growing Community - The Future Envisioned by SUKIMONO
Shigechika Hirashita (Owner, Sukimono Co., Ltd.)LIVE DESIGN School - New Platform for Community-building
Yasuhiro Horiuchi (Representative Director, Trunk Design) l Shinya Kobayashi (Director, MUJUN)New residency program “AKIYA AIR” powered by MUJUN & MONO JAPAN
Shinya Kobayashi (Director, MUJUN) l Emiko Chujo (Event director of MONO JAPAN & Stichting MONO JAPAN)
WORKSHOPS:
Chashaku workshop by Hans Pillen
Japanese tea ceremony - Oubakubaisa-Ryu by Haruka Matsuo
Ikebana Workshop by Noriko Suzuki
Let’s play Japanese chess with Shogito! by Shogito - ilexberry
Rice Koji Miso Making workshop by Marika Groen Kawaguchi
Shogi / Traditional Japanese Chess Workshop by SHOGITO
Stamp-Making Workshop by Harada Shokodo
TOGIYA - Knife Sharpening Workshop by MUJUN
DEMONSTRATIONS:
Japanese Tea Ceremony by Urasenke Netherlands
Treating Scars as “Scenery” - The Beauty of Kintsugi by Pita Vandevelde (Kintsugi Academy) & Yoko Silk
FILM SCREENING:
Connecting Ceramics by Jerry de Mars (Director), Saga Prefectural Government Japan and Creative Residency Arita (CRA)
Opening of MONO JAPAN Fair 2023
Opening reception
Entrance of MONO JAPAN Fair 2023 with noren
Opening reception
Opening reception
Opening reception
Kagami biraki ceremony
Opening food by Hokkai
acoya
acoya
AISHITERU
AISHITERU
ALIMANO
ALIMANO
COQ
COQ
Harada Shokodo
Harada Shokodo
Japanesque Medell
KADO PRESS / TANGETSU
KADO PRESS / TANGETSU
KYO-TO-TO
KYO-TO-TO
KYOTO KARASUMA ROKUHICHIDO
KYOTO KARASUMA ROKUHICHIDO
LOCAL CRAFT JAPAN
LOCAL CRAFT JAPAN
Maeda Woodworks
Maeda Woodworks
MORITA
MORITA
MUJUN
MUJUN
NISHIGUCHI KUTSUSHITA
NISHIGUCHI KUTSUSHITA
OKURU
OKURU
Onland
POLS
POLS
SHAO XUAN + Nakashoshiko
Tsubomi Collection / Zokei
SUKIMONO
SUKIMONO
Toki Yuite
Toki Yuite
TOKU
TOKU
Transcape SUPPLY
Transcape SUPPLY
Watabun
Powerful Washi by Mae Engelgeer & Yohei Oue
Powerful Washi by Mae Engelgeer & Yohei Oue
Tradition for contemporary life by Time & Style
Craft and the Future: Redefining Tradition by Vincent Schipper (Studio The Future)
Japan Craft meets Dutch Design Carole Baijings, Akihiko Maeda, Yumiko Hoya
Japan Craft meets Dutch Design Carole Baijings and Akihiko Maeda
What Lies Beneath MONO by Masaru Ito & Hiroaki Koizumi
What Lies Beneath MONO by Masaru Ito & Hiroaki Koizumi
Growing Community - The Future Envisioned by SUKIMONO, Shigechika Hirashita
LIVE DESIGN School - New Platform for Community-building by Yasuhiro Horiuchi & Shinya Kobayashi
LIVE DESIGN School - New Platform for Community-building by Yasuhiro Horiuchi & Shinya Kobayashi
New residency program “AKIYA AIR” powered by MUJUN & MONO JAPAN
New residency program “AKIYA AIR” powered by MUJUN & MONO JAPAN
Chashaku workshop by Hans Pillen
Chashaku workshop by Hans Pillen
Japanese tea ceremony - Oubakubaisa-Ryu by Haruka Matsuo
Japanese tea ceremony - Oubakubaisa-Ryu by Haruka Matsuo
Ikebana Workshop by Noriko Suzuki
Ikebana Workshop by Noriko Suzuki
Shogi / Traditional Japanese Chess Workshop by SHOGITO
Shogi / Traditional Japanese Chess Workshop by SHOGITO
Rice Koji Miso Making workshop by Marika Groen Kawaguchi
Rice Koji Miso Making workshop by Marika Groen Kawaguchi
Rice Koji Miso Making workshop by Marika Groen Kawaguchi
Stamp-Making Workshop by Harada Shokodo
Stamp-Making Workshop by Harada Shokodo
Stamp-Making Workshop by Harada Shokodo
TOGIYA - Knife Sharpening Workshop by MUJUN
TOGIYA - Knife Sharpening Workshop by MUJUN
Japanese Tea Ceremony by Urasenke Netherlands
Japanese Tea Ceremony by Urasenke Netherlands
Japanese Tea Ceremony by Urasenke Netherlands
Japanese Tea Ceremony by Urasenke Netherlands
Japanese Tea Ceremony by Urasenke Netherlands
Japanese Tea Ceremony by Urasenke Netherlands
Special talk of film screening by Dirk van Lieshout
Treating Scars as “Scenery” - The Beauty of Kintsugi by Pita Vandevelde & Yoko Silk
Special talk of film screening by Dirk van Lieshout
Treating Scars as “Scenery” - The Beauty of Kintsugi by Pita Vandevelde & Yoko Silk
Treating Scars as “Scenery”
TEAM 2023
Director, Founder Emiko Chujo
Account & Financial Manager Hanako Matsunaga
Relations Manager Kana Kubota
Graphic Design Masaya Takeda
Web Design & Development Emi Tsutsushio, Ineke Veltink
Editorial Manager Karin Kuwahara
Translation & Editing Lance Henderstein
Exhibition Design Ivo Clason
Social Media Editor Eri Ishikawa
Staff Coordinator & Podcast Jungsoon Suh
Sponsorship Mamoru Shibata
Production Manager Eiko Ishizawa
Photography Kiyomi Yui (Studio Frog)
Videography Tomokazu Shiraishi
Campaign Visual Art Direction by Masaya Takeda, Photography by Junya Igarashi, Flower by Tachibana
Volunteer Staff Thank you to all the volunteers at MONO JAPAN 2023
In Collaboration With
Supported by
Our profound gratitude to the many people who supported us:
Bas Valckx (Embassy of the kingdom of the Netherlands, Press & Cultural Officer), Bas Kosters, Bonne Reijn & Justus Cohen Tervaert (Bonne Suits), Chitose Ohchi (C&), Daan Kok (Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen), Erik van der Molen (Netherlands-Japan Association), Femke Riel (het Werkvan), INAMATT, Judith de Weert, Katsuhiko Ae (Ae Handkerchief), Kosuke Oho & Michiru Sasaki (WOW inc.), Maki Nakata, Ryosuke Matsuzaki (Qurosio), Marion Poortvliet (Crafts Council Nederland), Monique Zevenhuizen, Nana Yamazaki (Yamma Sangyo), Ranti Tjan (EKWC), Rie Nagasawa, Rieko Ishida, Ryutaro Yoshida (TIME & STYLE), Sabine Gimbrere (City of Amsterdam, International Office), Saga Prefectural Government, SAWANOTSURU CO., LTD. brewing SAKE in Nishigo, Samira Boon, Shinya Kobayashi (Coelacanth Shokudo / MUJUN), So Kubota (Kubota Sekishu Washi Paper), Suzanne Oxenaar, Shunji Ohashi, Yoshitoku Takahashi (JETRO), Yuiko Yokota (MUJUN), Yutaka Endo (LUFTZUG CO., LTD. / LUFTZUG EUROPE).