Could you refuse a big award from the government? Kawai Kanjiro did it. Kawai Kanjiro was Japanese potter who joined the important Folk Art Movement. This movement wonderfully affected Japanese art history. Kawai made not only pottery but he also wrote poems and calligraphy, and also designed buildings. He made a lot of wonderful art works, but he didn’t want to be famous. In fact, Kanjiro declined an offer from the Japanese government to be the holder of the title of Important Intangible Cultural Property. Are you interested in his life? In this presentation, you can know Kawai's artistic life, Kawai's unique characteristic, and Kawai's beautiful house which was designed by him.
The Southwest trip was absolutely amazing because I leaned the culture of the area a lot. I spent 7 days in the southwest and I impressed by people who live there and by their culture. These things were totally different from Japan and the people there preserved their traditions carefully. I talk to a lot of Americans and I saw wonderful nature during the trip. There are three absolutely wonderfu and amazing places that I enjoyed. First, I went to a lot of museums and all of them were very interesting. I especially liked The Museum of International Folk Art. The museum has more than 130,000 objects from more than 100 countries! My favorite object was a smiling skeleton doll. This object’s theme was Day of The Dead. When I saw it, I remembered COCO which is a Pixar movie. I also liked The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist and she painted a lot of flowers and nature. I think her paintings are brimming with kindness ...