1.0National Crafts Museumhttps://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/ensrvmnghttps://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/en/author/srvmngrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xTVOjxCxpS"><a href="https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/en/exhibitions/428">Riki Watanabe: Innovating in Modern Living</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/en/exhibitions/428/embed#?secret=xTVOjxCxpS" width="600" height="338" title="“Riki Watanabe: Innovating in Modern Living” — National Crafts Museum" data-secret="xTVOjxCxpS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> About the Exhibition Riki Watanabe (born 1911) is one of the designers who helped lead the postwar Japanese design movement. Since 1950, he has produced furniture and products that represent Japanese modern design. He emerged in the immediate aftermath of the war, when the concept of design had yet to take firm root in Japanese society, with an early and resolute professional conviction. In the 1930s, Watanabe encountered Modern Design as it is generally understood today in the works and philosophy associated with the Bauhaus and Le Corbusier. He pursued forms that were grounded in Japanese life and supported by function. His early work Himo-isu (1952) (Photograph 2), which masterfully […]https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/og-cg-2.png1200630