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="o82ghLChZI"><a href="https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/en/exhibitions/h28-03">Animals, Animals, Animals from the Museum Collection</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/en/exhibitions/h28-03/embed#?secret=o82ghLChZI" width="600" height="338" title="“Animals, Animals, Animals from the Museum Collection” — National Crafts Museum" data-secret="o82ghLChZI" 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 Cranes, turtles, clams, dragonflies, mandarin ducks, dogs, hawks, tigers, dragons, phoenixes: there is no end to the animals used as motifs in crafts. At times they have also provided indispensable materials and tools for creating works. Animal motifs, from the beginning, have conveyed prayers and wishes: Cranes and turtles signify long life, clams good harvests, and dragonflies victory in war. The significance of these motifs changes from one era to another. Fundamentally, however, they always express the forms and habitual behaviors of animals in their natural surroundings. In the modern era, craft artists began to use animal motifs in ways that would not have been imagined earlier. Experimenting with […]https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/chirashi_m_395.jpg