1.0National Crafts Museumhttps://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/enadmin_momathttps://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/en/author/admin_momatrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RIAP6nnnxA"><a href="https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/en/exhibitions/r6-01">Light & Shadow for Crafting Crafts: Independent Study for Kids & Adults</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/en/exhibitions/r6-01/embed#?secret=RIAP6nnnxA" width="600" height="338" title="“Light & Shadow for Crafting Crafts: Independent Study for Kids & Adults” — National Crafts Museum" data-secret="RIAP6nnnxA" 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> https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/exhibitions_r6_01.jpg14401080About Light and shadow. Whether natural or artificial, we see them every day. While we speak about their physics, they frequently move us psychologically. We are often completely unconscious of them. Nonetheless, if we pay attention to them, we forget the passing of time. Light rescues us from primitive fears and represents our hopes for wealth and the ideal. It is also likely that a subconscious fascination with shadows and reading the moods they conceal, as in Tanizaki’s In Praise of Shadows, is a familiar aspect of」apanese aesthetics.This exhibition is an experiment in exploring from many angles how crafts use light and shadow and gradations between them in pursuit of […]