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Mitsue Nakamura was featured in the April 2024 issue of Halmek.
Mitsue Nakamura was featured in the April 2024 issue of "Halmek," a magazine for women in their 50s and older, on page 6.
The article includes her motivation for starting Noh mask making, her study under a leading Noh mask maker, and her thoughts on Noh mask making.
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On all JAL domestic and international flights, Mitsue Nakamura's productions are used in the in-flight video at the time of disembarkation
The in-flight video that is played when passengers disembark from Japan Airlines (JAL) has been renewed for the first time in 12 years.
Mitsue Nakamura's production scenery is used in the in-flight video.
The film will be broadcast on all domestic and international routes from 24 January 2024, when the Airbus A350-1000 aircraft will be introduced.
The film features people active in various parts of Japan who are responsible for culture and technology, and expresses Japaneseness and JAL's character by placing people, such as delicate skills and gestures, at the core of the programme.
The 22nd Shirakawa-kai Noh mask exhibition Mitsue Nakamura Noh mask class
A joint exhibition of works from three classrooms (Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo)
This year, it will be held at the nationally registered cultural property "Shimadai."
We look forward to your visit.
Special exhibition:
copies of masks from the collection of the Umewaka Minoru (Rokuro) family.
November 24 (Fri.) - 26 (Sun.), 2023
10:00 - 18:00 (until 16:00 on the last day)
Venue: Shimadai, East Wing
North side, Karasuma Higashi-iru, Oike-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
(70m east of Exit 1 at Karasuma-Oike Subway Station)
TEL : 075-221-5007
《 Admission free 》
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Appeared in the TV program "NHK Sarameshi Season 13 (18)" broadcast on September 21, 2023.
I appeared in the TV program "NHK Sarameshi Season 13(18) Why I work in two workplaces, one in the city and the other in my hometown / Noh Mask Craftswoman in Kyoto" broadcast on September 21, 2023.
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Noh mask production process was introduced on our YouTube channel.
Mitsue Nakamura's Noh mask production process was introduced on "process X," a YouTube channel that introduces "craftsmanship.
The 4th Mitsuie Nakamura Ichimon Noh mask Exhibition
We are pleased to announce that we will hold a joint exhibition of works by our three schools (Kyoto, Osaka, and Tokyo) at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater this coming April.
This will be a different exhibition from the one held in Kyoto, which has become a regular event. We hope you will enjoy the exhibition.
《 Admission free 》
[Period]
April 6 (Thu) - 9 (Sun), 2023
10:00 - 18:00 (until 16:00 on the last day)
[Venue]
Tokyo Metropolitan Theater
B1F Atelier East
B1F 1-8-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
[Access]
JR, Tokyo Metro, Tobu Tojo Line, Seibu Ikebukuro Line
2 minutes walk from West Exit of Ikebukuro Station, directly
connected to Exit 2b of the underground passageway
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The 21th Shirakawa-kai Noh Masks Exhibition Mitsue Nakamura Noh Masks Class
A joint exhibition of works from three classrooms (Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo)
It will be held again this year at the nationally registered cultural property "Shimadai."
We look forward to seeing you all.
Special Exhibition : Satsuki Noma
November 25 (Fri.) - 27 (Sun.), 2022
10:00 - 18:00 (until 16:00 on the last day)
Venue: Shimadai, East Wing
North side, Karasuma Higashi-iru, Oike-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
(70m east of Exit 1 at Karasuma-Oike Subway Station)
TEL : 075-221-5007
《 Admission free 》
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Mitsue Nakamura and Four Disciples Exhibition
In November 2022, I will hold a big exhibition in Tokyo with four of my disciples, in which more than 140 Noh masks will be exhibited. It will be an exhibition full of enthusiasm and the ingenuity of young people.
Please come and visit us.
《 Admission free 》
[Period]
November 15th (Tue) - 21st (Mon), 2022
10:30-19:00 (until 16:00 on the last day)
[Venue]
Tanaka Yaesu Gallery
03-3271-7026
1-5-15 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
[Access]
3 minute walk from Yaesu North Exit of JR Tokyo Station
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Video showing Mitsue Nakamura Noh Mask Workshop Student Exhibition 2021
Here is a video shown at the Mitsue Nakamura Noh Mask Workshop Student Exhibition 2021.
The 7th "Chokoku Kaji to Takumi-tachi"
We are pleased to announce that we will participate in the exhibition, "Chokoku Kaji to Takumi-tachi" at Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
The exhibition will feature works by artists who use advanced carving techniques such as Danjiri carving, Kazari Kanzashi, lacquer craft, carving knives, wood carving, Kirigane, Kumagawa carving, etc., as well as genuine carving knives that show the skill of the carving smiths.
Please stop by if you are in the neighborhood.
[Dates]
Saturday, July 6 - Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 10:30 - 19:30
Closes at 17:00 on the last day
[Venue]
〒150-0012
Gallery Hiroo, Hiroo Plaza 2F, 5-6-6 Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
1 minute walk from Hiroo Station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
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Contemporary Art Exhibition "BIWAKO BIENNALE 2018" (Completed)
We exhibited at BIWAKO BIENNALE 2018, a 50-day international contemporary art exhibition held in the old town of Omi Hachiman City, Shiga Prefecture, where you can feel the breath of history.
Since 2001, BIWAKO BIENNALE has been one of the most highly acclaimed art exhibitions in Japan for its collaboration between historical buildings and contemporary art.
This year, 78 artists from around the world participated.
There, we exhibited "modern Noh masks" that inherit traditional molds and techniques and yet possess a lustrous vitality.
We thank you very much for your visit during the exhibition period.
For more information about the exhibition, please visit the official website of BIWAKO BIENNALE 2018.
https://energyfield.org/biwakobiennale/
Exhibition of the Mitsue Nakamura’s Noh masks
(The exhibition closed already)
As her first trial, Mitsue Nakamura held the private exhibition at “Art Stage 567” rather than in white cube.
The gallery was an impressive space - the clay walls and Ivy of the bright toriniwa (long and narrow garden); a nostalgic open kitchen ceiling with soil floor; the main gallery where you can feel the air from the street; and dozo (storehouse with thick earth walls) gave us the magnificent impression.-
The Noh masks presented in the gallery showed a bit different expression than usual in the art space where preserved the refined taste of the traditional machiya (merchant's house) in the good manner.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the guests and those who supported the opening of this exhibition.
Mitsue Nakamura, Noh Mask Craftswoman
A lecture meeting
(The lecture meeting finished already)
April 12 (Wed), 2017 – April 14 (Fri), 2017
In the 60th general assembly and academic meeting, during the culture lecture program of the Japan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, which was held in Osaka international convention center in April 12, I titled my lecture as the “Story of Noh masks” and talked about the history of the simple mask developed to Noh mask, types of the Noh masks, the change of the facial expression which are peculiar to the Noh mask by using the screen image as well.
Being among of the prestigious lecturer, I was so nervous to speak in front of the plastic and reconstructive surgery doctors, however, after the presentation I was relieved to hear that my lecture was quite well-received by audience.
With honor, I would like to express my deep gratitude to the audience of my lecture, the Japan Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, along with those staffs who attended on the day.
Mitsue Nakamura, Noh Mask Craftswoman
June 3, 2014
The Fundação Oriente museum in Lisbon, Portugal stored my Noh mask as its collection.
An exhibition of Nagoya Nogakudo
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World of the Noh mask of Mitsue Nakamura and Yasutaka Kurowarabi -Shape of flowers-, an exhibition in Nagoya Nogakudo was flourishing and finished successfully. Thanks for everyone. |
photography : sakura nakamura
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Sold- out of Noh mask art collection book
Thanks for those who purchased, the “Noh mask art collection book − The dimension of the Noh masks-” has been sold out.
Exhibition of the Mitsue Nakamura’s Noh masks
The exhibition was held in the Kyukyodo gallery from fifth to tenth of January, 2011. We appreciate for the visitors came to the exhibition. Thanks for everyone, it was flourishing and finished successfully.
Noh Mask Crafting Class is opened in Shinjyuku, Tokyo.
Noh Mask Crafting Class is opened in Shinjyuku, Tokyo.
Mistue Nakamura’s article was published in the art magazine “Waraku”, Shogakkan Inc., September 2010
The Article was in the topic of “Wano-tenarai (learn Japanese styles)” of the “Waraku”, Shogakkan Inc., September 2010.
TV documentary program “Takumi” − A Noh craftswoman
Mitsue Nakamura was featured on TV documentary program, “Takumi (master)” − A Noh craftswoman, which was currently broadcasted on Sky Perfect TV (channel 218)
