Kyoto International Manga Museum

From Hand to Hand

- Picture Book Authors' Messages for Children - Remembering 3.11 -

In this exhibition we show a collection of works gathered by Japanese picture book artists who asked their colleagues to draw an illustration based on the theme "Thinking about our future in a world after 3.11". After the project was started in Bologna, Italy, in March of 2012, travelling around five countries, many artists participated after another call in 2013. We are exhibiting original works drawn by 110 artists from seven countries, in which their message to the children of the future is conveyed. At the venue you can see not just the exhibited works (143 original illustrations and 9 reproductions), but also a corner with picture books by the exhibiting artists as well as the special item "The picture book artists' Guernica" (a collaborative live painting measuring 180 cm in height and 540 cm in width, by Hiroshi Abe, Koji Suzuki, Nana Furuya, Mariko Matsunari, Michael Sowa, and Peter Uchnar)

Period	March 1, - May 18, 2014 10am - 6pm (Admission to the museum until 5:30pm) *Closed: Wednesdays (Except for April 30)
Venue	Kyoto International Manga Museum, 2F, Gallery 1・2・3
Fee	Free * However, a General Admission ticket to the Museum is required.

Organization:

Kyoto International Manga Museum, Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center (imrc)

Support:

From Hand to Hand Committee, Japan International Board on Books for Young People (JBBY)

Additional:

support: Picture Book Society, the Embassy of the Republic of Slovakia, Slovakia Post.

Cooperation:

Chihiro Art Museum

Sponsors:

Asunaro shobo, Iwasaki Shoten, Iwanami Shoten, KAISEISHA, Kin'no hoshisha, Kumon shuppan, Grand Mama-sha, Crayon House, Kodansha, Kosei Publishing, Sakuhoku Inc., Shueisha, Shogakukan, Suzuki publication, Sailor publication, Dainippon Tosho, Child Honsha, Doshinsha, Nishimura shoten, Nora shoten, BL publishing, Fukuinkan, Froebel kan, PHP Institute, Bronze shinsha, Bunkeido, IRCJS publication, Poplar, Horupu shuppan, Mighty book, Mitsumura education books, Kyodo Printing, Ai planning center, Ehon no ie, Gallery Vibrio, Kodansha Famous Schools, Children's bookstore Elmer, Children's bookstore Pepin, Japan Cultural Center · Amsterdam, BUNKA COLOR PRINTING CO., LTD.

Related Event

Lecture and live drawing event
From Chernobyl to Fukushima

We have invited exhibiting artists Koji Suzuki and Mika Ichii as well Seiichi Motohashi, who made a film set in Chernobyl, for a lecture and live drawing event where we can reflect on our future, from a variety of perspectives, on a world past 3.11.

Date and Time	March 2, 2014 2 pm - 4 pm
Venue	Kyoto International Manga Museum 1F Multi purpose hall
Fee	Free * However, a General Admission ticket to the Museum is required.
Speaker	Koji Suzuki, Yukihiko Tajima, Mika Ichii, Hiroe Aoki, Takashi Yamamoto, Makoto Ueda, Ikuno Ohata, and Tomomi Aoyama Special speaker:Seiichi Motohashi (photographer / movie director) *Because of their physical condition, Takashi Yamamoto and Ikuno Ohata will be absent this event. (March 1, 2014)
Capacity	250 seats (on a first come basis)
Participation	Pre-registration is not required. *We will distribute numbered tickets on the day of the event within the museum, starting at 10am.

Gallery Talk

We will be having a gallery talk by the artist from "Hand to Hand" exhibition.

Date and Time	March 8th, 2014 2pm - 3pm
Venue	Kyoto International Manga Museum 1F Meeting room 1 2F Gallery 1,2,3
Fee	Free * However, a General Admission ticket to the Museum is required.
Speaker	Yoshifumi Hasegawa
Capacity	50 30 people (on a first come basis)
Participation	Pre-registration is not required. *We will distribute numbered tickets on the day of the event within the museum, starting at 10 am.

Date and Time	April 29th, 2014 2pm - 3pm
Venue	Kyoto International Manga Museum 2F Gallery 1,2,3
Fee	Free * However, a General Admission ticket to the Museum is required.
Speaker	Yukihiko Tajima
Capacity	30 people (on a first come basis)
Participation	Pre-registration is not required.

Date and Time	May 10th, 2014 2pm - 3pm
Venue	Kyoto International Manga Museum 2F Gallery 1,2,3
Fee	Free * However, a General Admission ticket to the Museum is required.
Speaker	Mika Ichii, Junko Hayakawa, and Nojiko Fushihara
Capacity	30 people (on a first come basis)
Participation	Pre-registration is not required.

Related Workshop

Let's make the city of the future, all together

We are organizing a hands-on workshop based on the theme of this exhibition, "Thinking about our future in a world after 3.11". We will make a diorama with what participants think we should preserve, and what they think we will need in the city of the future.

●For more information

Period	March 1 - May 18, 2014 every Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. 11 am - 5 pm (Last entry till 4 pm)
Venue	Kyoto International Manga Museum 1F Atrium
Fee	Free * However, a General Admission ticket to the Museum is required.
Capacity	50 seats (on a first come basis)
Participation	no pre-registration required, reception at the venue

*We are planning more related events with the exhibiting artists

Go to the "From Hand to Hand" official site by clicking here

The 110 exhibiting artists, in Iroha (Japanese) order

Hiroe Aoki, Tomomi Aoyama, Hiroshi Abe, Ryoji Arai, Nahoko Anvil, Kazuyoshi Iino, Kiyotaka Ishii, Nanako Ishida, Mika Ichii, Hideo Ito, Hiroshi Ito, Ayano Imai, Michi Imaki, Kazuo Iwamura, Makoto Ueda, Rintaro Uchida, Yuko Ohnari, Ikuno Ohata, Chiaki Okada,Yume Okuhara, Seiko Kajiura, Ken Katayama, Mafumi Kato, Ryo Kisaka, Satoshi Kitamura, Yoko Kitayama, Takayuki Kubo, Seitaro Kuroda, Kaori Kogashiwa, Naomi Kojima, Toshiya Kobayashi, Yura Komine, Komako Sakai, Kiyoko Sakata, Yuki Sasameya, Haremi Shinohara, Koji Suzuki, Erie Sonoda, Shinji Takine, Miho Takeda, Jun Takabatake, Nao Takabatake, Seizo Tashima, Yukihiko Tajima, Chisato Tashiro, Seiichi Tabata, Ayuko Tanaka, Kiyo Tanaka, Mako Taruishi, Akiko Tanji, tupera tupera (Tatsuya Kameyama and Atsuko Nakagawa), Iku Degune, Kaya Doi, Shiho Dono, Yoko Tomiyasu, Hideko Nagano, Shigeo Nishimura, Yoshiko Noda, Yoshifumi Hasegawa, Koshiro Hata, Keiko Hamada, Junko Hayakawa, Nojiko Fushihara, Susumu Fujimoto, Nana Furiya, Yoko Furiya, Rimako Horikawa, Mariko Matsunari, Haruno Matsumoto, Taro Miura, Yukari Miyazawa, Yasunari Murakami, Tamiko Yagi, Fujie Yamauchi, Manami Yamada, Akemi Yamafuku, Takashi Yamamoto, Shizuko Wakayama, Michio Watanabe, Satoko Watanabe / Igor Piačka、Katarína Slaninková, Zsolt Lukács, Dávid Ursiny, Noémi Ráczová, Peter Uchnár, Peter Sojka, Martina Matlovičová, Marek Ormandík, Miroslav Regitko, Juraj Martiška, Júlia Piačková, Ľuboslav Paľo（Slovakia） / Valeria Valenza, Vittoria Facchini, Davide Longaretti＆Mayuko Tazumi, Philip Giordano（Italy） / M'ichael Sowá（Germany） / Klaas Verplancke, Tom Schoonooghe , Guido van Genechten（Belgium） / Alex de Wolf, Yvonne Jagtenberg, Harriët van Reek, Gitte Spee, Joke van Leeuwen, Wouter van Reek（Netherlands） / Arthur Binard（United States of America）