L Exhibition SEE DAGASHIKASHI Exhibition – Kyoto store 2016年9月17日(土) 〜 10月16日(日) This year the Kyoto International Manga Museum is again hosting content as the secondary venue for the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair (KyoMAF), and presents an exhibition of the comedy manga DAGASHIKASHI, a series set in a small candy store, which has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday since 2014. In the manga museum gallery there will be a reproduction of the candy store from the manga where you can take commemorative photos, as well as replicas of manga manuscripts and artwork on display.
P Exhibition SEE What is Manga? “What is Manga?” exhibition at the main gallery on the second floor seeks to answer questions that visitors may have from multiple perspectives. It explains manga's history and social significance in each categories. In addition, the walls of which are covered in bookshelves that are filled mainly with popular and influential manga from 1945 to 2005, arranged by year (based on Gendai Manga Hakubutsukan, 2006, Shogakukan).
P Exhibition SEE Commemorative plaster casts “Manga Artists’ Hands” There are plaster casts of over 100 artists’ hands who visited Manga Museum for events etc. Look and imagine how the masterpieces were created with those hands! You can meet those treasures only here at the Manga Museum on the 2nd floor, galley 6.
P Exhibition SEE Object Hi no Tori (Phoenix) Tezuka Osamu is a manga artist who made a significant contribution to the development of Japanese manga.This object is one of his representative characters, HINOTORI(Phoenix). It was suspended in our atrium in September 2009, and created by one of Kyoto's best artisans, Sudo Mitsuaki, who creates Buddhist statues with traditional engraving techniques calledyosegizukuri (mosaic wood construction) and gyokugan (spherical eye). It is a large wooden object that measures 4.5 metres (height) by 11 metres (width). This object is created as part of the "Utilization project for products made in Kyoto".
P Exhibition SEE Exhibition of 100 Maiko Illustrations The walls of the Manga Museum are lined with drawings of maiko by over 100 manga artists. Look for the maiko drawn by your favorite manga artist! This exhibit was made possible by The Japan Cartoonists Association.
P Exhibition SEE Manga Studio 土・日・祝 21/10/8 11:00 〜 21/10/8 17:00 At the Manga Museum, you can see the process of manga creation first-hand in our "Manga Studio." Watch professional manga artists as they draw manga, starting from the initial pencil sketch.It's a rare chance to see how manga is really made, from black-and-white images to full color. Please stop by the Manga Studio the next time you come to the Museum!
