On June 1, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland presented Tokyo Fuji Art Museum founder Daisaku Ikeda with its “Gloria Artis,” Gold Medal for Cultural Merit, in recognition of his longstanding contributions to art and cultural exchange between Poland and Japan. The presentation ceremony took place at the Polish Embassy in Tokyo, with Minister Bogdan Zdrojewski presenting the award to TFAM Board of Trustees Chair Kenji Harashima, who accepted the honor on Mr. Ikeda’s behalf.
TFAM organized a Japan tour of the “Treasures of Poland: Rembrandt and the Precious Royal Collection” exhibition in cooperation with the Historic Centre of Warsaw and Wawel Royal Castle. The exhibition, which was eventually viewed by some 600,000 people, began with a one month showing at TFAM in August 2010, concluding its tour in 2011 after traveling to such cities as Kitakyushu and Osaka.
