On February 13, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum premiered at its Main Museum Exhibition Gallery “A Dress In A Picture, A Picture Of A Dress,” an exhibition organized in close collaboration with the Kobe Fashion Museum, the first national institution in Japan dedicated to the history and evolution of fashion. The exhibition features paintings and photographs of subjects in the 18th to 20th centuries dressed in various finery from the TFAM collection displayed alongside apparel and dress ornaments corresponding to that specific era provided by the Kobe Fashion Museum, enabling visitors to explore the world of fine art from a unique new prism.
Concurrently, the “Fashion in Photography: Evolving Faces, Evolving Places” exhibition will be held at TFAM’s New Wing Permanent Gallery 6 and 7. Drawing extensively on our extensive photography collection, the exhibition with a sweeping perspective of fashion, from its earliest daguerreotype roots to modern-day “mode” stills that first appeared in postwar Japan and remain popular to this day. Among the works on display are opulently dressed European gentility of the 19th century and the glitterati of the day, along with rare photos of Japanese clad in both traditional attire as well as Western wear as the country transitioned from a feudal to modern society.
The “A Dress In A Picture, A Picture Of A Dress” exhibition will run until May 9 while “Fashion in Photography: Evolving Faces, Evolving Places” will close on May 23.
Please note that TFAM has instituted strict coronavirus safety protocols and that our theater, library and Kids’ Room will therefore be closed to the public.
