On July 5, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum held a press conference on the opening of “The Great Silk Road World Heritage Exhibition” commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Japan-China Peace and Amity Treaty. The event took place at the Japan-China Friendship Center in Tokyo.
The exhibition features many of the Silk Road’s prized cultural assets generously on loan from the collections of art museums and research institutes throughout China. Among these are works from Dunhuang’s Mogao Caves that UNESCO has designated as a World Heritage Site.
Akira Gokita, Managing Director and Senior Executive Curator at TFAM, opened the press conference with a few words, followed by remarks from archeology expert and author Masanori Aoyagi, who serves as the exhibition’s honorary advisor. Chen Zheng, Counsellor of Cultural Section at the People’s Republic of China Embassy in Japan, also gave a welcome speech.
Following an introduction of the works the exhibition will display by Curatorial Division Director Kenichi Hirano, Gokita unveiled TFAM’s Rebranding Project, which showcases the museum’s new mission statement and logo.
