On September 16, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum opened “Silk Road and Japan—Tracing the History of Cultural Exchanges Woven by Daisaku Ikeda and Ikuo Hirayama.” The special exhibition, held at the Permanent Exhibition Gallery 6, features two Japanese who have contributed to the preservation of and research on cultural artifacts found in the western Chinese city of Dunhuang, a major Silk Road site.
Daisaku Ikeda is the founder of TFAM, while Ikuo Hirayama was a Nihonga painter renowned for his Silk Road paintings, with the exhibition paying homage to their efforts through panel displays, reproduced art works and excavated cultural assets. The exhibition, which will run until February 12, 2024, serves to augment the museum’s opening of “The Great Silk Road World Heritage Exhibition: Honoring 45 Years of Peace and Amity between Japan and China” on September 15.
