Object

Decorations

  • Bamboo and lacquer relief (4th floor)

    The interaction of the words and sensibilities of the people of Hakata is expressed through the overlapping, supple lines of the bamboo and the lustrous finish of the lacquer.

    • Author: Mr. Shingo Muramoto

    • 1997
      Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Crafts, Lacquerware
      2002
      Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft Workshop Completion
      2010
      Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft Workshop Lacquer Art Specialist (~2015)

      Resides in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
      Ningbo University College of Science and Technology
      Specially Appointed Lecturer [China]

  • Pictorial relief (4th floor)

    The soft luster of gold and the elegant glamour of the space evoke the way history is layered over the hustle and bustle of the city of Hakata.

    • Author: Mr. Shinichi Yoshizu

    • 1961
      Born in Uto City, Kumamoto Prefecture.
      1982
      After graduating from Osaka Designer College, he began working as a silkscreen print artist.
      1984
      He has won the Newcomer Award at the Kansai Ichiyo Exhibition, the Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka Headquarters Award at the Shinkyo Art Exhibition, and has been selected for the Shinseiki Exhibition, the Printmaking (Promising New Artist) Grand Prize Exhibition, the Asia Contemporary Art Exhibition, and the Japan Printmaking Exhibition.

  • Wood relief (14th floor)

    Yakusugi wood is used to express the overlapping culture, history, and traditions of Kyushu through layered relief.

    • Author: Mr. Hideho Takasu

    • 1946
      Born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
      1983
      Established Takasu Disign Gallary
      While working as a space designer to create architecture-related spaces, he presented sculptures and sculptural furniture (lacquer) on the theme of resuscitation masonry
      2010
      Using old buildings and old materials, restoring them into works of art with the owner's "Omoi" TENTENDEN Project started
      the current
      While working on architectural design, he also undertakes a number of commissioned works, including reliefs, outdoor sculptures, and monuments.

  • Mikawachi Ware (4th floor)

    Kakufusa Kiln

    Author: Mr. Imamura Fusanosuke

    It is a modern image of a woman dancing in a former social hall in the gorgeousness of a mix of Japanese and Western, and the soft and plump curves of the White Porcelain Pottery wheel Work that are typical of Mikawachi Ware are impressive.

Hakata Fence (4F~14F)

Plasterer: Mr. Kenichi Nagumo

The wall surface is inspired by the image of Hakata Fence, an earthen wall made of burnt stones and burnt tiles when rebuilding the town of Hakata, which was in ruins during the Warring States period.

  • Men's bath tile painting (4th floor)

    "bird’s-eye view" depicting the urban area of Fukuoka in the early Showa era

  • Women's bath tile painting (4th floor)

    A design inspired by the hanging "Sagemon" that is displayed during the Hinamatsuri in Yanagawa, a water village

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