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Wrapping Culture: Furoshiki and Wrapping Cloths of the World
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RELATED EVENTS
Minpaku Lectures
ballOctober 19, 2002, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Doors open at 1:30 p.m.)
Lecture Title: “Furoshiki and Pojagi”
Lecturers: Kim Sun Hui (Chojun Textile & Quilt Art Museum), Chizuko Morita (Furoshiki Study Group), and Isao Kumakura (National Museum of Ethnology)
Place: Auditorium of National Museum of Ethnology

ballDecember 21, 2002, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Doors open at 1:30 p.m.)
Lecture Title: “Japan's Furoshiki Culture”
Lecturers: Akihiko Takemura (Miyai Co., Ltd.) and Isao Kumakura (National Museum of Ethnology)
Place: Auditorium of National Museum of Ethnology

Hands-on Activity
Furoshiki Weaving(approx. 30 minutes)
Date: October 3, 2002 ~ January 14, 2003, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Place: Second Floor, Special Exhibition Hall
(For this activity, six looms are set up to provide visitors with hands-on experience to weave a 30 cm by 30 cm cloth. Fee: 1,000yen)

Wrapping in Furoshiki
Date: October 3, 2002 ~ January 14, 2003, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Place: Second Floor, Special Exhibition Hall
(Learning how to wrap goods in furoshiki, including methods for making a shopping bag using furoshiki (which is the most common use of furoshiki) and wrapping a ball-like object, a bottle, etc.)

Lecture for Minpaku Associates
ballOctober 5, 2002, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Lecture Title: “Wrapping Culture and Its Beauty: In Relation to the Exhibition ‘Furoshiki and Wrapping Cloths of the World’”
Lecturers: Chizuko Morita (Furoshiki Study Group) and Isao Kumakura (National Museum of Ethnology)
Place: Seminar Room #5, National Museum of Ethnology
[Contact]  Senri Foundation Minpaku Associates Section Tel: 06-6877-8893