POKÉMON X KOGEI

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POKÉMON X KOGEI | Playful Encounters of Pokémon and Japanese Craft (Japanese: ポケモン×工芸展―美とわざの大発見― Pokémon X Kogei Exhibit-The Great Discovery of Beauty and Technique-) is a traveling crafts exhibit themed around the Pokémon franchise, featuring around 70 works produced by 20 leading craft artists in Japan. It is a collaboration between the National Crafts Museum in Japan and The Pokémon Company held in various museums and galleries in Japan, as well as the JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles in the United States.

Venue

National Crafts Museum

Poster from the National Crafts Museum
  • Address: 3-2 Dewa-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0963, Japan
  • Date: March 21, 2023 - June 11, 2023
  • Organizer: National Crafts Museum, NHK ENTERPRISES INC. Nagoya Branch Office, The Yomiuri Shimbun Hokuriku Branch Office
  • Special cooperation: The Pokémon Company
  • Produced by: NHK Promotions Inc.
  • Supported: Ishikawa Prefecture, Kanazawa City, THE HOKKOKU SHIMBUN, Television Kanazawa Corporation
  • Exhibit Information: https://www.momat.go.jp/craft-museum/exhibitions/551

JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles

Sagawa Art Museum

  • Address: 2891 Kitagawa, Mizuho-cho, Moriyama-shi, Shiga, Japan
  • Date: March 30, 2024 - June 9, 2024
  • Presented by: Sagawa Art Museum (SGH Culture and Sports Promotion Foundation), NHK ENTERPRISES, INC. Osaka Branch Office
  • Support: Shiga Prefecture, Shiga Prefectural Board of Education, Moriyama-city, Moriyama-city Board of Education
  • Curatorial Supervision: National Crafts Museum
  • Special cooperation: The Pokémon Company
  • Produced by: NHK Promotions Inc.
  • Special Support: SG Holdings Co., Ltd., SAGAWA EXPRESS Co.,Ltd., SAGAWA PRINTING CO.,LTD., The Yomiuri Shimbun

MOA Museum of Art

  • Address: 26-2 Momoyama-cho, Atami, Shizuoka, Japan
  • Date: July 6, 2024 - September 9, 2024
  • Presented by: MOA Museum of Art, NHK ENTERPRISES, INC. Nagoya Branch Office
  • Curatorial Supervision: National Crafts Museum
  • Special cooperation: The Pokémon Company
  • Produced by: NHK Promotions Inc.
  • Special Support: The Yomiuri Shimbun
  • Exhibit Information: https://www.moaart.or.jp/events/kogei2024/

Azabudai Hills Gallery

  • Address: Minato-ku, Tokyo
  • Date: November 1, 2024 - February 2, 2025

Matsuzakaya Art Gallery

  • Address: Nagoya-shi, Aichi
  • Date: April 26, 2025 - June 15, 2025

Hachinohe Art Museum

  • Address: Hachinohe-shi, Aomori
  • Date: June 28, 2025 - August 31, 2025

Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture

  • Address: Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki
  • Date: September 12, 2025 - November 30, 2025

Works

Craft Title Artist Materials Year
未知文黒御影茶器
Tea caddy, Unown Design, Black Granite Style
池田晃将
Terumasa Ikeda
urushi lacquer, abalone shell, turban shell, white-lipped pearl oyster, raden inlay 2022
電光投擲捕獲箱
Poké Ball Box
池田晃将
Terumasa Ikeda
2022
電線光環中次
Tea Caddy, Electric Exchange Design
池田晃将
Terumasa Ikeda
2022
湖のほとりで
By the Lake
池本一三
Kazumi Ikemoto
glass, casting, enamel spraying 2022
フシギバナ
Venusaur
今井完眞
Sadamasa Imai
stoneware, hand building, overglaze enamels 2022
羊歯唐草文シェイミ
Shaymin with Fern Arabesque Pattern
植葉香澄
Kasumi Ueba
stoneware, hand building, overglaze enamels 2022
帯留 ブラッキー 「威嚇」
ブローチ ブラッキー 「眠り」
帯留 ブラッキー「立ち姿」
Sash Clasp in Umbreon Shape "Intimidating"
Brooch in Umbreon Shape, "Sleep"
Sash Clasp in Umbreon Shape, "Standing"
桂盛仁
Morihito Katsura
shakudo (copper alloy with gold), gold, silver, copper, engraving, hammering, inlay, patination 2022
カップ(ピカチュウ)
Cups (Pikachu)
桑田卓郎
Takuro Kuwata
porcelain, stoneware, glaze, maschine molding, throwing, overglaze gold and silver, transfer printing 2023
江戸小紋 着物 「ゲンガー・ゴースト」
Kimono Cloth, Edo Komon, "Gengar and Haunter"
小宮康義
Yasuyoshi Komiya
silk, stencil dyeing 2022
琉球紅型着物「島ツナギ」
Kimono, "Island to Island," Ryukyu Bingata
城間栄市
Eiichi Shiroma
silk, stencil dyeing 2022
ピカチュウの森
Pikachu's Adventures in a Forest
須藤玲子
Reiko Sudo
cotton, needle lace (machine made) 2023
蒔絵棗「春を呼ぶ」
Tea Caddy, "Call Spring," Maki-e
田口義明
Yoshiaki Taguchi
urushi lacquer, maki-e 2022
無題
Untitled
田中信行
Nobuyuki Tanaka
urushi lacquer, kanshitsu, kyushitsu (urushi lacquering) 2022
可変金物 ココガラ/アーマーガア
Transformable Ornament, Rookidee/Corviknight
坪島悠貴
Yuki Tsuboshima
silver, phosphor bronze, lost-wax casting, electrodeposition coating 2022
Vessel -TSURARA- 新實広記
Hiroki Niimi
glass, casting, polishing 2022
月光 Pokémon Edition
"Moonlight" Pokémon Edition
林茂樹
Shigeki Hayashi
porcelain, slip casting, overglaze enamels 2022
森羅万象ポケモン壷
Vase with Pokémon of the Universe
葉山有樹
Yuki Hayama
porcelain, underglaze enamels, overglaze enamels 2022
超古代ポケモン玉盌
Beautiful Bowl with the Super-Ancient Pokémon
葉山有樹
Yuki Hayama
2022
雨あがり
After Rain
福田亨
Toru Fukuda
wood (wax tree, pink ivory, Japanese oak, Kalopanax septemlobus [blued by Hlorosplenium aeruginosum], Ilex integra, ebony, Japanese white bark magnolia, black walnut, elms), inlay, joining 2022
リザードン/信楽壷
Charizard/Shigaraki Jar
桝本佳子
Keiko Masumoto
stoneware, throwing, hand building 2022
友禅訪問着「群」
Kimono, "Herd," Yuzen Dyeing
水橋さおり
Saori Mizuhashi
silk, yuzen dyeing 2022
自在ギャラドス
Articulated Gyarados
満田晴穂
Haruo Mitsuta
copper, silver, brass, engraving, hammering, inlay, patination 2022
サンダース
Jolteon
吉田泰一郎
Taiichiro Yoshida
copper, gold gilding, silver gilding, engraving, hammering, patination, cloisonné 2022
ブースター
Flareon
吉田泰一郎
Taiichiro Yoshida
2022

Merchandise

Kimono Pikachu is a Pikachu plush dressed in a kimono featuring a traditional Japanese pattern called kōji tsunagi. It was made available for purchase at the shop within the MOA Museum of Art and the Pokémon Center Yokohama for ¥2,640 starting on July 6, 2024. Many items are also available at the shop within the MOA Museum of Art.

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