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NEWS] Kaneko Misuzu Memorial Museum, 14th Anniversary Commemorative Admission Ticket

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    Apr 12, 2017

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Admission tickets for the 14th anniversary of the opening of the Kaneko Misuzu Memorial Museum! Distributed to the first 3,000 visitors!

April 11 is the birthday of "Misuzu Kaneko," a children's song poet from Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The Kaneko-Misuzu Memorial Museum, which opened on that day, will celebrate its 14th anniversary on April 11, 2017. Every year, the Kaneko-Misuzu Memorial Museum distributes commemorative admission tickets at this time. The design changes from year to year, and the tickets are numbered, making them premium admission tickets. 20170411_kanekomisuzu_3 The front of the ticket features an illustration by Shingo Ozaki, an illustrator living in Nagato City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and the back has a poem by Misuzu Kaneko printed on it, making it a bookmark.  

Exhibition "The World of Fuchan and 'Nankin-dama'" at the Misuzu Kaneko Memorial Museum of Fine Arts is underway.

20170411_kanekomisuzu_4  The Kaneko Misuzu Memorial Museum is currently holding a special exhibition. The children's song poet Misuzu Kaneko wrote down the chatter of her beloved child Fusae, called Fuu-chan, in a notebook called "Nankin-dama. Some of them seem to have been uttered while looking at illustrations in magazines such as "Kodomo no kuni" (Kodomo no kuni). The exhibition will show illustrations of "Kodomo no kuni" that are related to Fuu-chan's chatter, and give us a glimpse of the love between mother and daughter that can be seen behind the illustrations. Dates: Wednesday, March 1 - Wednesday, May 31, 2017