Faraway Land

Longing for the East land

Tenshō mission

When Christianity was propagated in Japan in the mid-16th century, the Christian regional rulers and the Jesuits sent four boys to Europe. They were the first Japanese to come to Europe, and they were also the first Japanese that Europeans had ever seen.

 On 1582, they left Nagasaki, 2 years later they reached Lisbon. Their stay caused a sensation throughout Europe. The envoys had visited many European cities, met numerous nobles and had audiences with kings and the Pope.  

8 years later, the envoy returned to Japan. During their absence, the new ruler issued a decree banning Christianity from the country. On their return, the four young men suffered a sad end.

*One evening in Pisa, Francesco I de' Medici invited a group of envoys to a ball. His wife Bianca Cappello danced with Mancio (one of the four) and the audience applauded.

 

Exhibition 2024

 10. Feb. - 2. March 2024

Galerie ARTESOL in Solothurn

  Beatrice Rubio

  Hiromi Miyamoto

  Noriko Steiner-Obata

 

 

 

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22. Nov. - 30. Dez. 2023

Advants Exhibition

UniQart, Nidau

 

20.Nov.- 11.Dec.2023

"Connection"

Bulgarian mini Textiles Triennale, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

9. Sep. - 3.Dec. 2023

"Voyage" mini-Textile-art Exhibition

UUTE Finnish Assosiation

Craft Museum of Finland

Jyväskylä, Finland

 Catalog

 

9. - 17. Sep. 2023

La Voirie in Biel-Bienne

 

23. - 26. March 2023

Teximus 4

Altstadthalle in Zug

 

 

 

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2. - 30. October. 2021

UniQart , CH-2560 Nidau

Hauptstrasse 43, 2560 Nidau

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

update : 16.  May 2024