Narita Junko "Kitsune no Yomeiri" Exhibition

Junko Narita

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 ~ Saturday, April 11, 2026

Exhibition

Gallery

The finest antique fabrics, as if worn by princesses in the Edo period, and fragments of Buddhist altarpieces, appear in Junko Narita's hands, as if coming back to life.
This time, to commemorate Ippodo Gallery's 30th anniversary, the theme is "The Fox's Wedding," depicting a procession of nineteen foxes surrounding a bride wearing a white cotton hood.
"The Fox's Wedding" is considered an auspicious and somewhat mysterious, fantastical phenomenon: a sunshower, rain falling from a clear sky.
It even appeared in a film by Akira Kurosawa.
Other fantastical dolls, such as dragon gods descended from the heavens, will also be on display.

Keiko Aono, Ippodo Gallery

Junko Narita

Born in Kyoto.
2003: Awarded at the "Kateigaho Grand Prize Exhibition".
2006: Solo Exhibition (Ippodo Gallery Ginza) (also held in '09, '22, '23, '26).
2007: Received the NHK Publishing Association Award at the "Hokyoji Monzeki Doll Exhibition".
2009: Featured in "Junko Narita Doll World" in quarterly Ginka.
2010: Special Exhibition "Nene Mugen" (Kodai-ji Temple, Kyoto).
2012: SOFA CHICAGO (USA).
2013: "2nd Kanazawa World Craft Triennale" at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.
2014: "Taiwan-Japan Contemporary Craft & Design in Flux" (Taiwan).
2017: Selected for "3rd Kanazawa World Craft Triennale".
2018: Solo Exhibition (Kennin-ji Temple, Kyoto).

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