Nishijima firstly challenged to set art installation at the department store in Tokyo (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi). This installation is consist of nihonga (Japanese style painting), robot art and Ewashi paper art. White peacock on the photo is a robot and covered by Japanese paper “Ewashi”.
Ewashi is a word coined by himself. (E means picture in Japanese. Washi means traditional Japanese paper.) Ewashi is created in the ways combined with the traditional way and his original way. He makes some different degrees of thickness in a single sheet and you can see the pictures and patterns in the thin washi. Please drop in and see his art installation when you come over. (You can see the picture more on Instagram. Please check Nishijima Toyohiko Instagram.)
Date: January 23 to February 19, 2019 (10:00-19:00)
Mitsukoshi Nihombashi Main Store Ground Floor, Lion Entrance
Nihombashi 1-4-1, Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-8001 Japan [Map]
Tel：03-3241-331
Web：Mitsukoshi Nihombashi [Access]
