A while back, I went to the Nezu Museum with Yuuki and my mother to see the special exhibition of National Treasure Irises Screens at the Nezu Museum in Aoyama. Nezu Museum was designed by Kengo Kuma, a Japanese architect. Kuma's reinterpretation of Japanese traditional architecture is fascinating, giving the buildings a crisp, clean, and breezy feel. It is a dream to be able to ask him to design our house someday.
The exhibition at the Nezu Museum was National Treasure Irises Screens 2011. It was my first time to see the real irises screens, and they were beautiful. The screens are a work of art by Korin Ogata from the 18th century. The colors of the irises in contrast with the gold-foil background is just stunning, and his usage of space must have been very avant-garde at that time.
We enjoyed a little walk around the gardens outside the museum. I love the fresh greens in early May in Tokyo. The museum cafe seemed to be a great place to take in all the greenery.
