"Reconstruction support" Kenzo Takada's idea "Okiagari spill" exhibited in Taiwan November 14, 22:46
An exhibition of "Okiagari-koboshi", which was proposed by Kenzo Takada, a world-famous designer who died last month, to support the reconstruction of the Great East Japan Earthquake is being held in Taiwan.
Kenzo Takada has proposed an exhibition of "Okiagari-koboshi," a lucky charm of Fukushima that stands up no matter how many times it collapses, to support the reconstruction of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and has been open all over the world for seven years.
In Taiwan, which donated a large amount of money to Japan in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, 70 people, including local craftsmen and students studying art, designed "Okiagari-koro" and combined it with the ones painted in each country. About 250 items are on display in Taipei City.
Mr. Takada died last month due to an infection with the new coronavirus.
At the venue, Mr. Takada's video message that it was recorded this summer was broadcast, and he expressed his wish for the end of the infection as well as the reconstruction of the disaster area.
A person who saw the colorful spills of rising up said, "I enjoyed seeing the designs designed by people from all over the world and I was fine."
This exhibition is open until the 22nd of this month.