Galerie Mingei is pleased to present an exhibition dedicated to contemporary Japanese lacquer, bringing together eleven major artists from the current Japanese art scene.

Ken Noguchi
Hiroshi Kaneyasu
Keikou Nishimura
Rio Tashiro
Wei Nan
Wang Linan
Nanami Seki
Elm Niimi
Okada Yuji
Kanon Notsu
Toshimasa Kikuchi

Design : Aurélien Farina (Paper Tiger)

Photos : Minamoto Tadayuki, Michel Gurfinkel and Bertrand Michaud

Mingei Gallery is honored to present a solo exhibition by the Japanese artist Yonezawa Jirō.

April 24 – May 31, 2025

Originally from Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Yonezawa Jirō has been practicing the art of bamboo for more than 35 years. The intensity of the deep red color, achieved through dyeing and lacquer techniques, gives his works a vibrant aura and a unique sculptural presence.
He is the only artist in this field to have lived in the United States for 18 years. Through a mutual influence with the American Fiber Art movement, his work became increasingly bold, evolving toward more sculptural forms.

Design : Aurélien Farina (Paper Tiger)

Photos : Minamoto Tadayuki, Michel Gurfinkel and Bertrand Michaud

The Mingei gallery presents a selection of works by talented artists working with lacquer in Japan.

While mastering the extremely demanding techniques of this natural material, these virtuosos have created a new form of expression.

Artists exhibited

𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐮
𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐮 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚
𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢
𝐖𝐞𝐢 𝐍𝐚𝐧
𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐠
𝐖𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢
𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐘𝐮𝐣𝐢

Design : Aurélien Farina (Paper Tiger)

Photos : Minamoto Tadayuki, Michel Gurfinkel et Bertrand Michaud

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠

Published for PARIS TRIBAL 2024

Design PAPER TIGER

On the occasion of Starting Sunday 2023

Photos : Michel Gurfinkel

Graphic Design : Sarah Niang Studio (sarah.niang.studio@gmail.com)

𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐉𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐞𝐢 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐈 𝐁𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐎𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐬-𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐢 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞.

The Mingei gallery selected 13 works for the Mingei Bamboo Prize 2023. They were all exhibited during the Parcours des Mondes from September 5 to 10, 2023.

A jury selected young artist Jyunpei Hayashi as the winner of the prize. The public voted for the young artist Youna Ichikawa for the Parcours des Mondes-Mingei prize.

These two artists are part of the studio of Tanabe Chikuunsai IV, previous winner of the prize.

The Mingei gallery thanks the Parcours des Mondes for its essential partnership.

Photo: Tadayuki Minamoto & Michel Gurfinkel (Honda Shoryu)

Graphic Design : Sarah Niang Studio (sarah.niang.studio@gmail.com)

Ikebana : Chikako Kaji & Ryukubota

Graphic design : Aurélien Farina

Photography : Tadayuki Minamoto & Michel Gurfinkel

Text : Philippe Boudin

Language : French & English

ONLINE catalog created for the exhibition "In Praise of Light - Pierre Soulages / Tanabe Chikuunsai IV" at the Baur Foundation in Geneva (November 17, 2021 - March 27, 2022)

This is not the museum catalog. For rights reasons, we only reproduce the works of our artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV.

Museum exhibition
A dialogue between the works of the great painter of abstraction Pierre Soulages and the famous bamboo artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV.

𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚.

𝟖 𝐑𝐮𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲
𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟔 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐚, 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

Photo: Tadayuki Minamoto

Graphic Design : Sarah Niang Studio (sarah.niang.studio@gmail.com)

𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 "𝐘𝐮̄𝐠𝐞𝐧 - 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲"

7 September - 16 October 2021

The yūgen translates as deep beauty, mysterious beauty, or subtle charm.

It is a concept of Japanese aesthetics applied to the arts, literature and poetry.

It has been theorized by poets like Fujiwara no Shunzei and Fujiwara no Teika as well as the playwright Zeami.

The yūgen refers to the understanding and nostalgic evocation of the mysterious beauty of the world. It is not about appealing to the imaginary or describing concrete reality, but seeing the world as endowed with an implicit depth that artists can subtly express.

The yūgen therefore often takes the form of mystery, depth, elegance and nostalgia associated with the ancient aristocratic culture.

Graphic Design : Sarah Niang Studio (sarah.niang.studio@gmail.com)

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢, 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞́ 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐄 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭.

The installation presented at the MNAAG Paris brings together a series of slender lacquered wood sculptures that represent mathematical models, in the tradition of the famous photographs taken of such objects by Man Ray.

Graphic design : Aurélien Farina

Pictures : Bertrand Hugues & Minamoto Tadayuki

Texts : Édouard Sébline, Kei Osawa & Sylvie Benzoni

French & english

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 - 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐢 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐢 𝐁𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐁𝐄 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐢 𝐈𝐕 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐚.

Eleven works have been selected and exhibited at the Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet from October 21st 2020 through May 3rd 2021.

Design : Sarah Niang Studio

Pictures : Minamoto Tadayuki & Michel Gurfinkel

Text : Philippe Boudin

Language : French - English

Boxset with 21 postcards & 48 pages booklet

Ikebana : RYUKUBOTA

Design & Pictures : Aurélien Farina

Text : Philippe Boudin

Language : French - English

Published for the exhibition “IIZUKA” on the occasion of Parcours des Mondes 2020.

IIZUKA Hōsai I (1851-1916)

IIZUKA Hōsai II (1872-1934)

IIZUKA Rōkansai (1890-1958)

IIZUKA Shōkansai (1919-2004)

MATSUMOTO Hafū (born 1952)

Design : Sarah Niang

Pictures : Aurélien Farina & Michel Gurkinkel

Text : Philippe Boudin

Ikebana : RYUKUBOTA

Language : French - English

Published for the exhibition “Ōita - Japanese Bamboo Art from the Ōita area”, this publication includes a selection of works by the greatest artists of Japanese bamboo art from Ōita area.

Design : Aurélien Farina

Pictures : Michel Gurfinkel

Text : Philippe Boudin

Language : French - English - Japanese

Published for the exhibition “MINIMAL" with the wooden works created by the artist Chiharu Nishijima.

Design : Aurélien Farina

Pictures : Michel Gurfinkel

Text : Philippe Boudin

Language : Français - Anglais

Published for the exhibition “The Beauty of Japanese Bamboo Art”, this publication includes a selection of works by the greatest artists of Japanese bamboo art.

Design : Aurélien Farina

Pictures : Michel Gurfinkel

Text : Philippe Boudin

Language : French - English

Published for the exhibition “ Tanabe Chikuunsai IV - Bamboo Masters vol.4 ” (november - december 2018)

Design : Aurélien Farina

Photos : Tadayuki Minamoto

Texte : Philippe Boudin & Shinya Maezaki

Langue : Français - Anglais

Published for the exhibition "SUPRANATURAL" about japanese ghosts, skeletons et vanitas

Design : Aurélien Farina

https://papertiger.fr/MINGEI_SUPRANATURAL

Photos : Michel Gurfinkel & Tadayuki Minamoto

Texte : Christophe Marquet, Alain Briot et Kei Osawa

Langue : Français - Anglais

Catalog of the exhibition Nagakura Ken'Ichi @Galerie Mingei in November 2015

Pictures Tadayuki Minamoto

Catalog of the exibition Otake Yuichi

Iron japanese artist

@Galerie Mingei

Pictures by Tadayuki Minamoto

Tanabe Shouchiku III previous name of Tanabe Chikuunsai IV