NEWS | In 2016, the Odawara Art Foundation Enoura Complex will be born.
NEWS | Odawara to Become Home to "Sugimoto Art" Collection
2016 | Odawara Art Foundation Enoura Complex to Open
The Odawara Art Foundation, established by artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, has begun construction on the Enoura Complex, an arts and culture facility featuring theater and art. Scheduled for completion in 2016, it will be a place to fully appreciate "Sugimoto Art" in one location, with a Noh stage, galleries, and tea houses.
Text by YANAKA Tomomi
Gallery Building, Noh Stage, and Azuchi-Momoyama Period Tea House to be Recreated
Hiroshi Sugimoto, renowned not only as a photographer but also for his deep knowledge of theater, ancient art, and architecture, founded the Odawara Art Foundation in 2009. The foundation aims to preserve and promote classical and contemporary theater, and to conserve, exhibit, and disseminate art from ancient to modern times worldwide.
The Enoura Complex will be born as a place to appreciate artworks selected by Mr. Sugimoto's discerning eye and to experience the essence of "Sugimoto Art." It is being built in the Enoura district of Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, an area where artisan groups with advanced techniques developed from the early modern period, and their traditions have been passed down continuously.
The Enoura Complex, built with the Hakone Outer Ring Mountains at its back and overlooking Sagami Bay, offers panoramic views from Odawara city to the Boso Peninsula and Izu Oshima island. The facility will include a gallery building for art appreciation and a thatched-roof Noh stage. Furthermore, the "Tenshoan" tea house, said to have been built by Rikyu at Hideyoshi Toyotomi's command during the Odawara campaign in 1590, will be recreated. The site will also feature the relocated Myokakumon gate, a relic from the Muromachi period, a stroll garden, and will reproduce traditional construction methods and techniques that are becoming difficult to pass down today.
Gallery Building
Noh Stage
Tea House
Glass Stage
Mr. Sugimoto, who has been fascinated by Odawara since childhood, states, "Japanese culture, which has lived in harmony with nature since the Jomon period, is now sought after worldwide. Odawara will be positioned as the capital for disseminating Japanese culture in the future."
The Enoura Complex, which can be considered the culmination of "Sugimoto Art," is something to look forward to its completion in 2016.
Inquiries
Odawara Art Foundation
Tel. 03-3473-5235
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