Japan & South West Scotland
This unique exhibition curated by art historian Louise Boyd
brings together prints, weaponry, scroll paintings, lacquer ware,
ceramics, and other fascinating Japanese material from the
collections at Dumfries Museum with items kindly loaned by local
people and institutions.
Visitors will be able to see both sides of Japanese culture,
comparing striking samurai warrior armour and tales of heroics with
cute netsuke carvings and pretty lacquer boxes. This is a
rare chance to see both the beautiful and the disturbing, and to
discover the connections between Japan and Dumfries and
Galloway.