Rei (Etiquette) Woman, from the series "The 7 Virtues" large format photos on canvas © Sylwia Makris
Apre un museo tutto speciale a Berlino, si tratta del Samurai Museum Berlin che si inaugurerà il prossimo 8 Maggio in Auguststraße a Berlin Mitte.
Il museo ospita la più grande collezione di autentici manufatti di samurai al di fuori del Giappone.
Su 1.500 metri quadrati, i visitatori del primo museo d'arte dei samurai d'Europa possono immergersi nel leggendario mondo dei guerrieri giapponesi. Più di 1.000 reperti della Collezione Peter Janssen raccontano la cultura e la storia dei samurai.
Installazioni multimediali interattive mettono in mostra le mostre attraverso tecnologie innovative, portando i visitatori in uno spettacolare viaggio nel tempo.
Rei (Etiquette) Woman, from the series "The 7 Virtues" large format photos on canvas © Sylwia Makris
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On 8 May 2022, the Samurai Museum Berlin will open in Auguststraße in Berlin Mitte. The museum houses the largest collection of authentic samurai artefacts outside Japan. On 1,500 square
metres, visitors to Europe's first museum of samurai art can immerse themselves in the legendary world of Japanese warriors.
More than 1,000 exhibits from the Peter Janssen Collection narrate the culture and history of the samurai. Interactive, multimedia installations showcase the exhibits through innovative technologies,
taking visitors on a spectacular journey through time.
Fascinating armour, elaborate swords, and legendary masks – outstanding objects illustrate the emergence of the samurai asa warrior caste and their varied development through the centuries–from the late Kofun period around 500 to the early Meiji period in the 19th century. The museum presentation designed by Ars Electronica Solutions provides a playful experience of the distant epoch.
Visitors enter the Samurai Museum Berlin through a front gate imported from Japan that once adorned the residence of a highranking samurai. The multimedia journey begins with an interactive 3D model of Japan that examines the country’s history in a global context. Masks, weapons, and armour are shown in 360° representations. Thanks to digital techniques, visitors get closer to the exhibits than ever before. Dynamic projections bring battle scenes to life, and multimedia installations illustrate the art of sword-making.
A unique feature of the Samurai Museum Berlin is the original Nō theatre: it was built by traditional carpenters in Japan and shipped to Berlin. Nō is a form of classical Japanese theatre from the late 14th century with masks, ritualized movements, and musical accompaniment. Two further original architectural elements housed in the new museum are a torii, which in Japanese architecture marks the entrance to a Shintō shrine, and a teahouse. Visitors are accompanied by the shape-shifting fox Kitsune, a symbolic guide that playfully invites to interact with the exhibits and imparts knowledge.
