Manggha
Manggha (long name: Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej Manggha , German "Museum of Japanese Art and Technology Manggha") is a museum in Krakow . It has been an independent cultural institution since December 1st, 2004, before that it was a branch of the Kraków National Museum .
history
In 1920 the Cracow National Museum received its collection of around 6,500 Japanese art objects from the art collector Feliks “Manggha” Jasieński .
He made only one condition: the collection should be accessible to the public and remain as an inseparable whole. Jasieński became honorary director of the collection. Even so, since Manggha's death in 1929, the artworks remained packed in boxes. During the Second World War , the collection was confiscated by the authorities of the General Government and exhibited in the Cracow Cloth Hall in 1944 .
It was then that the eighteen-year-old future film director Andrzej Wajda saw her . That was the beginning of his lifelong bewitchment. When Andrzej Wajda received the Inamori Foundation's Kyoto Film Prize in 1987, he decided to donate the money to the establishment of a museum for Japanese art in Krakow, in order to be able to exhibit the Feliks Jasieński collection there.
The construction project was supported by the Japanese government and the Krakow Kyoto-Krakow Foundation. Even the Japanese Railway Union donated a million dollars. The Japanese architect Arata Isozaki provided the design free of charge .
The Manggha Museum was officially opened on November 30, 1994.
In addition to the exhibition of the Feliks Jasieński collection, the museum offers space for various events such as Japanese language courses, ikebana exhibitions and tea ceremonies . The Bonsai Society also has its headquarters there.
On July 11, 2002, the Japanese Emperor Akihito came to visit with his wife, Empress Michiko .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 2.9 ″ N , 19 ° 55 ′ 53.5 ″ E