Welterbe in Japan - Photographien von Miyoshi Kazuyoshi
In the organizer's words:
Over 1,200 sites in 168 countries worldwide are currently registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The "Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage" has so far been ratified by 196 countries (as of October 2024); the World Heritage Convention was adopted in Japan in 1992.
The traveling exhibition compiled by the Japan Foundation shows selected photographs of cultural and natural heritage sites in Japan that are considered particularly worthy of protection and preservation due to their outstanding significance.
Since 1993, a total of 21 cultural monuments in Japan have been added to the list, including Buddhist temples in Kyoto and Nara, Shinto shrines, sites of the Kingdom of the Ryûkyû Islands in Okinawa, Himeji Castle, historic villages of Shirakawa and Mount Fuji. In 2016, a representative section of the work of the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier was added as a transnational serial World Heritage Site, which in Japan includes the main building of the National Museum of Western Art. In 2019, a group of 49 burial mounds(kofun) dating from the 3rd to 6th centuries were listed. Most recently, archaeological sites from the Jômon period (2021) and the gold mines of Sado Island (2024) were selected.
In addition to the cultural monuments, Japan also has a total of five natural World Heritage Sites. Specifically, these are the cedar and beech forests in Aomori and Akita, Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, Shiretoko National Park in Hokkaido, the Ogasawara Islands and islands in the southern prefectures of Kagoshima and Okinawa.
All the photographs were taken by Miyoshi Kazuyoshi, who was born in Tokushima Prefecture in 1958. After studying at Tôkai University, he was the youngest recipient of the prestigious Kimura Ihee Award for his photo book Rakuen (Paradise) in 1985. Since then, numerous other publications have appeared and his works have been presented in many solo exhibitions.
Selected publications: Rakuen The Collected Works (2005),Chûgoku sekai isan (World Heritage in China, 2008), Gokurakuen (Buddha Statues, 2009), Kyôto no gosho to rikyû (Palaces and Villas in Kyoto, 2009), Sekai isan Ogasawara (World Heritage of Ogasawara, 2011), Nihon no sekai isan (World Heritage of Japan, 2016), Tôdaiji (Tôdaiji Temple, 2020), Hôryûji (Hôryûji Temple, 2022).
The exhibition takes place as part of the International Photoscene Cologne (festival period: 16.05. to 15.06.2025) and can be borrowed by non-commercial institutions for co-organization.
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Free admission. Please note that the Japanese Cultural Institute is closed Monday - Friday at noon from 1 to 2 pm.
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