PUBLIC MARKS from Lagora

A characteristic touch is that every corner and angle is outlined with a thin, hand-drawn, black line – whether on the ceiling, on the bed, or around a plug. The result is a dollhouse-like, comic book room with papaya green walls, a sunny yellow rug, a lilac bed and a pink cupboard. Graphics and decorations by the artist complete the design.

Welcome to the "Match World" virtual museum! This is the museum that "Japan Match Manufacturers Association" and "Japan Match Lateral Corporation"operate. We hope you enjoy visiting our websites and get to know various things about matches. At the Match Label Corner, labels in superior designs are shown, especially selected from the collection of twenty or thirty thousand items in the Rankei Library, which is owned by Japan Match Manufacturers Association. Mr. Yutaka Kato, well-known match label collector, has helped us to institute this Match Museum. As for current matches that are shown in the site, they have been manufactured by member companies of Japan Match Manufacturers Association and Japan Match Lateral Corporation. Have a good time in the museum!

『百鬼夜行絵巻』（部分,背景黒色加工）　原在中　筆 2000年8月3日より14日までの12日間、大丸ミュージアムKOBEで『大妖怪展』が開催されました。 そこでは、絵巻物、浮世絵をはじめ、幽霊画、ミイラ、から郷土玩具、マンガに至るまで、約350点が展示されていると聞き、都会の喧騒の中では感じることの出来なくなった精神世界を求めて、ふらりと行ってまいりました。 今回初公開となりました、長久寺蔵『お菊の皿』、瑞龍寺蔵『河童のミイラ』等、特に私が惹かれたものを幾つかピックアップして紹介させて戴きました。

Keisuke Ito (1803 - 1901), a man who played an instrumental role in introducing Western medicine to Japan. In addition to estabishing a method for smallpox vaccination in Japan and helping to set up what is today known as Nagoya University, he drew numerous sketches of plant and animal specimens.

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