ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Japanese department stores have weathered many transitions. Takashimaya became a fully-fledged department store during the Taisho period. At the beginning of the Showa period, it opened large stores in Osaka and Tokyo one after another. It provided new information one after another through a wide variety of events, and developed through creative advertising strategies and product development. After going through the difficult times of war and postwar reconstruction, it introduced the lifestyle people longed for and dreamed of during the period of high economic growth. Department stores have always been places that disseminate the latest trends, and at the same time, they have been places that create and foster culture.
In 1969 (Showa 44), at the dawn of a new era of housing development in the suburbs of the capital region and the arrival of the private car boom, Tamagawa Takashimaya S.C. was opened. It was the birth of Japan's first suburban SC (shopping center).
Currently, Takashimaya has set "urban development" as its group's overall strategy. As a symbol of this, Nihonbashi Takashimaya S.C. was reborn as a new urban SC in 2018 (Heisei 30) with the opening and expansion of its specialty store area. And Kyoto Takashimaya S.C., which opened in 2023 (Reiwa 5), will soon celebrate its first anniversary. The transformation of commercial facilities is also a mirror that reflects the times and social conditions.
This exhibition introduces the past and present of department stores and SCs, as well as their current vision for the future, centered around four design themes: "advertising," "clothing," "lifestyle," and "town."

DATES & TIMES

■Announcement: Saturday, September 7, 2024 - Monday, December 23
Part I: Saturday, September 7 - Monday, October 28
Part II: Saturday, November 9 - Monday, December 23
The dates are subject to change.

■Opening hours: 10:00 - 17:00 (entry until 16:30)

■Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Closed from Thursday, October 31 to Friday, November 8 for exhibition change

■Venue: Takashimaya Historical Museum, Special Exhibition Room

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■ Free admission

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Takashimaya Historical Museum

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NOTES

[Major exhibits]
All works are from the Takashimaya Historical Museum collection. This exhibition will be divided into two parts, with the exhibited works rotated.
・Yamaguchi Akira, "Picture of the Prosperity of the South End of Nihonbashi" 2021 (Part I)
・Nihonbashi Store Opening Poster (Original Artwork: Okada Saburosuke) 1933 (Part I)
・Le Corbusier, Régier, and Perriand Exhibition Catalogue 1955 (Part I)
・Italian Fair Pamphlet 1956 (Parts I and II)
・Hyakusenkai Obi "Jumbo Jumbo" 1971 (Part I)/"Nova Discovery" 1972 (Part II)
・Meissen Large Plate "English Rose" 1980 (Part II) and more

[Special Exhibition]
Posters of "Proposals for the Future of Takashimaya" by Doshisha University Students
Based on the history of Takashimaya, students from the Department of Media Studies, Faculty of Sociology, Doshisha University were given the task of making a poster proposing proposals for the future of the department store on the themes of "enterprising spirit/beauty/urban development/lifestyle." A special exhibition of four posters created by third-year students (2023) from Yukie Takeuchi's seminar.

[Gallery Talk by Curator]
■Every Saturday during the exhibition period, from 14:00 (approx. 30 minutes)
No registration required, please come to the special exhibition room by the start time.
*The event may be canceled depending on the situation.

Takashimaya Historical Museum

Address

Takashimaya East Annex 3F, 3-5-25 Nihonbashi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, 556-0005

Contact

06-6632-9102

https://www.takashimaya.co.jp/shiryokan/

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