軽井沢で３ (In Karuizawa 3)

　2日目午前の美術館訪問としては、メルシャン軽井沢美術館で開催していた「小さなルーヴル美術館」展が好評で会期が延長になった、と幹事が話すので、てっきりそこへ行くのかと思った。しかし、展示替えのため、10月25日から29日までは、残念ながら休館中との報告だった。それならば、セゾン現代美術館がよいと考えたとの幹事の話に、それはよさそうだと思うと、木曜日は休館日で、これもだめだという。実際に赴いたのは田崎美術館だった。開館時刻の少し前にホテルのマイクロバスで到着したが、時刻を過ぎてもなぜか閉まったままである。休館日は前日の水曜日だったはずだが。仕方なく、一同は「軽井沢絵本の森美術館」を訪れ、そこを見学した。

　絵本の森美術館は、もう一つの施設「エルツおもちゃ博物館・軽井沢」とともに、「ムーゼの森」と呼ばれる広い公園の中にあり、第1展示館ベルク（ドイツ語で「山」を表す）、第2展示館トゥルム（「塔」）、絵本図書館ヒューゲル（「丘」；上掲の写真）などの棟から成る。第1展示館では、特別展「動物えほん展：擬人化された動物ファンタジー」が行なわれていた。大人も子どもも楽しめるすてきな美術館で、私の住む大阪府下にもこういう所があればよいと思った。われわれが買った入館券は、おもちゃ博物館とセットになったものだったが、そちらを見る時間はなく、昼食の場所へ向った。

On the first day of the reunion, the organizer said, "For the museum visit of tomorrow, I chose 'Petit Louvre' Exhibition at Musee d'art Mercian Karuizawa. The exhibition has been well received, and the period in which it is held has been extended." So we thought that we would certainly go there. However, he added, "It's a pity that the museum is closed from October 25 to 29 in order to change the works for exhibition." He continued, "In Karuizawa, there is another excellent museum, the Sezon Museum of Modern Art." Hearing this, we thought it was also a smart plan to visit there. However, he said, "The museum is closed on Thursdays." Thus, we actually went to the Tasaki Museum of Art by the small bus of the hotel, arriving there shortly before the opening time. But alas! The museum remained closed after the opening time in spite of the information that it was closed on Wednesdays. Reluctantly, we took the bus again to go to the Karuizawa Museum of Picture Books.

The Museum of Picture Books is located in a large park, Muze Forest, together with another facility, the Erzgebirge Toy Museum of Karuizawa, and consists of separate buildings of the First Exhibition Hall "Berg," the second Exhibition Hall "Turm," Picture Book Library "Hügel" (the photo above), and so on. At the First Exhibition Hall, a special exhibition, "Animal picture books: The fantasy of anthropomorphic animals" was being held. It was such a lovely museum for both children and adults to appreciate that I wished to have a similar one in Osaka Prefecture where I live. The tickets we bought were also valid for the Toy Museum. However, we did not have time to see that museum and went to the place for lunch.

From tweets of yesterday (edited by rephrasing, adding words, etc.)

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Exchange of Words with Friends

[From J. Tanaka to tajihi, thoton and me] 前回のブログご覧くださり有難うございました。縦書き横書きと鏡像問題の2回目を掲載しました。今回は視差の問題を提起しています。

[To J. Tanaka]「縦書き及び横書きの機能性の差異と鏡像問題 その2」と、そこに引用されていた「鏡像問題と『虚像問題』」を拝読しました。さらなる展開を期待しています。

[From J. Tanaka] お言葉に勇気づけられます。