Image: Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa
The Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art in Kanazawa is presenting a special exhibition titled 'Wajima Lacquerware - Preserving Lacquer Culture for Future Generations', running from June 27 to August 2, 2026. The museum’s exhibition calendar lists the show under its special exhibition program and identifies it as part of a broader slate of summer displays beginning on June 27 and extending through early August.
According to the museum’s exhibition page, the lacquerware-focused presentation brings together Wajima lacquerware, ancient Kutani and related arts from Ishikawa, as well as modern crafts, paintings and sculptures by local artists. The listing places the exhibition within the museum’s regular programming rather than as a one-off event, alongside several collection displays that are also on view during the same period.
Wajima lacquerware is one of the best-known traditional craft forms associated with Ishikawa, and the museum is framing the exhibition around the preservation of lacquer culture for future generations. The title of the show emphasizes that theme directly, while the accompanying exhibition text points to a wide range of works from the region’s artistic traditions, including historic ceramics and contemporary art forms.
The exhibition page was last updated on July 24, 2026, and the calendar entry for July 29 shows the special exhibition continuing through August 2. The museum’s site gives the address as 2-1 Dewamachi, Kanazawa, and lists opening hours of 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., with last admission at 5:30 p.m.
On the same calendar page, the museum also lists several concurrent collection exhibitions, including 'Bushi no Yosooi II', 'Ko-Kutani and Revival Kutani II', 'Selected Works', 'Japanese Painting from the 1950s', and 'Let’s Enjoy the Museum Together: What Will You Put On? What Will You Put In?'. These listings appear as separate exhibitions alongside the Wajima lacquerware special exhibition.
The museum’s exhibition page provides a direct link to more details on the special exhibition, but the public listing itself already makes clear the show’s scope: a regional survey centered on lacquer culture, supported by historic Ishikawa material and modern work by local artists, on view through August 2, 2026.
