Exhibitions

Three types of instrument are used for performing traditional Japanese music drums, stringed instruments, and wind instruments (especially the flute).

The exhibition follows how Japanese artists, in particular those of the Edo era (1603-1868), depicted animals.

At the age of twelve, while rummaging through her father's library, Ruth Falk found a booklet containing Japanese poems of 17 syllables - haiku - in a German translation. She was amazed at how much can be said in only a few words, and her curiosity was aroused.