The Montreal Gazette tells us this morning of a new exhibition appearing at the Pointe-à-Callière Museum from May 16 to October 15, 2006. The exhibition portrays an unknown Japan, much older than the land of samurai and geisha: a prehistoric land, but one that already had rich cultures that produced unique, refined objects. It covers the period from over 30,000 years ago and ends in the 7th century AD, with the birth of the first unified state and the gradual spread of writing. It includes 150 of the most splendid artifacts from the collections of the Tokyo National Museum and ten other Japanese institutions. According to Louise Pothier, the project manager for this exhibition, it is the first time such a prehistoric collection from the Tokyo National Museum has appeared in North America.

There’s a most interesting web page describing it on the Pointe-à-Callière website. Unfortunately I cannot include a precise link for that since the website is in old-fashioned Frames. When will designers realize that you can create much more user-friendly websites with more modern technology. The page will also not be quite so visible in Google. However it’s certainly worth the slight trouble of searching for the exact web page on the website.

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