Friday, June 24, 2022

Japanese Tile Museum

Image © Akitsugu Kojima

The Mosaic Tile Museum Tajimi holds more than 10,000 individual tiles, sample books or boards portraying tile products, tools and utensils, and objects such as wash basins, bathtubs, and export goods.

Image © Akitsugu Kojima

Many of the artifacts were obtained by a few volunteers who set about salvaging tiles from buildings earmarked for demolition, and asking tile factories closing down for product samples.

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1 comment:

  1. 10,000 sounds like a lot but each of those wood frames contains near 100 tiles or more.

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