​You can view the record of the print gallery talk for "Blue Buds" on YouTube.

Lecturer Naoko Nishiura (Nishiura Naoko The National Hansen's Disease Museum curator)

This is a sequel to "Junior High School Students in'Blue Bud'" sent in August 2020. More than 100 prints were bound in the graduation collection "Aoi Bud" of the children who spent their junior high school days at Tama Zenshoen All the works are vivid and strongly express the "now and here" of the junior high school students who passed through the sanatorium. In the talk in March, we will deliver live commentary from the exhibition hall in time with this exhibition. (Nishiura)

Outline of the event

Saturday, March 20, 2021 from 14:00 to 15:30 Zoom broadcast

Advance application required / Capacity 100 people (first-come-first-served basis)

Registration begins on the day of the event at 1:45 p.m.

Click here for the print exhibition of "Blue Bud"

"Blue Bud" Print Gallery Talk Report

Lecturer Naoko Nishiura (Nishiura Naoko The National Hansen's Disease Museum curator)

In the main part, which is the sequel to "Junior High School Students in" Aoi Bud "" held in August 2020, the print work that was bound in the graduation textbook "Aoi Mei" of the children who Tama Zenshoen I introduced it. "Daily life" in the title of the exhibition was just that in isolated life. The vivid and powerful prints are not limited to school life, but the state of the sanatorium from the perspective of children. Starting with the pruned holly fence, a large tree that seems to be a cherry blossom, a stove in the classroom, a laundry place and Patient procedures are also recorded. On the other hand, the scenes of returning home and meeting with family members were not drawn, and the content was to ask the viewer what the facts mean. In the after-talk, we answered the questions of the viewers and talked about the print works that caught the eye of curator Ayaka Hashimoto We will continue to provide talks on the Issues related to leprosy from various perspectives, making use of the opinions received from questionnaires.

From the questionnaire

• The fact that the family members who came to the visit and the parents' house that I mentioned at the end did not appear in the work made me think that it was a different life from the usual "everyday". You said that even though many adult works are exhibited in the museum, children are not covered much, but as in the previous reading, despair and sadness are spelled out as children, but the future However, I was told that it was around the time when the feelings that hope had not disappeared were mixed. Thank you very much for picking it up.
• I thought it was amazing that many people made prints with all their thoughts. From the time I was introduced to "Aoi Bud" at the museum talk in August, I was wondering what kind of prints the students were making. For this reason, I was very much looking forward to this talk. Thank you very much.
• In 1975, the last issue of prints in the collection, I was the same junior high school student as the girls. The curator's story, "I'm incorporating the trends of the time," reminded me of "Oh yeah, it was like this." The teacher's comment said, "Please look at the fun," but it was a fun and nostalgic work for me as I watched it.
• I'm from Aobacho. Sure, I used to play at Tsukiyama when I was a kid, but I remember seeing the Venus statue. I'm also curious about where you are now. But it was good to know the background. Thank you very much.

… We have received many other answers. Thank you very much.