Imre Jakabffy (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 2. (Budapest, 1974)

The Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts in 1972

Museum. Kurashiki: Ohara Art Museum, New Art Museum and Pottery Hall, Museum of Folk Crafts. Hakone: Hakone Art Museum. Nikko: Toshogu Treasure House, Nikko Museum. Besides the above museums he visited numerous art exhibitions, workshops and wood-block printing ateliers. He made researches in libraries relating to the history of Japanese applied arts and to the illustrations of the Genji Monogatari, and collected analogies to some pieces of our Museum. He had consultations with several Japanese institutions about the exchange of art exhibitions and of modern works of art, graphics and folk craft objects. For the kind help and encouragement rendered during his study trip sincere thanks are due to the curators of the mentioned museums, institutions and especially to the kind officials of the Kokusai Kai, of the Tokyo and Kyoto National Museums, of the National Research Institute of Cultural Properties, of the Keio University, the Toyo Bunko, the Tokyo University of Arts, and to the UNESCO Center, to the Hungarian UNESCO Committee and to the Department of Museums in the Ministry of Education. Foreign visitors: S. A. Krishnan. member of the Lalit Kala Academy of New Delhi; K. S. Pillai original director of the International Doll Museum in Delhi; Prof. G. A. Pugacenkova, director of the Institution of Art History at the Academy Taskent ; U Vom Ko Hau, Ambassador of the Union of Burma, Budapest; K. Jettmar, University Professor in Heidelberg; Prof. T. Versbitzkij, Director of State Museum of History, Moscow; Sveni Salva, Grusian journalist, Tbilisi; and the members of the Smithsonian Institution's Friendly Society being on a study tour in Europe. 8. CH'I PAI-SHIH: GOURDS WITH INSECTS 242