Minister of Culture Li Yuan (left) commissioned Taiwanese cartoonist Wei Ruoming to draw a portrait of Japan’s first cartoonist, Senator Ken Akamatsu. Ken Akamatsu (right) also donated a portrait of Li Yuan that he drew himself. In the middle is Aisaka, director of the New Museum of Art in Japan. Eriko. (Provided by Taiwan Cultural Center in Japan)

[Special Correspondent to Japan Lin Cuiyi/Tokyo Report]Culture Minister Li Yuan visited Japan for the first time after taking office, and brought the national treasure “Nectar Water” back to Tokyo University of the Arts, the alma mater of Taiwan’s first sculptor Huang Tushui, for display. Li Yuan said that this exhibition It is of great significance to the history and friendship of Taiwan and Japan. Li Yuan is scheduled to stay in Japan for four days and will visit intensively and communicate with Japanese industry representatives such as publishing, comics, movies, music, and museums.

The masterpiece of loess water “Nectar Water” will be officially exhibited at Tokyo University of the Arts in Japan from the 6th. (Provided by Guomei Pavilion)

The work “Nectar Water” by Taiwan’s senior sculptor Huang Tu Shui was registered as a “National Treasure” by the Ministry of Culture last year. Since Huang Tu Shui studied at the Tokyo Art School (the predecessor of Tokyo University of the Arts) from 1915 to 1922, Huang Tu Shui’s work It also implicated the historical friendship between Taiwan and Japan. The National Museum of Fine Arts is actively cooperating with Tokyo University of the Arts to curate the exhibition “Huang Tu Shui and His Era—Taiwan’s First Western Sculptor and the Tokyo Art School in the Early 20th Century”. The exhibition opens today (5th), and Li Yuan’s visit to Japan is the special occasion for the opening. Help out.

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Minister of Culture Li Yuan (2nd from left) visited the CLAMP 35th Anniversary Exhibition of the National Art Museum of Japan. (Provided by Taiwan Cultural Center in Japan)

Yesterday, Li Yuan, accompanied by Tsang Chiu-long, director of the Taiwan Cultural Center in Japan, paid a visit to the National Art Museum of Japan. Director Eriko Aisaka not only received the reception in person, but also arranged for Japan’s first cartoonist, Senator Ken Akamatsu, to accompany him to visit the museum, which created works including “Kuro Magic” “CLAMP Exhibition” composed of 4 female cartoonists from “Making”. Li Yuan said that he had been to the New Museum 14 years ago, and many years later he visited as Minister of Culture and visited the CLAMP 35th Anniversary Exhibition, which had a particularly different meaning.

After Akamatsu Ken was elected as a member of Congress, he often presented cartoon portraits to international leaders. Former President Tsai Ing-wen and President Lai Ching-te were both characters in his paintings. In response to Akamatsu Ken’s “cartoon diplomacy”, Li Yuan invited the Japanese International Manga Award winner The gold medal-winning Taiwanese cartoonist Wei Wei Ruoming drew a portrait of Akamatsu Ken as a meeting gift. When Chisong and Li Yuan met yesterday, he also gave a portrait of Li Yuan as a gift, and the two had a great conversation.

Minister of Culture Li Yuan (left) pays a visit to Representative Furuya Keiji (right), chairman of the Japanese-Chinese Parliamentarians Forum, and thanks him for his long-term support for Taiwan in all aspects. (Provided by Taiwan Cultural Center in Japan)

Li Yuan also paid a visit to Keiji Furuya, the president of Japan’s cross-party group of friendly Taiwanese parliamentarians “Nissan-Chinese Parliamentarians Forum” yesterday afternoon. Furuya is not only the president of Nikka Ken, but also the president of the Japan Animation and Game Parliamentarians Alliance. He is also the He was an important driving force behind the exhibition of the National Treasure of the Forbidden City in Japan in 2014 and the exhibition of the Japanese National Treasure “Hinoki Picture Screen” in Taiwan in 2016. When Furuya talked about this past event with Li Yuan, he smiled and said that at that time, his wife organized a group to go to Taiwan to see an exhibition. After returning home, she said to him, “For the first time, I feel that you have been a member of Congress for so many years, and it is really useful. “

Li Yuan said that he was very grateful to Keiji Furuya for continuing to help Taiwan for many years even when Taiwan was facing a special international situation. In recent years, he has continued to support various activities of the Taiwan Cultural Center of the Representative Office in Japan. Keiji Furuya said firmly, “We will continue to solve problems for Taiwan in the future.”

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