RT @bagger43: Pretty rad vintage Japanese toy showcase at SFO, put together by @sfomuseum http://t.co/1TPV67brqs
This tweet was posted on April 21, 2014.
RT @greenblanket: Really loving this Japanese Toys exhibit at the San Francisco Airport, thanks to the SFO. Robots and AstroMan and vintage…
This tweet was posted on April 16, 2014.
RT @maxtoyco: #fbf December 2013 @sfomuseum Japanese Toys exhibit in the San Francisco Airport 😸 Had hundreds… https://t.co/8dI6QIjwkj
This tweet was posted on March 18, 2016.
RT @mccv: Topical: SFO has an exhibit of Ansel Adams' photos of a Japanese internment camp in CA
This tweet was posted on November 08, 2016.
RT @reallyrichard: Arrived at SFO to find a wonderful exhibit of Japanese toys, from robots and Ultramen and Godzillas to Hello Kitties htt…
This tweet was posted on February 24, 2014.
Renowned designer Christopher Dresser explored and reinterpreted many Japanese forms and motifs. Dresser designed one of the dragon vases for the Old Hall Earthenware Company, which exhibits both Japanese and Chinese influences.
#Japonisme
This tweet was posted on December 13, 2022.
Royal Doulton, which was founded in 1815, produced this “Spray” pattern in the 1880s, likely inspired by Japanese mon (紋). Mon are decorative crests traditionally used to identify a Japanese family. #Japonisme
This tweet was posted on November 28, 2022.
SFO Museum has not one but TWO exhibitions about cats at the moment. "Maneki Neko: Japanese Beckoning Cat" is on display post-security in Terminal 2 and "Caticons: The Cat in Art" is on display, pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/fI181w6yqE
This tweet was posted on July 28, 2018.
See more #BeckoningCats from across the centuries in "Maneki Neko: Japanese Beckoning Cat", on display post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/yLeWIMuL97
This tweet was posted on March 15, 2018.
See more cats in "Maneki Neko: Japanese Beckoning Cat" on display post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/yLeWIMuL97 #BeckoningCats
This tweet was posted on March 02, 2018.
Sometime during the late Meji period, the Seto kilns began producing maneki neko. By the Taisho period, they evolved into much more elaborate forms, modeled after Japanese bobtail #cats with highly decorative bibs. #BeckoningCats
This tweet was posted on May 26, 2018.
The 1950s were the golden age of #space-themed toys. #Robots are the most iconic, space-themed toys. Japanese manufacturers pioneered the robot toy craze in the late 1940s with Atomic Robot Man, a wind-up, tin lithograph toy that walked on its own. #1950sConsumer
This tweet was posted on February 07, 2019.