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Japanese woodcut in the Krakow National Museum's collection 

Krakow's Manggha Center of Japanese Art and Technology 

Krakow’s outpost of the Japanese creativity and ingenuity opened in 1994. The Manggha Center of Japanese Art and Technology remains biggest such institution in the whole Central and Eastern Europe. Its wave-shaped building on the bank of the Wisla river just opposite the Wawel Hill was designed by Arata Isozaki, prominent Japanese architect. It houses the Krakow National Museum’s Japanese collections such as fabulous Japanese woodcuts, splendid artifacts of ancient handicraft, ornate weaponry, etc. Many of them were amassed by Feliks “Manggha” Jasienski, a wealthy Polish connoisseur, by the end of the 19th century and donated to the museum in 1920. The center is a brainchild of Andrzej Wajda, the renowned Oscar-awarded Polish film maker, who also contributed his $340,000 Kyoto city award and helped to raise the outstanding $5.5 million to erect it. The Manggha Center organizes various temporary exhibitions, concerts, presentations, etc., pertaining mostly but not exclusively to Japan’s national heritage or its present-day achievements. 


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