The “Divine Art Replica Exhibition: Touchable Masterpieces,” held for 48 days from October 21 at the Onojo Cocoro-no-furusato-kan City Museum (Fukuoka Prefecture), concluded on December 14.

This exhibition featured high-definition replicas of famous paintings and cultural properties produced by our company, offering a universal viewing experience where visitors could touch and enjoy masterpieces and cultural properties that are normally off-limits to physical contact. Attracting attention as an exhibition where everyone from children to adults, including those with visual impairments, could appreciate paintings and cultural properties in a different way, it welcomed 7,209 visitors. This exceeded the museum's average attendance for special exhibitions over the past three years, ranking as the fifth highest attendance in its history.

• The “Mona Lisa” was specially produced for this exhibition. 
• Approximately 20 paintings, primarily ceramic board reproductions, were displayed on the 3rd floor. 
• Approximately 15 works, mainly replicas of cultural properties, were displayed on the 2nd floor. 
• A popular section allowed visitors to touch cultural properties and lift them to feel their weight. 

During the exhibition period, the following three events were held:

1. Gallery Talk for Visually Impaired Visitors (Private Event)
Participants enjoyed a hands-on viewing experience, touching works like “Mona Lisa”, “Sunflowers”, and “Flame-shaped pottery” while listening to descriptions. Participants noted differences in texture by carefully touching the works, remarking, “The paint colors feel different to the touch!” Others savored the beauty of form, exclaiming, “This curve is absolutely perfect!” This gallery talk, enabling shared tactile appreciation, led to discoveries of the works' charm that would otherwise remain unknown.
 
2. Talk Show: “Replication Techniques for Cultural Properties ”
Held both on-site at Nihon Keizai University and online. Alongside our President and CEO, Mr. Osugi, we exchanged views with Mr. Miwa karoku, former Director of the Kyushu National Museum (National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Tokyo), and Mr. Akashi Yoshihiko, Director of the Onojo Cocoro-no-furusato-kan City Museum, on the untold stories behind our cultural property replication projects, the preservation and utilization of cultural properties, and the potential of ceramic boards.

3. Workshop: “Let's Try Copying Artworks”
Twenty participants ranging from elementary school students to seniors took part. After viewing the exhibition, each chose a favorite piece and carefully observed and touched it while copying it.
One student participant, who will enter an art university next year, said, “It's rare to get a chance to copy artworks at a museum, so I'm glad I came. It was fun.” Seniors also shared feedback like, "The Otsuka Museum of Art is quite far, so it's hard to visit often. I'm happy they held an exhibition nearby. I wish I could have drawn more."

• A gallery talk for visually impaired visitors. We received feedback such as, “I'm delighted to have an experience I couldn't have with the real thing.” 
• Participants feeling the difference in texture. 
• The scene at the talk show venue. 141 people attended in person and listened intently. 
• Scene from the panel discussion. 
• Scene from the copy drawing event. Participants of all ages, from children to adults, enjoyed copying drawings for the full three hours. 
• Participants copying with colored pencils. 

This exhibition generated ripple effects across multiple fronts: it inspired visits to the actual Otsuka Museum of Art, brought visually impaired individuals to our facility outside the event, and generated interest in hosting similar exhibitions at other museums. It became an exhibition demonstrating the potential of ceramic reproductions as a universal means for diverse people—transcending generations and disabilities—to enjoy culture and art.

Moving forward, our company will continue to actively pursue initiatives that leverage the advantages of high-definition reproductions to promote understanding and utilization of culture and art.