A Message from the Director
90 Years of Kinder book
"Kinderbook", the monthly childcare picture book magazine, was first published in 1927. Continuing publication until today, it has marked its 90th anniversary this year. It is for 90 years that it has been kindly measuring up the expectations of children looking forward to the new edition delivered every month.
Now, we trace its steps to imagine the dreams of children. Each era's social conditions and personality contained in the many children's pictures and songs may be vividly reproduced.
In order to ascertain the origin of infant culture which now reaches its peak, I would like to look back at the roles of this picture book magazine. Every page, bookmaking, and binding of the book remind us of passions of writers, painters and editors.
For this exhibition, we have indeed received a lot of support from many people. I am writing this to express my gratitude. We look forward to hearing our visitors' comments and opinions.
Koichi Kabayama
Director
Printing Museum, Tokyo
Director's Profile
Koichi Kabayama
Director
Printing Museum, Tokyo
Born in Tokyo in 1945. Graduated from the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo in 1965, and after completing the masters degree course at the university became a research assistant at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University in 1969. Became an assistant professor at the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo in 1976, and later became a professor. Served as the Director-General of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo from 2001, becoming Director of the Printing Museum, Tokyo in 2005, a position he still holds. His fields of specialization are Western history and Western cultural history.