THE HOMECOMING

Osaka:  4/5/6 October 2025

Homecoming-exhibition
Lady Grace Drummond-Hay's willow pattern china tea set
A corner of the exhibition featuring the Yutaka Kajikawa lifestory wallpaper
6 Months of Dreaming Japanese Flyer
6 Months of Dreaming Japanese Flyer

And so, Yutaka Kajikawa returns to his home town 96 years after he sent his letter and tie designs to Lady Grace Marguerite Hay Drummond-Hay when she landed in Tokyo on the First Round the World Flight of a Zeppelin airship.  What was he hoping for?  An exhibition in the West where his reputation as a young Japanese artist and designer would be established, followed by a triumphant homecoming to Japan….

Dramatic enactment of the historic meeting

Dramatic re-enactment of the (imaginary) historic meeting between Lady Grace Drummond-Hay and Yutaka Kajikawa, Charlotte Cory (centre) with Tsutan Tsaimoto (right) and Tomoki Nonaka (right) of the  Terenaika Theatre Company, Osaka

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Yutaka Kajikawa Lifestory wallpaper by Charlotte Cory
Yutaka Kajikawa Lifestory wallpaper by Charlotte Cory
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