From Hara Museum ARC (Gunma)
On October 10, there was a ceremony to put up a signboard of the Kankai Pavilion (designed by Arata Isozaki).
The Kankai Pavilion is a special venue to present works of traditional East Asian art collected by the great-grandfather of Toshio Hara, the director of the Hara Museum. The name of the pavilion “Kankai,” which means “overlooking the ocean,” was taken from the sobriquet of Rokuro Hara, who borrowed the phrase from a text by Mencius (Jin Shin I: 24):
When Confucius climbed the eastern hill, (the state of) Lu appeared small to him. When he climbed the Tai mountain, the entire world beneath heaven appeared small to him. He who has seen the ocean will not be easily moved by other waters. He who has spent time within the gate of the sage will not be easily impressed by the words of others.
Isozaki himself wrote on the back of the board the genesis of the building, and director Hara put up the board on the wall.
Signboard of the Kankai Pavilion↑
The signboard certainly gives the final touch to the Pavilion.