Jikke van Loon
This project is by initiative of artist Jikke van Loon, visual artist based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
She regularly visited the temple guardians in the Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam and in 2018 she decided to help them ‘go back home’.
jikkevanloon@gmail.com
+31 6 53 42 38 31
www.jikkevanloon.com
Niōmon Foundation / Ippan Shadan Hōjin NIOMON
In 2021 both the Niōmon Foundation (Stichting Niōmon) and Ippan Shadan Hōjin NIOMON Yokota were established to help the guards return to their former home, the Niomon on the Iwayaji Mountain.
Both Dutch and Japanese organisations facilitate and organise everything that’s been brought in motion by bringing the guards home.
Board members Niōmon Foundation (NL):
| Chair: | Radboud Molijn, |
| Managing Director Global Bridges BV | |
| Secretary/Treasurer: | Thijs Gerrits |
| Communication: | Wakana Kaitani, |
| Writer/journalist | |
| Member: | Maaike Westinga, |
| architect at TenBrasWestinga | |
| Member: | Maarten Meurkens, |
| Director at Meurkens & Meurkens | |
| Advisory Board: | Naoko Nizawa |
| Kana Nakamoto | |
| Committee of Recommendation: | Menno Fitski, Head Asian Department |
| Emmy Verhey, violinist |
Board members Ippan Shadan Hōjin NIOMON Yokota (JP)
| Chair: | Kawasaki Atsuko |
| Member: | Radboud Molijn |
In Japan, residents of Okuizumo Yokota have joint hands and provided an impressive building for AIR’s, debates and workshops (the Honmachi Kaikan). This serves both as a temporary House for the Blue Niozo and is a platform and festival location for the yearly NIO-Festival (since 2021).
Partners
| Okutsumu: | Uchida Sakiko |
| Udagawa Takahiro | |
| Yuriko Matsuzaki | |
| Katta House: | Naoko Nizawa |
| Anewal Gallery, | |
| Kyoto: | Iitaka Katsumasa |
| Kyoto Kenchiku | Sano Haruhito |
| (College of Architecture): | |
| And of course: | The Daltons! |
This project is supported by
| 2024: | Ailion Foundation |
| Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Tokyo | |
| 2019: | Mondriaan Fonds |
| Sakura Craypas | |
| 2018: | Amsterdam Fonds voor de |
| Kunsten | |
| Ministerie van Buitenlandse | |
| Zaken, Tokyo | |
| Hitachi Data System |
and YOU! > Thank you!
Artists in Residence
| 2024: | Myrthe van Loon |
| 2022: | Sachi Miyachi & Nina |
| Glockner | |
| Onkruidenier (Jonmar van | |
| Vlijmen en Ronald de Boer) | |
| 2019: | Kiriko Mechanicus |
Support
Stichting Niōmon Foundation (NL)
p/a Reggestraat 12
1078 CZ Amsterdam
IBAN: NL 25 TRIO 0320 2394 62
BIC: TRIONL2U
Niomon Foundation the Netherlands is registered as a Culturele Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling (ANBI).
