Hatsune Miku x Fuyuki Kosode Restoration Project Collaboration
We’re used to seeing Hatsune Miku collaborate with video games, food companies, cafes, and countless merchandise manufacturers to keep her fans entertained. But have you ever thought that she would collaborate with national museums to help save priceless cultural artifacts?
That’s exactly what she’s doing in her latest collaboration with the Tokyo National Museum and National Center for the Promotion of Cultural Properties (hereafter “CPCP”). See how the digital diva who embodies the sound of the future is doing her part in preserving a 300-year old historical treasure.
About the Fuyuki Kosode
The historical treasure in question is the Fuyuki Kosode short-sleeved kimono housed at the Tokyo National Museum.
Pictures from kokosil Ueno
Also known as the Korin Kimono, the Fuyuki Kosode was designed by the Japanese painter Ogata Korin over 300 years ago, hand-painting its beautiful autumn flower design with his own brush. Now in need of restoration, the CPCP and Tokyo National Museum started the Fuyuki Kosode Restoration Project to raise funds in order to preserve the kimono for hundreds of more years, and allow more generations to admire its beauty.
You can learn more about the restoration project by visiting its official site.
Hatsune Miku’s Role
So where does Miku fit in with this project?
To answer that, Crypton Future Media has turned to 森倉円 / Morikura En, another significant artist in their own right. They created a new Miku illustration of the digital diva wearing a kimono fashioned after the Fuyuki Kosode, and standing in the Tokyo National Museum itself.
This breath-taking illustration will serve as the main visual of the collaboration, and will be used for nine different pieces of merchandise, manufactured in collaboration with four different companies. Below is a description of the goods, their prices (tax included), and their makers.
| 1 | Acrylic Panel (A3) * | ￥53,000 JPY | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd |
| 2 | Replica Picture (A3) * | ￥50,000 JPY | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd |
| 3 | Giant Acrylic Stand * | ￥10,000 JPY | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd |
| 4 | Poster (A2) ** | ￥3,000 JPY | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd |
| 5 | Mini Illustrated Paper | ￥1,200 JPY | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd |
| 6 | Clear File Folder (A4) | ￥550 JPY | Toyo Recording Co., Ltd. |
| 7 | Postcard | ￥220 JPY | Toyo Recording Co., Ltd. |
| 8 | Milky Candy | ￥1,650 JPY | Fujiya Co. |
| 9 | Nendoroid Hatsune Miku: Fuyuki Kosode Ver. *** | Price TBD | Good Smile Company |
** Only available on the e-commerce site
*** Available for pre-order around the end of July
We even get a sneak peek at the last item in this list!
The merchandise will be made available starting on June 30th, 2020 at the Tokyo National Museum Shop, and will be shown at an exhibition called KIMONO that will be held in the same building. They will also be sold online through the Fuyuki Kosode Miku Official E-Commerce Site.
A part of the proceeds made from merchandise sales will be donated to the Fuyuki Kosode Restoration Project, helping to return the centuries-old garment back to its former glory.
**UPDATE ON JUNE 30, 2020**
The goods are now up for sale, and photos of the replica picture and acrylic stand have been revealed on the Hatsune Miku Official Blog!
**UPDATE ON JULY 28, 2020**
We now get to see the painted Nendoroid Hatsune Miku: Fuyuki Kosode Ver. figure! You can read more about her on Kahotan’s blog here.
Stay tuned as more information and pictures for the merchandise are revealed in the coming week before their release and exhibition!
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