PROJECT NIO-MON is a follow up on an art project called Issho-ni/ Tomo-ni, and is initiated by Dutch artist Jikke van Loon. In 2015 she travelled to the former home town of two magnificant Japanese Temple Guardians, nowadays living in the National Museum of Amsterdam. She went to say thank you to their former gate and home, the Niomon, that belonged to the Iwayaji area in Okuizumo cho, Shimane.
This ‘Thank You’ resulted in a wider international movement of bringing home these Temple Guardians to their home town. A foundation in both Japan and the Netherlands has been founded to enable the making of a gate, in both physical and non physical way, for the returning Temple Guardians.
Niomon Foundation NL:
By initiative of artist Jikke van Loon
email: jikkevanloon@gmail.com
Phone nr: +31653423831
www.nio-mon.com
BankAccount: NL25TRIO 0320 2394 62
KVK: 824 26 988
Chairman: Radboud Molijn, Managing Director Global Bridges BV, Member Supervisory Board Yahama Motor Europe NV. Former member Tomoko Mukayama Foundation.
Secretary: Josha Sietsma, Teacher at Corderius College Amersfoort, Member of the Board of the Netherlans-Japan Association
Treasurer: Pier van Loon, actuary
Member: Maarten Meurkens Founder of www.broedplaatsbogota.nl
Advisory Board:
Naoko Nizawa
Kana Nakamoto
Committee of Recommendation
Menno Fitski, Head Asian Department Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Emmy Verheij, violist
2021 Artists:
Jikke van Loon, www.jikkevanloon.com
Sachi Miyachi, www.sachimyachi.com
2021 Project Assistent:
Kisho Matsuo, www.kisho-matsuo.com
Masaya Inaba from Frasco:
www. inabamasaya.themedia.jp
2021 HELD Thomas Meurkens
2021 Yurie Hayashi
2021 Master of Zoom Diederik Eggenkamp
Ippan Shadan Hōjin NIO-MON Yokota
Chairwoman: Nizawa Naoko
Member: Radboud Molijn