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ANDRZEJ WAJDA AND KRYSTYNA ZACHWATOWICZ
AND THEIR KYOTO-KRAKOW FOUNDATION
HEADED BY 
TADEUSZ CHRUŚCICKI
FORMED IN 1987 
THANKS TO THE INAMORI FOUNDATION KYOTO PRIZE
WITH SUPPORT FROM KRAKOW VOIVODE TADEUSZ PIEKARZ
AND FROM KRAKOW'S MAYOR, JÓZEF LASSOTA
FOUNDED
THE CENTRE OF JAPANESE 
ART AND TECHNOLOGY 
MANGGHA 
IN
KRAKOW
BUILT TO A DESIGN BY 
ARATA ISOZAKI
TOKYO
CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH KRZYSZTOF INGARDEN JET ATELIER KRAKOW
TO HOUSE THE JAPANESE ART COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN KRAKOW
AND IN PARTICULAR FELIKS 'MANGGHA' JASIEŃSKI'S COLLECTION 
IN THE CUSTODY OF ZOFIA ALBEROWA
THE CENTRE WAS ERECTED 
THANKS TO THE JAPANESE BRANCH 
OF THE KYOTO-KRAKOW FOUNDATION
WHOSE CHAIRMAN WAS 
TOSHIKUNI YAHIRO
AND WHICH WAS SUPERVISED FROM IWANAMI HALL BY 
ETSUKO TAKANO
CHIEKO AKIYAMA YOKO OHTAKE IN COLLABORATION WITH 
THE EAST JAPAN RAILWAY WORKERS' UNION 
WHOSE PRESIDENT WAS AKIRA MATSUZAKI
AND THANKS TO 138,000 DONORS
WHO LOVED POLISH CINEMA AND POLAND 
THE CREATION OF THE CENTRE WAS ALSO MADE POSSIBLE BY 
THE SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN 
REPRESENTED IN WARSAW BY THEIR EXCELLENCIES 
AMBASSADOR SHINTARO YAMASHITA AND AMBASSADOR NAGAO HYODO
CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON 28 MAY 1993 
THE CENTRE WAS INAUGURATED ON 30 NOVEMBER 1994