Company Profile

Adeka Corporation

Himalayan Heights 101 & B1-4, 1-8-2 Suido, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0005

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Company History

1986 Adeka Corporation was founded

1988: Opened Gallery Adeka (inside the French Chamber of Commerce Exhibition Hall in Sunshine City)

1995: Opened Gallery Vin de France (Karuizawa Prince Shopping Plaza)

1999 Gallery Adeka moved to the headquarters

2014: Galerie Adeka was renamed Galerie Adeka

In 2014, Gallery Vins de France moved to Karuizawa Prince Hotel.

2015: Gallery Vin de France closed

2016: Opened Galerie Adeka Karuizawa

2017: Galerie Adeka Karuizawa closed

business

1: Introducing French artists and building a market: Raymond Peynet, Michel Henry, Manuel Luballo, Jean Godin, Piermattheo, Daniel Couture, Simon Brault, Michel Maelgray, Nicole Clement...etc.

2. Wholesale: Wholesale to galleries, mail order companies, and exhibition organizers

3: Retail: Internet sales (Shopify) Galerie Adeka

4: Department store exhibition experience: Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Shinjuku Isetan, Kobe Daimaru, Kyoto Daimaru, Shinsaibashi Daimaru, Umeda Daimaru, Sapporo Mitsukoshi, Sendai Mitsukoshi, Nagoya Mitsukoshi, Hiroshima Mitsukoshi, Hakata Daimaru, Okayama Tenmaya, Fukuyama Tenmaya, Ikebukuro Tobu...etc

French-Japanese Cultural Exchange

1999: The town of Omi, Hokkaido, opened the Michel Henry Gallery at the Hinode Misaki Hotel.

In 2001, French Ambassador to Japan Mr. Gourdeau Montagne held a welcome party for Michel Henry at his residence (participants included former Indonesian First Lady Dewi Sukarno, opera singer Masashi Akikawa, Member of the House of Representatives Okutani, etc.)

In 2001, Michel Henry and Yasuhiro Takeda attended the closing ceremony of the Japan Flora 2000 Flower Expo at the invitation of Hyogo Prefecture Governor Toshitami Kaihara.

In 2002, as envoys from Omu Town, Yoshikazu Kinashi (president of Sapporo Cultural Broadcasting and honorary consul of France in Sapporo), the Japanese consul in Alsace Matsubara, Michel Henry, Patrice de La Perrière (president of Univers des arts), and Yasuhiro Takeda visited Langres, Michel Henry's hometown, where the Michel Henry Art Museum is scheduled to open, and were welcomed by the mayor.

2003: The Midi-Pyrenees region of France held a retrospective of Michel Henry, and Michel Henry and Yasuhiro Takeda attended the opening.

In 2003, Omu Town held a welcome party for Michel Henry, attended by Mr. Michel Henry, First Secretary of the French Embassy Mr. Fieski, Principal of Alliance Française Sapporo, and Yasuhiro Takeda.

2004: Hyogo Prefecture sends an economic and cultural mission to France. Hyogo Prefecture Honorary Citizen Michel Henry, Patrice de La Perrière (President of Univers des arts), and Yasuhiro Takeda accompany Governor Ido of Hyogo Prefecture. Awaji Ningyo Joruri is also performed at the Japan Cultural Center in Paris.

2008-2012 Yasuhiro Takeda was invited by President Guibet and Vice President Delaloff of the French Artists Association to participate in Le Salon (Grand Palais, Paris) organized by the French Painters Association.

In 2010, the Karuizawa RCC (Karuizawa Resort Conference Promotion Council) was held at the Karuizawa Prince Hotel, and invited guests to attend the conference included Mr. Hisanori Isomura (former NHK news anchor, first director of the Japan Cultural Center in Paris, and chairman of the Friends of Michel Henry Society), Mr. Yoshiyuki Matsuda (chairman and principal of Shobi Gakuen), Mr. Junichiro Inuzuka (professor at Jissen Women's University), and Yasuhiro Takeda.

In 2012, Yasuhiro Takeda visited the Musee Peynet in Antibes, southern France, as an advisor to the Thaliassen Peinet Museum in Karuizawa.

2012-2015 Yasuhiro Takeda serialized "An Invitation to French Paintings" in BOSCO magazine

In 2013, Karuizawa Prince Hotel and Adeka Corporation jointly held the "2-Day French Art Experience" at the Karuizawa Prince Hotel, with lecturers including Naonori Isomura, Hidetoshi Fuse (art critic, associate professor at Tokyo University of the Arts), Tamae Kimura (novelist, lecturer at Tokyo University of Agriculture), and Yoshito Namura (director of the Small Music Box Museum), and Yasuhiro Takeda acted as MC.

2014: A lecture entitled "Michel Henry" was held at Ebisu Mitsukoshi, sponsored by Ebisu Mitsukoshi and supported by the Paris Club, with lecturers Hidetoshi Fuse and Yasuhiro Takeda.

2014: Yasuhiro Takeda was the lecturer at the Maison Franco-Japonaise on the topic of "French Paintings Loved by the Japanese," organized by the Paris Club.

In 2015, the Paris Club and the French Chamber of Commerce co-hosted the second lecture on “French Paintings Loved by the Japanese” at the Maison Franco-Japonaise, with Uchimura Hiroshi (Director of Art Department at Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi Main Store) and Takeda Yasuhiro serving as lecturers.

In 2016, the Paris Club hosted a lecture entitled "Raymond Peynet's Message of Love and Peace." Tomomi Moriya (lecturer at Kobe Women's University, researcher of Raymond Peynet), Norio Kanno (Mayor of Iitate Village), and Yasuhiro Takeda gave lectures.

2019: The Notre Dame Cathedral Reconstruction Charity was held at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation International Conference Hall, co-hosted by the Japan-France Sasakawa Foundation, the Izumi-ryu Headmaster, and Adeka Corporation. Speeches were given by Ambassador Laurent Pic, Isomura Hisanori, the Izumi-ryu Headmaster (Izumi Motoya), and Takeda Yasuhiro. A performance by the Izumi-ryu Headmaster and an auction of French paintings by Galerie Adeka were held.

Company Officer

Representative Director Yasuhiro Takeda Born in Okayama Prefecture in 1953 Graduated from the University of Montpellier

Michel Henry, Master's Degree, University of Paris, Appraiser

Former Secretary of Tokyo Koishikawa Rotary Club

Former member of the Rotary Club of Grasse Amiral Former Executive Director of the Club of Paris

Member of the Maison Franco-Japonaise Member of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Secretary General of the Friends of Michel Henry Society

Advisor Mamoru Takahashi Born in Tokyo in 1941 Graduated from Hitotsubashi University

Former Fuji Bank New York Park Avenue Branch Manager

Former Fuji Bank Paris Branch Manager Former Full-time Auditor at Deutsche Securities

Former Palace Hotel Managing Director, Japan Association of Corporate Executives Tourism Promotion Committee Member

Advisor Masahiko Koyama Born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1955 Graduated from Ritsumeikan University

Former General Manager of Karuizawa Prince Hotel

Former General Manager of Prince Hotels West Japan (Managing Director)

Former President and CEO of Prince Hotels

Vice President of the Ritsumeikan University Alumni Association

Social Contribution Activities

Support for Iitate Village, which suffered from radiation damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake: With the cooperation of Koishikawa Rotary Club, Fujita Kanko, Yomiuri Giants, and Tokyo Dome, we invited children from Iitate Village to Tokyo for an overnight stay, to see a Yomiuri Giants game, and to see Tokyo. With the cooperation of Waniplus Publishing, we published "Radiation Falls on a Beautiful Village," a memoir by Iitate Village Mayor Norio Kanno. We held the "Iitate Village Charity Raymond Peynet Exhibition" at the Ginza Satellite of the Akatsuka Group, and donated a portion of the proceeds to Iitate Village. With the cooperation of Ichijosha, we provided side jobs and sales channels for Iitate Village residents living in temporary housing.

Supporting exchange students from France: Served as a counselor for exchange students from France at the request of the Koishikawa Rotary Club.