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JFNY News & Events
Performing Arts JAPAN
IPS Program
Japanese Studies Fellowship
US-Southeast Asia-Japan
About Kazuo Ohno
Michio Miyagi concert
Rokyoku Workshop
Hansel and Gretel
Sayaka Shoji
The Heart of Kyogen
Crafting the Elements
Japanese Prints of Kabuki
Asian Pop-Up Cinema
Yusei Matsui at NYCC
Kiku at NYBG
Okara
Otsukimi
Along the Eastern Road events
Family and Psychiatric Hospital
Gender & Medicine in Japan
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CGP News & Events
CGP Regular Grant
JAS Initiative
Greater Kansas City Japan Fest
Fall Festival: Eye to the East
Japan's Soft Power
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CGP Regular Grant
Concept Papers Deadline (Mandatory only for Intellectual Exchange): October 3
CGP is pleased to announce the 2017 Regular Grant is now open. The grant offers support of up to $100K for two years for: 1) Intellectual Exchange - policy related projects; or 2) Grassroots Exchange and Education - projects to promote the understanding of Japan and the strengthening of networks. For further details, please click here.
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The Japan Foundation is now accepting project proposals for Performing Arts JAPAN (PAJ) touring and collaboration grants for the 2017-2018 Japanese fiscal year. Applications are due on October 31. For further details, please click
here.
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This annual program is designed to encourage innovative and sustained growth of Japanese Studies in the U.S. Each institution should formulate convincing proposals that enhance the teaching of Japan, the quality of research on Japan, the quality of equipment and materials (including libraries), and provide opportunities for students and faculty to travel to Japan. For further details, please click here.
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The Japanese Studies Fellowship program gives scholars, researchers, and doctoral candidates the opportunity to conduct research in Japan. For further details, please click here.
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This initiative is designed to connect Japan scholars from the U.S., Southeast Asia, and Japan in order to enhance their collective scholarship through collaborative projects and exchanges, as well as to advance Japanese Studies in these three regions. Projects will be based at U.S. institutions with strong existing or developing Japanese Studies programs, in order to share the wealth of Japanese Studies resources present in the U.S., and to establish and/or strengthen connections with individuals and institutions in Southeast Asia and Japan. For further details, please click here.
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Concept Papers Deadline: November 1
The Japan America Society (JAS) Initiative was created to strengthen Japan America Societies in the NAJAS network and to enhance their effectiveness in carrying out their mission. The JAS Initiative will support strategic planning and/or capacity building projects that demonstrate feasibility and organizational sustainability. For further details, please click here.
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Takao Kawaguchi, one of Japan's most sought-after dancers and former member of Dumb Type, challenged himself to literally "copy" the dances of the late butoh master and co-founder Kazuo Ohno, from archival recordings. What results is a hauntingly beautiful illusory duet between the two. Presented just weeks before what would have been Ohno's 110th birthday,
About Kazuo Ohno attempts to reconstruct Ohno's timeless masterpieces, including
Admiring La Argentina (1977) and
My Mother (1981), phrase by phrase. This tour is supported by the Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN program.
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October 5, 7:30pm
Merkin Concert Hall (New York, NY)
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© Michio Miyagi Memorial Hall
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Performer, composer, and instrument innovator, Michio Miyagi, blind since childhood, was the father of the modern koto. He grew up just as recordings and radio were changing the nature of "audience." The first traditional musician to record with Victor Records and broadcast on radio, his music also gained acclaim in Europe. New York and Tokyo artists will present Miyagi's works and those by composers influenced by him. This event is supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
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October 7, 10am
Rōkyoku is a style of traditional Japanese narrative singing accompanied by
Shamisen, three-stringed Japanese banjo.
Keiko Haruno, award-winning
Rōkyoku performer, was a popular TV personality when she discovered
Rōkyoku and was instantly fascinated. She became an apprentice of master Yuriko Haruno II and now performs over 200 stages a year as a professional
Rōkyoku artist.
This event is supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and
Culture.
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October 9, 2pm
The Queens Museum (Queens, NY)
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Opera Pomme Rouge will bring Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel, to life at the Queens Museum. This interactive opera production of Hansel and Gretel, conceived and arranged by Anna Etsuko Tsuri, will integrate the audience and performers for a multi-sensory experience. This event is supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
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October 19: Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple (Beachwood, OH)
October 20: Lakewood Congregational Church (Lakewood, OH)
October 21: St. Noel Church (Willoughby Hills, OH)
October 22: Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus (Cleveland, OH)
October 23: St. Jerome Church (Collinwood, OH)
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The world renowned Japanese classical violinist Sayaka Shoji will be returning to Cleveland, Ohio to perform with CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra.
Shoji will perform
Dorman's After Brahms,
Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, and
Beethoven's
Symphony No. 4
. This event is supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
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October 21 & 22
Tenri Cultural Institute (New York, NY)
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Noh Society will present a
Kyogen performance by
Daijiro Zenchiku and
Noriyoshi Ōkura.
Kyogen is a form of traditional Japanese comic theater that developed as an intermission between
Noh acts. The performance will be preceded by a lecture and demonstration about masks and costumes.
This event is supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and
Culture.
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 The exhibition presents a choice selection of contemporary Japanese ceramics from one of the most distinguished private collections in America. Seen together, the more than thirty works on view highlight the creative dynamism and innovation that enlivens this most traditional art form as practiced by Japanese ceramic artists today. This exhibition is supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
Image: Suzuki Gorō,
Box #3, Yachishida
, 2009, Oribe ware. Photo by Ben Bocko.
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This exhibition features woodblock prints of Kabuki actors, who were superstars in eighteenth and nineteenth century Japan. These prints include backstage portrayals of the actors, fantasy scenes of actors in unlikely groupings, and even death portraits of especially famous actors, created by major artists such as Utagawa Toyokuni, Utagawa Kunisada, Utagawa Kuniyoshi and Toyohara Kunichika. This exhibition is supported under the Exhibitions Abroad Support Program.
Image: Toyohara Kunichika, Twelve Hours of Magic, Hour of the Sheep: Iwai Hanshirō VIII as Shōden from The Heroic Tales of Jiraiya, Meiji era (1868-1912), 1877, color woodblock print on paper. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. James Hayes, 2003/1.416
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October 9, 2pm
Wilmette Theatre (Wilmette, IL)
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This fall, Asian Pop-Up Cinema presents twelve award-winning Asian films, including three Japanese films. On October 9, When the Curtain Rises (dir. Motohiro Katsuyuki / 2015) will be screened as a Chicago premiere. This film focuses on the process of putting on a theatrical play by a high school drama club in a provincial town, following the growth of its actors both on stage and in real life. This event is supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
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October 1, 10am
Johnson Community College (Overland Park, KS)
The Heart of America Japan America Society will present its 2016 Greater Kansas City Japan Festival at Johnson Community College. Attractions include calligraphy and tea ceremony demonstrations, exhibits on ikebana and Japanese gardening, as well as performances in taiko, koto and shakuhachi. Advance tickets are $10 for adult, $5 for children. This festival is under the support of the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
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October 7, 5:15pm - 6:15pm, Room 1A06
October 8, 1:45pm - 2:45pm, Room 1A10
Jacob Javits Center (New York, NY)
Yusei Matsui, creator of the beloved
Assassination Classroom manga, is making his first North American appearance at NYCC, and will discuss his career and creative process behind his global hit. The panels are co-presented by The Japan Foundation, New York, New York Comic Con, VIZ Media, FUNimation and Japan Society. For details, please click
here.
Please note: Tickets to New York Comic Con are required. Tickets to New York Comic Con are sold out.
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Kiku, or the chrysanthemum, is the most celebrated of all Japanese fall-flowering plants. Hundreds of kiku return to the New York Botanical Garden accompanied by the weekend programs such as ikebana demonstrations and taiko drumming. The weekend programs are supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
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Fall Festival: Eye to the East
October 9, 12:30 - 3:30pm
Greenwich Historical Society Bush-Holley Historic Site (Old Greenwich, CT)
This festival is being held in conjunction with Greenwich Historical Society's current exhibition, An Eye to the East: The Inspiration of Japan. Activities at the festival include a scarecrow-making competition, kite making, face painting, and demonstrations of traditional Japanese dance and martial arts. This event is partially supported by CGP's Education Grant Program.
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October 13, 6:30pm - 8pm
The Nippon Club (New York, NY)
 What is Okara? It is a by-product when soybeans are turned into either soy milk or tofu and is known for its health benefits. Kazuki Sugiyama, an Okara cooking expert, will give an introduction to the world of Okara, including its history, nutritional value, and health benefits, as well as give a demonstration of Okara cooking. A tasting follows the demonstration, which provides an opportunity to sample Okara. Space is limited and RSVP required. Please click here for more details.
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Celebrate the full autumn moon at Klyde Warren Park with an evening picnic, calligraphy, tea ceremony, ikebana, and haiku poetry. This event is supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
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Gallery tour: October 28, 4:30pm / Lecture: November 30, 5pm
(exhibition dates August 24 - December 2)
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University (Washington, DC)
Utagawa Hiroshige's artistry is recorded in a brilliant woodcut series portraying scenic views along the famous "Eastern Road" that linked Edo (Tokyo) with Kyoto, the ancient imperial capital of Japan. Gallery tours, a lecture on kimono by Ann Marie Moeller, and ikebana demonstrations are scheduled in conjunction with the exhibition. Gallery tours and other programming are supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
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Japan's Soft Power in Asia and the World
October 11, 12:30 - 2pm
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
Ambassador Seiichi Kondo, former Commissioner for Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs (2010-13) and former Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO (2006-08), will give a talk on Japanese Soft Power. The talk will be moderated by Professor Theodore Bestor, a specialist on contemporary Japanese society and culture. For details on the event, please click here. This event is organized by Harvard University and partially supported by the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
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This lecture by Professor Akihito Suzuki of Keio University is part of John's Hopkins University's East Asian Studies Program Fall 2016 Speaker Series. The lecture is partially supported under the Institutional Project Support (IPS) Grant Program.
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This symposium with Professor Akihito Suzuki of Keio University is part of John's Hopkins University's East Asian Studies Program Fall 2016 Speaker Series. The symposium is partially supported under the Institutional Project Support (IPS) Grant Program.
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