Exhibition Review: ‘Sakubei Yamamoto and the Rich Seams of Japan’s Coal Mining History’

4^th Oct – 15^th November 2019 at the Japanese Embassy in London

It was Monday 30^th July 1973 when, just before 620 am, Colin Burton (a maternal uncle), who had moved from Bolsover Colliery to work at Markham Colliery at Stavely in Derbyshire, stepped off the pit cage having had to ascend back to the surface during the early part of the shift. As he moved away twenty-nine fellow coal miners boarded the double decker pit cage to begin the journey down the shaft to join their shift mates on

Art Exhibition: Masaktsu Kondo “Whenever I Am Silent” – All Visual Arts Gallery London

All Visual Arts – 2 Omega Place London N1 9DR 

Open 4th May – 31st May 2012 

All Visual Arts are proud to introduce an exhibition of paintings by acclaimed Japanese artist, Masakatsu Kondo. Whenever I am Silent is a meditation on the artifice of nature, exploring the space between the perceived and the real, occupying AVA’s large warehouse space in King’s Cross with a series of compelling landscapes. The exhibition includes a wide range

Talk: Edwardian London Through Japanese Eyes

The Art and Writings of Yoshio Markino, 1897-1915 By William S. Rodner

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Talk at 6pm, followed by a drinks reception to 8pm Admission free, book here

Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle London NW1 4QP MAP Nearest Station: Baker Street

Edwardian London Through Japanese Eyes considers the career of the Japanese artist Yoshio Markino (1869-1956), a prominent figure on the early twentieth-century London art scene whose