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Lecture: Lesley Downer – The New Japan and the Last Samurai
May 21, 2012
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Monday 18 June 2012 at 6.45pm
The Oriental Club Stratford House 11 Stratford Place London W1C 1ES
Free – booking recommended
A pay bar is available before the lecture Please note: Oriental Club rules require gentlemen to wear jacket and tie Read more…
Categories: Books/Magazines, Events, History, Press Release
Across A Bridge of Dreams, Aizu, best-selling author, Geisha: The Secret History of a Vanishing World, Ginza, Japan Reseach Centre (JRC), Japan Society, Japanese art, Kagoshima, Lesley Downer, London, Meiji Restoration, Sadayakko: The Geisha who Seduced the West, Saigo Takamori, Samurai, The Last Concubine and The Courtesan and the Samurai, The Oriental Club, Tokyo, topknots, westernisation, woodblock prints
Art Exhibition: “What is Ukiyo-e?” – ICN Gallery London
April 4, 2012
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Brilliantly coloured woodblock paintings executed in a technique known as nishiki-e!
Dates: 05 – 28 April 2012 (Closed Sundays)
ICN Gallery proudly presents to you a series of exhibitions that centres on the theme of ukiyo-e. This exhibition, which is the first in the series, serves as an introduction to ukiyo-e that will hopefully enable visitors to better understand its historical origins and Read more…
Categories: Arts & Crafts, History, Press Release
Art, caricature, Edo era, Exhibition, Great wave Off Kanagawa, Heisei era, Hokusai, ICN Gallery, Japanese art, Japanese craftsmanship, Japanese ghosts, Japonism, kabuki, Kuniyoshi, landscapes, Samurai, The Adachi Institute, Ukiyo, Washi, wood carvers, woodblock prints