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Category Archives: culture
Funding: Japan-United States Friendship Commission Creative Arts Program
http://www.jusfc.gov/creative-artists-programs/ The Japan U.S. Friendship Commission offers leading contemporary and traditional artists from the United States the opportunity to spend three months in Japan through the U.S./Japan Creative Artists Program. Cultural understanding is at the heart of this program. Artists … Continue reading
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Tagged artists, Creative Artists Program, fellowship, grant, Japan, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, US
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Book Announcement: Idols and Celebrity in Japanese Media Culture
Edited by Patrick W. Galbraith and Jason G. Karlin Palgrave Macmillan | 256 pages | 2012 ISBN-10: 0230298303 ISBN-13: 978-0230298309 This volume is masterful in treating Japanese idol culture with the seriousness it deserves. Scholarly and astute, the essays massage … Continue reading
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Tagged books, celebrity, contemporary, culture, idols, Japan, Japanese culture, Johnny's, modern, modern Japan
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Symposium: Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan: History, Culture, and Foreign Relations
An exciting joint international symposium, ” Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan: History, Culture, and Foreign Relations,” will be held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, on February 11, 2013. The online registration is now open. … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, Edo, Edo period, foreign relations, history, Japan, symposium, Tokugawa, Tokugawa period, University of Hawai'i
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Book Announcement: The Concept of Danzō ‘Sandalwood Images’ in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture of the 8th to 14th Centuries
Christian Boehm The Concept of Danzō: ‘Sandalwood Images’ in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture of the 8th to 14th Centuries London: Saffron Books, 2012 264pp, hard cover, 287mm x 210mm, 165 colour and black and white illustrations Saffron Asian Art & Society … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Todaiji Recreated with LEGOs, Pop-Up Style
While many of us cherish our Nanoblock replicas of Tokyo Tower and Shirakawa-go, LEGO-builder Tapalz recreates Japanese historical buildings on a far larger and more complicated scale: his models fold into a neat case and “pop up” like pictures in … Continue reading
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Tagged Daibutsu, fun link, fun link friday, LEGO, Nara, pop-up, Talapz, Todaiji, UNESCO World Heritage, video
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Fellowship: Japanese Arts & Culture, 2013 Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellowships
Location: United Kingdom 2013-14 ROBERT AND LISA SAINSBURY FELLOWSHIPS The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures offers one Fellowship for a maximum period of one year and two or three short-term Fellowships of three months to … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Bones of Contention: Animals and Religion in Contemporary Japan
Author: Ambros, Barbara R Since the 1990s the Japanese pet industry has grown to a trillion-yen business and estimates place the number of pets above the number of children under the age of fifteen. There are between 6,000 to 8,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, books, contemporary Japan, culture, Japan, Japanese culture, pets, religion
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Blog Review: Spoon & Tamago
As someone who works for an art magazine, I try to keep abreast of the latest in Japanese design. One website that I am particularly fond of is Spoon & Tamago. Created by husband-wife team Johnny (Tamago) and Tomomi (Spoon), this … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art, blog, contemporary art, Design, fine art, graphic design, Japan, Johnny Strategy, photography, produc design, Spoon and Tamago, Tomomi
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Book Announcement: The Invention of Religion in Japan
Throughout its long history, Japan had no concept of what we call “religion.” There was no corresponding Japanese word, nor anything close to its meaning. But when American warships appeared off the coast of Japan in 1853 and forced the … Continue reading
Call for papers: Modern Art Asia, March 2013 issue
Modern Art Asia March 2013 Call for Papers Modern Art Asia is dedicated to the arts of Asia from the eighteenth century to today, presenting graduate research from historical perspectives and international news on Asian art. Combining peer-reviewed articles with … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Asian art, call for papers, graduate, Modern Art Asia, research
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 