The Japan Foundation and Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco are pleased to present Katsura: The photographs of Ishimoto Yasuhiro.
The Katsura Detached Palace was originally built as the villa of the Hachijonomiya family (later the Katsuranomiya family) on the west bank of the Katsura River on the western outskirts of Kyoto in the early Edo period (17th century). The Villa maintains the traditions of Japanese architecture, namely, simplicity and harmony with nature, in the composition of the Shoin-style buildings based on straight lines, the diagonal arrangement of its buildings, and the rhythmical arrangement of the stepping stones along the path.
The photographer, Ishimoto Yasuhiro, was given the Person of Cultural Merit Award by the Japanese Government. Born in San Francisco, he studied at the Chicago Institute of Design (commonly known as
the New Bauhaus), trained by Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind. He set out on his first job to photograph the Katsura Detached Palace in the same year as he came back to Japan, in 1953.
This exhibition presents Ishimoto’s attempt to liberate tradition through a contemporary viewpoint.
We hope that this exhibition will offer all viewers a great opportunity to enjoy the beauty of a traditional Japanese Palace rediscovered by a great Japanese photographer.
San Francisco Area
Wednesday, March 31~Sunday, April 18, 2010
Hakone Estate and Gardens
21000 Big Basin Way, Saratoga CA 95070
Tel: 408.741.4994
Garden Hours
Weekdays 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Weekends 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Visitor FeesExhibition is free to guests of the Gardens.
A fee is required to enter the gardens.
$5.00 Entrance Fee per individual
$3.50 for Seniors and Students 5 to 17 years with valid ID
Children Four (4) years and under enter for Free
Los Angeles Area
Friday, April30~Friday, May 21, 2010
UCLA Architecture and Urban Design
Perloff Hall, Perloff Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Perloff Hall is located on the UCLA Campus.
Parking is available in Lot 3 for $10
The campus map is available at http://www.aud.ucla.edu/map
Information: 310.267.4704
Galley Hours
Weekdays 9 am –5 pmAdmission Free
Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2010
The Japan film festival (JFFLA) that enjoyed extraordinary popularity in 2009 is held and this year is held in April. It holds it in Hollywood, Torrance, and Irvine this year. On this occasion, please see a good quality by all means Japanese movie.
April 10 and 11
New Beverly Cinema (Hollywood)
7165 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90036
April 17 and 18
Nakano Theatre (Torrance)
3350 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA90503
April 24 and 25
Starplex Cinema5 (Irvine)
4626 Barranca Parkway, Irvine, CA 92604
And more movies!!
Power of Japanese Fashion
Tradition and Innovation
Lecture in EnglishAkiko Fukai (Director and Chief Curator, The Kyoto Costume Institute) will give a lecture on Japanese fashion. Japanese design has had a growing influence on world styles since the last decades of the 20th century as avant-garde creations by such Japanese designers as Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto changed existing concepts of clothing. At the root of their designs, there is a desire to create clothing that coexists with our bodies; a powerful reflection of Japanese culture which places emphasis on the coexistence with nature. Fukai will look into the essence of Japanese fashion with a focus on its relation to traditional aesthetic values of Japan.
Akiko Fukai
Member of the KCI since 1979, Chief Curator (1990-) and Director (1996-) Akiko Fukai has supervised its collection and exhibitions, research, conservation and publications. She has organized major costume exhibitions in Kyoto, Tokyo, Paris and New York, including “Japonisme in Fashion,” “Visions of the Body,” “Fashion in Colors” and “Luxury in Fashion Reconsidered.” Her recent research focuses on the relationship between fashion and Japonisme which won her several awards including the Special Prize by the Society for the Study of Japonisme in 2000.
Los Angeles Area
Wed, March 17, 2010 7:30pm
Shumei Hall Community Room
2430 E. Colorado Blvd.Pasadena, CA 91107Tel: 626 584 8841
Admission Free, RSVP required : culture@jflalc.org or Fax(213)621-2590
11:00AM on Saturday, Feburary 6, 2010
At Aratani/Japan America Theatre in Little Tokyo Los Angeles
Tickets: General $20, Student $15
Box Office:(213) 680-3700
Web Ticket Sales: www.jaccc.org
LOS ANGELES— The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles, with Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles and the Japan Korea Society present the Little Tokyo Korea Japan Festival, a day-long celebration of cultural exchange between neighboring communities.
Featured films include the Korean award-winning 2008 Yeong-hwa-neun yeong-hwa-da (Rough Cut); followed by the 2007 remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Tsubaki Sanjuro (1962).
This unique program is hosted by Heroes actors James Kyson Lee and Eriko Tamura. Ticket includes two films, a box lunch and outdoor performances.
11:00 Rough Cut English Subtitled
Korean Film
Title: Rough Cut (영화는 영화다), 2008, Jang Hun
Director: Jang Hun
Cast: gang Ji-hwan, So Ji-seob
Synopsis: Being unable to hold back his petulance, Jang Soo-ta (Gang Ji-hwan)hit his counterpart actor on an action scene, resulting in a suspension of filming. As a desperate measure, he visits Lee Gang-pae (So Ji-seob), No. 2 boss of a gang
whom he got acquainted with in a room salon by signing an autograph for him. He suggests Gang-Pae that he should play in a movie. Feeling interested in Soo-ta's suggestion, Gang-Pae accepts it on one condition that they should not just act but actually fight so that the winner takes all. Now the two men's war-like act is filmed.
1:00 New Beginnings: Cultural Harmony in Little Tokyo
The closely shared similarities and differences between the cultures of Japan and Korea are explored in Tina Yanagimoto’s “New Beginnings—Cultural Harmony in Little Tokyo.” This documentary chronicles the history of Little Tokyo and how Japanese and Korean residents are building bridges of friendship and harmony.
Korean Dancers from the Eung Hwa Kim Korean Dance Company and Japanese Drum from Taiko Project have a special collaborative performance, showing the diversity here in Little Tokyo.
1:30 Live Performance and Lunch
3:00 Sanjuro English Subtitled
Japanese Film
Title: Tsubaki Sanjuro ¡ÊÄØ»°½½Ïº¡Ë, 2007
Director: Yoshimitsu Morita
Cast: Yuji Oda, Etsuji toyokawa
Synopsis: Set in the mid-19th century when the disintegration of a rigid social structure was
turning the wealthy into paupers, and vice-versa, this kinetic drama by acclaimed Kurosawa Akira features the hero Sanjuro (Yuji Oda), one of many samurai whose once traditional positions were fast disappearing.In this tale of false perceptions and truth, of honor and dishonor, Sanjuro is a character who captures and commands attention from the moment he appears on screen. When he arrives in a small sity, he discovers that a band of nine men are anxious to overthrow the corrupt ruling elite. Pfysically strong and agile, mentally sharp and clear-headed, Sanjuro still has a deep commitment to justice and honor underneath this dirty, abrasive, and cynical exterior. The nine met may doubt his nobility, but that is because they are only looking skin deep.
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