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25 June 2013

Japanese Poetry Recital

Yuko Otsu will be hosting a poetry recital in Japanese of works by female poet, Noriko Ibaragi (1926-2006) read by Hiroko Oba.

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18 June 2013

The Ledbury Poetry Festival Featuring Japanese Poets July 5-14 2013

The Ledbury Poetry Festival, the ‘biggest and best poetry festival in the UK,’ will take place this year from 5– 14 July. The festival features poets from all over the world and this year three poets have been invited from Japan to perform and give talks about their work. UK-based Japanese performance poet Kazuko Hohki

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7 June 2013

Masashi Matsuie in conversation with Michael Emmerich at the London Review Bookshop on Friday 14 June at 7.00 p.m

Masashi Matsuie in conversation with Michael Emmerich at the London Review Bookshop on Friday 14 June at 7.00 p.m.  The London Review Bookshop’s World Literature event in June will focus on Japan, with author Masashi Matsuie in conversation with literary translator Michael Emmerich. They’ll be discussing Japanese book design, the literary and publishing world in

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30 May 2013

Britain & Japan - 400 Years 'A Voyage Through Words and Music'

 At All Saints Church, Church Gate, Fulham (by Putney Bridge). On Tuesday 11th June we will be celebrating the arrival of the first British ship to reach Japan exactly 400 years ago and discovering the two nations’ maritime traditions, while enjoying some of their rich and diverse culture. Join us for an evening of live

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23 May 2013

East Asian Fusion concert-'Pochagi' at Royal Asiatic Society June 6

Hibiki Ichikawa, an incredible Tsugaru Shamisen player who has performed twice at the Daiwa Foundation twice,  will be joined by other Asian musicians for a one off performance on June 6 at 7pm. Pochagi is a celebration of East Asian music from Japan, Korea & China. The concert is presented by Yin Yang Collective, London’s East-West collaborative band

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9 May 2013

International Japanese Modern Art History Symposium (JAMAHS)

New Boundaries in Modern Japanese Art History: Extending Geographical, Temporal and Generic Paradigms.  From 19  to 20 June 2013 at SOAS, University of London (Russell Sq campus). SOAS will hold an international symposium on Japanese Modern Art and its History, with the aim of giving insights into the changing boundaries and concepts of Japanese and wider East

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