The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Supporting closer links between the UK and Japan

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Symbols of Esteem: Courtly Gifts in the British Royal Collection

The royal and imperial families of Britain and Japan have enjoyed a dynamic relationship for over four centuries. Exchanging diplomatic gifts has been central to this interaction, and many of the works of art presented are replete with symbolism. From the 16-petalled imperial chrysanthemum, to cranes, phoenixes and the ‘three-friends-of-winter’ motif, emblems have been carefully selected to express political and personal friendship. This lecture will explore how courtly gift-giving drew on ancient symbols to forge new cultural links. It will examine the role of the Japanese landscape, East Asian mythology and European heraldry in giving visual form to courtly goodwill.

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Tokyo Story

Ozu Yasujirō’s Tokyo Story is universally acknowledged as one of the most significant Japanese films ever made, and regularly cited as one of the greatest films of all time in polls of leading critics and filmmakers around the world. Professor Alastair Phillips (University of Warwick), author of a new BFI Film Classic on Tokyo Story, will give an extended illustrated talk on the film. The presentation will combine a close analysis of the film’s key locations with discussion of its representation of Japanese society at a time of great cultural change. He will also situate Tokyo Story within various contemporary critical and industrial contexts and examine the multiple international dimensions of the film’s long after-life.

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6 September 2022

【沖縄復帰50年】インタビュー② ひめゆり平和祈念資料館・普天間朝佳館長「記憶の継承―沖縄から平和を考える」

今年、沖縄が日本に復帰して50年を迎えます。この半世紀を振り返り、沖縄の人にインタビューをしながら、日本本土とは異なった歴史や文化を持った沖縄の現状を様々な角度から考えます。

2回目のインタビューは、ひめゆり平和祈念資料館の普天間朝佳(ふてんま・ちょうけい)館長です。普天間さんは、1989年資料館の開館時に職員として採用され、2017年、戦後生まれとして初の館長に就任。沖縄戦、ひめゆり平和祈念資料館の開館から現在まで、そして未来への継承について伺いました。

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4 September 2022

Artist talk by Daiwa Scholarships alumnus Carl Randall

Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and figurative painter Carl Randall was invited by the Japan Society London to give a talk on 4 July 2022. (Link to the video of the talk is below.) The talk took place at the Swedenborg Society in Bloomsbury, central London. In this illustrated lecture Carl gave an insight into his series

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1 July 2022

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