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Photographic Images and Matter: Japanese Prints of the 1970s

The Japan Foundation, Toronto 2 Bloor St. East, 3rd Floor, Toronto

  「映像と物質: 版画の1970年代・日本」 Curated by Kyoji Takizawa, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts Produced by The Japan Foundation in 2015 In 1957, the Japanese government launched the International Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Tokyo as a special feature of its … Continue reading →

Remembering the Island of the Gods: Izaihō in Film, Memory, and History

The Japan Foundation, Toronto 2 Bloor St. East, 3rd Floor, Toronto

In this film screening and lecture event, Dr. Christopher Nelson guides us through the history of late-1960s Okinawa to give us context to understand NOMURA Gakuya's ethnographic film, "Izaihō," that captures Kudaka Island's great religious ritual of the same name.