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SUMMARY:Gallery Tour by Walter Jule
DESCRIPTION:Tour the new exhibition\, Threshold\, with artist Walter Jule.\nWalter Jule\nWalter Jule\, a professor emeritus of the Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta\, is recognised for his exemplary art practice and teaching legacy. Born in Seattle\, Walter Jule studied at the University of Washington\, specialising in architecture and printmaking. Jule relocated to Canada in 1970 and was instrumental in assisting with the establishment of the country’s first printmaking graduate program at the University of Alberta\, continuing to teach there until his retirement in 2006. Walter Jule’s work can be found in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada as well as over 60 international public collections. Jule has received numerous awards\, including the Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial (Japan\, 2005). Jule has also been inducted into the City of Edmonton’s Arts and Culture Hall of Fame. \nRSVP below or by phone: (416) 966-1600 x102
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/gallery-tour-by-walter-jule/
LOCATION:2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd floor\, Toronto\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Gallery Tour by Ryoji Ikeda
DESCRIPTION:Tour the new exhibition\, Threshold\, with artist Ryoji Ikeda.\nRyoji Ikeda\nRyoji Ikeda\, born in Hokkaido in 1947\,  is one of Japan’s foremost contemporary printmakers. A professor of Printmaking at Musashino Art University in Tokyo\, Ikeda is widely known for his unique brand of work\, which mixes photography with photomechanical and printmaking practices. Ikeda’s work can be found in the collection of the National Museum of Modern Art\, Tokyo and other art galleries around the world. He was awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal by the Government of Japan in 2009 in recognition of his achievement as an international artist. Ikeda has been the recipient of the Beijing International Print Biennial Silver award and the Seoul International Print Biennale Exhibition Grand Prix. Ryoji Ikeda has visited the University of Alberta several times\, as a visiting professor\, a guest professor\, and as an adjunct professor. \nRSVP below or by phone: (416) 966-1600 x102 \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/gallery-tour-by-ryoji-ikeda/
LOCATION:2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd floor\, Toronto\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20141115T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20141115T153000
DTSTAMP:20180426T182300Z
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SUMMARY:Let's Learn Katakana
DESCRIPTION:*This class is now full. Thank you for your interest* \nInterested in learning Japanese but not sure where to begin? Join us for Let’s Learn Katakana! In this class we will learn katakana\, one of the basic components of written Japanese often used for foreign loan words. Together we will learn how to read and write basic vocabulary in Japanese. \nThis is a three week class running on the following Saturdays. As each class builds on the one before it\, we ask that you attend all classes. \nNovember 15: 2:30pm-3:30pm\nNovember 22: 2:30pm-3:30pm\nNovember 29: 2:30pm-3:30pm \n  \nInterested in  learning another way of writing Japanese? Join us in October for Let’s Learn Hiragana! \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/lets_katakana/
LOCATION:2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd floor\, Toronto\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Language Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20141117T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20141117T210000
DTSTAMP:20180426T182241Z
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SUMMARY:Let's Try Kobanashi!
DESCRIPTION:Start the week right with Japanese jokes!\nWorried that the Japanese you’re learning isn’t funny enough? Come to the Japan Foundation and work on developing your sense of humour with kobanashi—Japanese one man stand up comedy. In this class we will learn kobanashi\, enjoy kobanashi\, and try kobanashi! \nDid you participate in last year’s Let’s Try Kobanashi\, or do you just really love kobanashi? Why not try writing your own short piece to present to the class! \nSpots are limited to be sure to register soon!!
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/a_bit_of_fun/
LOCATION:2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd floor\, Toronto\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Language Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20141118T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20141118T210000
DTSTAMP:20141112T154316Z
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SUMMARY:Fall Films: Twenty Four Eyes
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita\, 1954\, 156 min.\n\nAn elegant\, emotional chronicle of a teacher’s unwavering commitment to her students\, her profession\, and her sense of morality. Set in a remote\, rural island community and spanning decades of Japanese history\, from 1928 through World War II and beyond\, Kinoshita’s film takes a simultaneously sober and sentimental look at the epic themes of aging\, war\, and death\, all from the lovingly intimate perspective of Hisako Oshi (Hideko Takamine)\, as she watches her pupils grow and deal with life’s harsh realities. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/eyes/
LOCATION:2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd floor\, Toronto\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20141121T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20141121T200000
DTSTAMP:20141112T180220Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture: The Representation of Japan in the Republic of Letters
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Professor Francesco Campagnola (Ghent University) with an introduction by Professor Thomas Keirstead (Chair\, Department of East Asian Studies\, University of Toronto)\nHow did seventeenth and eighteenth century European documents\, maps and journals represent Japan? How did the Republic of Letters – the self-proclaimed community of the scholars and the learned – imagine it well before the country was completely opened to the eyes of the foreigners? \nWith many unknown aspects – religion\, history\, geography\, etc. – Japan became one of the last places to be put on the map of early modern European knowledge. This talk will analyze this long process of discovery and the role Japan played as an object of curiosity in the shaping of new and more comprehensive representations of the world. We will see the place Japan took in the rhetoric and the imagination of that age. Finally\, we will examine how different actors and factions inside the community of the learned battled to include Japan in their theories and used the fragmented knowledge they had of it as a discursive tool against their adversaries. \nThis talk is co-presented with the Department of French at the University of Toronto and will be introduced by Professor Thomas Keirstead\, Department of East Asian Studies\, University of Toronto. \nAbout the Speakers: \nFrancesco Campagnola holds a PhD in history of philosophy from Sorbonne-Paris IV and Università del Salento in co-tutorship with Paris’ EPHE’. He has been awarded the University of Rome’s Grant for Studies Abroad\, and has been both a JSPS and a Japan Foundation post-doctoral fellow during his research stay at Kyoto University from 2009 to 2013. Since 2013 Francesco works at Ghent University (Belgium)\, Department of Languages and Cultures\, Institute of Japanese Studies\, where he teaches courses on Japanese politics and comparative political thought. \nHe currently works on the cultural representations and symbolic meaning of the Renaissance studies in modern Japan. On this topic he has published articles in different languages and the Treccani Italian National Encyclopedia entry on Machiavelli in Japan (special edition for the 500th anniversary of The Prince). \n  \nThomas Keirstead is the Chair of the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. \n  \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/republic-of-letters/
LOCATION:2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd floor\, Toronto\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Japanese Language and Culture Sampler: The End of the Year
DESCRIPTION:*This class is currently full. Thank you for your interest*  \nOur Japanese Language and Culture Sampler courses are a series of courses offering a window into both Japanese language and culture. Please come and sample various aspects of Japanese culture through the beautiful decorations in our center\, and try a simple\, basic and free Japanese lesson! \nThis month’s theme is Ichinen no Owari (一年の終わり the End of the Year). \nInterested in the Japanese Language and Culture Sampler Course\, but can’t attend on the day? Starting in January this series of classes will be live streamed online! Click the following link to watch: \nustre.am/Y6K7 \n*Please note that the broadcast will be available live between11AM and 12PM (EST). For a smooth viewing experience please ensure that both your preferred browser and Adobe Flash are up to date and that you have a stable internet connection.
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/2014lcs_november/
LOCATION:2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd floor\, Toronto\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Language Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20141124T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20141124T200000
DTSTAMP:20141201T212204Z
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Collecting Japanese Ceramics for the British Museum\, 1753-2014
DESCRIPTION:co-presented by The Japan Foundation and the Gardiner Museum\nSpeaker: Professor Nicole Rousmaniere (University of East Anglia and Curator\, Department of Asia\, British Museum)\nNEW (Dec. 1): Lecture slides available for download \nThis talk will address the history of collecting Japanese ceramics for the British Museum. From the very foundation of the Museum in 1753\, ceramics from Japan were represented in the collections. Some of these initial holdings were collected in Japan by the German physician\, Engelbert Kaempfer (1651-1716) between 1690-1692 and then acquired by Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753)\, the founding donor of the British Museum. A more systematic approach to the collecting of Japanese ceramics began a century later through the efforts of the then Keeper\, Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks (1826-1897). The Japanese ceramic collections quickly grew not only through purchases in Europe but also were acquired directly from Japan\, particularly in the later 19th century. The British Museum continues its fine legacy of astute collecting focusing most recently on contemporary Japanese ceramics. \nAbout the Speaker: \nNicole Coolidge Rousmaniere is a Curator of the Japanese Collections in the Department of Asia\, British Museum. She is the founding Director of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures and Professor of Japanese Art and Culture at the University of East Anglia. She received her PhD from Harvard University in 1998. Her research interests include Jômon period to contemporary ceramics in East Asia and particularly Japan\, East Asian trade networks\, the history of archaeology and manga. She spent three years on secondment as a Visiting Professor in Cultural Resource Studies at Tokyo University (2006-2009). She is currently working on a book manuscript for the British Museum Press entitled Four Hundred Years of Japanese Porcelain. In 2012 she wrote Vessels of Influence: China and the Birth of Porcelain in Medieval and Early Modern Japan (Bloomsbury Academic). In addition to her work at the British Museum from Summer 2011\, she is the Research Director of the Sainsbury Institute. \nFrom the Gardiner Museum: A special offer for friends of the Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/collecting-japanese-ceramics/
LOCATION:2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd floor\, Toronto\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Fall Films: A Gentle Breeze in the Village
DESCRIPTION:Dir. Nobuhiro Yamashita\, 2007\, 118 min.\nBased on the popular manga Tennen Kokekko\, A Gentle Breeze in the Village transports us to the world of a teenage girl growing up in a small country village. Soyo is the only eighth grader at her school. In fact\, her combined elementary and junior high school has only six students in all. When Hiromi arrives from Tokyo\, he becomes her first classmate. But can she learn to like this handsome but rude newcomer? \nDirector Nobuhiro Yamashita (Linda\, Linda\, Linda) again demonstrates a gift for understated\, observational filmmaking in this sweet but unsentimental coming-of-age story. \n  \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/breeze/
LOCATION:2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd floor\, Toronto\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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