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Themed Booklists

Show The JFT Book Club

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
Japanese Ceramics and Culture & Life of the Edo/Meiji PeriodJune 11, 2024Created for From Edo to Meiji: Transformation of Japanese Ceramics and Living with Ceramics in Japan: From Edo to Meiji and JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – Japanese Ceramics & Life in the Edo to Meiji Periods
JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – Holiday Reading Recommendations November 2023November 22, 2023Created for JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – Holiday Reading Recommendations
JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – LGBTQIA+ Books June 2023May 17, 2023Created for JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – LGBTQIA+ Books June 2023
JFT Book Club Online – Manga June 2022June 27, 2022Created for JFT's Book Club Online – Manga June 2022
JFT Book Club Online – Bring Your Own Book April 2022April 13, 2022Created for JFT's Book Club Online – Bring Your Own Book April 2022
JFT Book Club Online - Manga June 2021June 10, 2021Created for JFT's Book Club Online - Manga June 2021
JFT Book Club Online - Bring Your Own Book April 2021April 16, 2021Created for JFT's Book Club Online - Bring Your Own Book April 2021
JFT Book Club Online - Travel Japan August 2020August 20, 2020Created for JFT's Book Club Online - Travel Japan August 2020
JFT Book Club Online - Bring Your Own Book June 2020June 15, 2020Created for JFT's Book Club Online - Bring Your Own Book June 2020
JFT Book Club - Mystery Book ClubOct 10, 2019Created for JFT's Book Club - Mystery Book Club
JFT Book Club - Movies and BooksAug 8, 2019Created for JFT's Book Club - Movies and Books
JFT Book Club RecommendationsJun 6, 2019Created for JFT's Book Club - Books and Tea

Show The JFT Library Archives

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
Feature Films at JFTJune 04, 2020Feature Films available at the JFT Library
Animated Films and Series at JFTJune 04, 2020Animated Films and Series available at the JFT Library
Contemporary Literature at JFTDec 09, 2020Contemporary Japanese Literature available at the JFT Library
Manga at JFTNov 12, 2020Manga available at the JFT Library
Children's Fiction at JFTSep 25, 2020Children's Fiction available at the JFT Library
French materials at JFTNov 13, 2017French materials available at the JFT Library

Show Authors and Literature

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
Yukimura MakotoSep 1, 2023Created for Manga Artist YUKIMURA Makoto in Toronto for TIFA 2023
Jun MayuzukiApr 26, 2023Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2023 – Meet Manga Creator MAYUZUKI Jun @ JFT!
Kanako NishiFeb 15, 2023Created for Transcending Borders: Author NISHI Kanako in conversation with Dr. Christina Laffin and Makuko (virtual film screening)
Sachiko KashiwabaSep 2, 2022Created for the events of the Toronto International Festival of Authors 2022
Rumi HaraJun 11, 2022Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2022: Live Drawing featuring Rumi Hara @ JFT
Akane TorikaiJun 11, 2022Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2022: Live Drawing featuring Akane Torikai @JFT
Fuminori NakamuraJun 11, 2022Created for Toronto International Festival of Authors -
MOTIVE: Crime & Mystery Festival 2022
Kyoko NakajimaSep 27, 2019Created for Writers on Writing: Author Kyoko Nakajima in conversation with Lynne Kutsukake
Hiromi TakashimaMay 6, 2019Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2019
Junji ItoMay 6, 2019Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2019
Sayaka MurataOct 3, 2018Created for What is Normal? - In Conversation with Author Sayaka Murata
Abby DensonMay 7, 2018Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2018
Inio AsanoMay 7, 2018Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2018
Mitsuyo KakutaOct 27, 2015Created for International Festival of Authors 2015
Haruki MurakamiOct 10, 2014Updated for the English-language release of "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage."
Fuminori NakamuraOct 9, 2014Created for The International Festival of Authors (IFOA) 2014.
Tezuka OsamuFeb 24, 2014Updated for "The Life and Works of the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka."
Kazushige Abe and
Mieko Kawakami
Sep 1, 2013Created for "International Festival of Authors 2014: Japanese Authors in Conversation."
Matsumoto TaiyoMay 11, 2013Created for "The World of Taiyo Matsumoto Exhibition."
Hiromi Ito, Hiromi Kawakami,
Motoyuki Shibata
Oct 15, 2012Created for International Festival of Authors 2012.
Japanese-Canadian AuthorsFeb 14, 2012Created for the book launch of “The Reading List” by Leslie Shimotakahara.

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
Genre Fiction at JFTAug 18, 2021Created for the Parallel Worlds: Translating Genres
Contemporary Literature at JFTDec 09, 2020Contemporary Japanese Literature available in the JFT Library
Manga at JFTNov 12, 2020Manga available in the JFT Library
Children's Fiction at JFTSep 25, 2020Children's Fiction available in the JFT Library
French materials at JFTNov 13, 2017French materials available in the JFT Library
Contemporary Literature
in French - Littérature
japonaise contemporaine
Oct 10, 2014Created for the The International Travel & Tourism Show 2014.
Monkey Business 2013Sep 6, 2013Created for "Monkey Business: New Voices from Japan."
Hyakunin IsshuJan 8, 2013Created for New Year's 2013.
The Tale of GenjiJun 26, 2010Created for JFT library archives.

Show Arts: fine arts (calligraphy, music, painting, photography, prints, sculpture)

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
The 1970s Japanese PrintsJuly 29, 2024Created for Photographic Images and Matter: Japanese Prints of the 1970s
Japanese Ceramics and Culture & Life of the Edo/Meiji PeriodJune 11, 2024Created for From Edo to Meiji: Transformation of Japanese Ceramics and Living with Ceramics in Japan: From Edo to Meiji and JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – Japanese Ceramics & Life in the Edo to Meiji Periods
AinuMarch 5, 2024Created for Ainupuri: Giving Voice to Museum Objects
Ainu and RyukyuansJune 8, 2023Created for National Indigenous History Month
Graphic Design and SportsMay 2, 2023Created for A Sense of Movement: Japanese Sports Posters: Sports Poster Exhibition
Ainu: Indigenous People of JapanDec 6, 2022Created for Ainu: Indigenous People of Japan (Film Screening)
Washi Roundtable Exploring the advantages and creative potentials of Japanese handmade paper
Nov 2, 2022Created for Washi Roundtable Exploring the advantages and creative potentials of Japanese handmade paper
Hiroshige’s Edo Hyaku With Originals from the Royal Ontario MuseumNov 3, 2022Created for Hiroshige’s Edo Hyaku With Originals from the Royal Ontario Museum
Superlative Artistry of JapanJul 25, 2022Created for Superlative Artistry of Japan
Hiroshige’s Edo HyakuMar 18, 2022Created for Hiroshige’s Edo Hyaku: Perspectives of Landscape Ukiyo-e Prints in Portrait Layout
Hokusai and MangaJan 16, 2020Created for Manga Hokusai Manga
Hiroshige and
Ukiyo-e Printmaking
Jan 18, 2019Created for Landmarks From Before It Was Called Tokyo: Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Shodo Japanese CalligraphyOct 16, 2018Created for Noriko Maeda Foundations
Yayoi KusamaMar 3, 2018Created for Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at the AGO
Todai-ji Temple, NaraApr 1, 2017Created for Road of Light and Hope: National Treasures of Todai-ji Temple, Nara Photographs by Miro Ito
Samurai and Ukiyo-e PrintsJan 6, 2016Created for Legendary Loyalty: The 47 Ronin in Japanese Prints
Seiji OzawaJun 14, 2014Created for "Seiji Ozawa: A Photography Exhibition of a Young Maestro."
Works by Iizawa Kotaro and
Tatsuki Masaru
Sep 17, 2013Created for "Tohoku Talks: Kotaro Iizawa & Masaru Tatsuki."
Japanese ArtMar 14, 2012Created for "For Nature or Against Nature: The Western Reception of Contemporary Japanese Art."
CalligraphyJul 21, 2008Created for "Shiko Kataoka: Master Calligrapher from Japan Exhibition."
Toru TakemitsuJul 18, 2006Created for "WATERSCAPE: Homage to Toru Takemitsu."

Show Arts: decorative (ceramics, textiles, washi)

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
Japanese Ceramics and Culture & Life of the Edo/Meiji PeriodJune 11, 2024Created for From Edo to Meiji: Transformation of Japanese Ceramics and Living with Ceramics in Japan: From Edo to Meiji and JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – Japanese Ceramics & Life in the Edo to Meiji Periods
Japanese Fashion, Design and AestheticsFeb 7, 2024Created for Mantles of Transience (film screening)
Netsuke, Woodcarving, Sculptures and FigurinesOct 18, 2023Created for Contemporary Wood-Carved NETSUKE
Ainu and RyukyuansJune 8, 2023Created for National Indigenous History Month
Ainu: Indigenous People of JapanDec 6, 2022Created for Ainu: Indigenous People of Japan (Film Screening)
Washi Roundtable Exploring the advantages and creative potentials of Japanese handmade paper
Nov 2, 2022Created for Washi Roundtable Exploring the advantages and creative potentials of Japanese handmade paper
Japanese DollsOct 14, 2020Created for Ningyo : Art and Beauty of Japanese Dolls
Ceramics and SakeAug 1, 2019Created for Ceramic Design For Sake Exhibition
YakishimeMay 24, 2016Created for YAKISHIME - Earth Metamorphosis
Japanese CeramicsNov 17, 2014Created for the talk "Collecting Japanese Ceramics for the British Museum, 1753-2014."
Japanese PaperMay 13, 2014Created for "Kigami and Kami-Ito: Paper thread-making demonstration by Hiroko Karuno."
Japanese FashionApr 26, 2014Created for "From Wabi-Sabi to Kawaii? A Talk by Fashion Historian Akiko Fukai."
KimonoApr 15, 2014Updated for "From Wabi-Sabi to Kawaii? A Talk by Fashion Historian Akiko Fukai."
Industrial DesignJan 4, 2013Created for "Ceramics for Daily Comfort: Design Exhibition by Yasuki Sakamoto and Kazuhiro Tominaga."
Washi and Paper ArtDec 4, 2012Created for World Washi Summit 2012.
Japanese CraftsJun 28, 2012Created for "Contemporary Japanese Crafts Exhibition."

Show Arts: performance (film, dance, kabuki, noh, rakugo, J-rock)

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
AinuMarch 5, 2024Created for Ainupuri: Giving Voice to Museum Objects
Ainu and RyukyuansJune 8, 2023Created for National Indigenous History Month
J-rock & Japanese indie musicMay 9, 2023Created for LIVE HOUSE Film Series
Noh TheatreJul 24, 2018Created for Masks Onstage: Noh Theatre Photography
KamishibaiMay 28, 2016Created for Saturday Opening Kamishibai Readings
Kamishibai Picture StoriesMay 28, 2014Created for "Designing Japanese Language Education to Match the Students."
KabukiMar 7, 2014Updated for "The Many Faces of Danjuro IX: An exhibition of original Kabuki Prints."
NohNov 13, 2013Created for "Yokohama Noh Theatre Photography Exhibition."
RakugoNov 7, 2013Created for "Let’s Try Kobanashi! 『小噺を演じてみよう!』."

Show History

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
Japanese Ceramics and Culture & Life of the Edo/Meiji PeriodJune 11, 2024Created for From Edo to Meiji: Transformation of Japanese Ceramics and Living with Ceramics in Japan: From Edo to Meiji and JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – Japanese Ceramics & Life in the Edo to Meiji Periods
AinuMarch 5, 2024Created for Ainupuri: Giving Voice to Museum Objects
Ainu and RyukyuansJune 8, 2023Created for National Indigenous History Month
Japanese DollsOct 14, 2020Created for Ningyo : Art and Beauty of Japanese Dolls
Tokyo BEFORE / AFTERApr 20, 2018Created for Tokyo BEFORE/AFTER
Samurai and Ukiyo-e PrintsJan 6, 2016Created for Legendary Loyalty: The 47 Ronin in Japanese Prints
Edo SamuraiJan 26, 2013Created for "Imagining Samurai: A Look at Life through Art of the Edo Period by Dr. Hiroshi Kurushima."
Legacy of Hiroshima and NagasakiNov 7, 2012Created for library display, "The Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

Show Japan and Canada

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
Finding JAPAN: Early Canadian
Jun 10, 2013Created for "Anne Park Shannon: Finding Japan."
What can Japan learn from Canada
Aug 15, 2012Created for Japan Futures Initiative lecture.
The Reading ListFeb 14, 2012Created for the book launch of “The Reading List” by Leslie Shimotakahara.

Show Japanese Language Studies

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
KamishibaiMay 28, 2016Created for Saturday Opening Kamishibai Readings
Journalism and Written JapaneseJul 14, 2014Created for Japanese Language Courses: 記者の私 and Talk about Japan: Sports Journalism.
Japanese Picture BooksMay 28, 2014Created for "Designing Japanese Language Education to Match the Students."
Kamishibai Picture StoriesMay 28, 2014Created for "Designing Japanese Language Education to Match the Students."
JLPT N1Mar 28, 2014Created for JLPT
JLPT N2Mar 28, 2014Created for JLPT
JLPT N3Mar 28, 2014Created for JLPT
JLPT N-5Mar 28, 2014Created for JLPT
Materials Available for Teachers of JapaneseAug 18, 2013Created for The 2013 Japanese Language and Proficiency Test.

Show Pop Culture (Manga, Anime, Video Game, J-Rock)

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
Video GamesNov 8, 2023Created for Japanese Video Games and the Mediation of Trauma
Yukimura MakotoSep 1, 2023Created for Manga Artist YUKIMURA Makoto in Toronto for TIFA 2023
J-rock & Japanese indie musicMay 9, 2023Created for LIVE HOUSE Film Series
Jun MayuzukiApr 26, 2023Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2023 – Meet Manga Creator MAYUZUKI Jun @ JFT!
Rumi HaraJun 11, 2022Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2022: Live Drawing featuring Rumi Hara @ JFT
Akane TorikaiJun 11, 2022Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2022: Live Drawing featuring Akane Torikai @JFT
Manga at JFTNov 12, 2020Manga available in the JFT Library
Hiromi TakashimaMay 6, 2019Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2019
Junji ItoMay 6, 2019Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2019
Abby DensonMay 7, 2018Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2018
Inio AsanoMay 7, 2018Created for Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2018
TCAFMay 6, 2014Created for The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2014.
Tezuka OsamuFeb 24, 2014Updated for "The Life and Works of the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka."
Anime DVDsAug 21, 2013Created for Fan Expo 2013.
TIFF 2012Sep 10, 2012Created for Toronto International Film Festival 2012.
LeonieJun 1, 2012Created for the book launch of “Leonie" by Hisako Matsui.

Show Sciences and Natural Disasters

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
TohokuJun 5, 2013Created for "Tohoku - Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers Exhibition."
EarthquakesMar 2, 2012Created for the Great East Japan Earthquake anniversary.

Show Social Sciences

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
Japanese Ceramics and Culture & Life of the Edo/Meiji PeriodJune 11, 2024Created for From Edo to Meiji: Transformation of Japanese Ceramics and Living with Ceramics in Japan: From Edo to Meiji and JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – Japanese Ceramics & Life in the Edo to Meiji Periods
AinuMarch 5, 2024Created for Ainupuri: Giving Voice to Museum Objects
Yokai (Japanese ghosts, goblins & monsters)Oct 17, 2023Created for Halloween 2023 @JFT
Trains and StationsOct 13, 2023Created for Next Stop Japan
Ainu and RyukyuansJune 8, 2023Created for National Indigenous History Month
LGBTQIA+ in Japan & LGBTQIA+ character(s) in Japanese literatureMay 17, 2023Created for JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – LGBTQIA+ Books
Ainu: Indigenous People of JapanDec 6, 2022Created for Ainu: Indigenous People of Japan (Film Screening)
Japanese food and cookbooksJan 21, 2021Created for Healthy Hakko: The Fermented Culinary Arts of Japan
Japanese DollsOct 14, 2020Created for Ningyo : Art and Beauty of Japanese Dolls
Japanese Folktales, Yokai and HorrorOct 23, 2017Created for Halloween
Ainu Art and CultureSep 27, 2017Created for Indigenous Cultures in Japan and Canada
Women and BuddhismMar 8, 2017Created for Bikers, Widows, and Bidhisattvas - Female Priests in Japanese Buddhism
Rural TourismMay 6, 2016Created for "Country Roads - Rural Tourism in Japan & Canada"
Aging and Changing DemographicsSep 18, 2014Created for "Library Services in Aging Japan: A talk by Professor Chieko Mizoue, University of Tsukuba,"
and "Embracing Decline? Understanding the Dynamics of Aging, Depopulation and Well-Being in Rural Japan: A talk by Professor Peter Matanle, University of Sheffield."
Ghosts, Goblins & YokaiMay 22, 2014Created for Doors Open Toronto 2014.
TPPFeb 10, 2014Created for "TPP 101: An introduction to the world of trade regimes and negotiations."
TohokuJun 5, 2013Created for "Tohoku - Through the Eyes of Japanese Photographers Exhibition."
FoodJan 16, 2013Created for "Itadakimasu! A Series Exploring Sustainable Food Systems and Mindful Eating."
Buddhism In JapanNov 16, 2012Created for the lecture "Buddhism in Canada by Professor Victor Hori."
PeaceFeb 29, 2012Created for "60 Years Later: The San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Regional Conflicts in East Asia by Dr. Kimie Hara."
Mortuary Ceremony in JapanFeb 9, 2012Created for "Nature’s Embrace: Creating a New Mortuary Ceremony in Contemporary Japan."

Show Sports

Book ListLast UpdatedEvent
Graphic Design and SportsMay 2, 2023Created for A Sense of Movement: Japanese Sports Posters: Sports Poster Exhibition
Japanese BaseballAug 21, 2017Created for Fighting Spirit in Baseball Films: Kano
Martial ArtsDec 5, 2007Created for "The spirit of Budo: Japan’s Martial Arts Exhibition."