2014 Sept. 7th JACCC - Noh Performance

The Noh Performance at the JACCC was simply beautiful.

Aikido, Saotome Shihan Seminar & Redlands Aikikai 20th

Saotome Shihan Seminar & Redlands Aikikai 20th An…: http://youtu.be/BkSwbMoRI4s

4th of July in South Pasadena

As the sun begins to set, on the 4th of July in South Pasadena, the locals begin to gather at the high school. Fireworks to commence at dark.

JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL (SAWTELLE GAKUEN)

JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL (SAWTELLE GAKUIN) 

Sawtelle Gakuin website

Sawtelle Gakuin is an independently-operated, nonprofit Japanese language school located at the Japanese Institute of Sawtelle.

Instruction is currently held from 8 AM to 1 PM on Saturdays during the academic year (August to June).

In 2009, 140 students have been distributed to classes from lst grade to senior high school. Much of their instruction includes homework done over the Internet with instructions in the Japanese language.

Parents of students support the various extra curricular activities during the year. There is a traditional Field day with a picnic, Christmas party, along with classroom activities such as Speech Contest and Private Language School credit examination for University language requirements.

Jaccc ikebana june 2014

Japanese Flower Arrangement in Los Angeles

June 2014

By rick beal

This past weekend the JACCC (Japanese American Cultural Community Center), in Downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo District, had a Japanese Flower Arrangement exhibit. The exhibit itself was not an official JACCC event, but rather the annual display of arrangements by the teachers of The Ikenobo Ikebana Society of America.

For this particular event the head instructor from the U.S. Headquarters flew down from San Francisco. Each year the event is held at a gallery near one of the area’s ikebana classes. Last year was in Torrance California, and this year at the JACCC. There are classes across the country with many Pacific Coast opportunities to view and participate in the art of flower arrangement.

Japanese flower arrangement is famous worldwide for its beautiful displays. ‘Ikebana’ literally translates from Japanese to English as ‘living flowers’. The Ikenobo school is not only one of the 5 main styles of Japanese Flower Arrangement, it was the first school of what we now call Ikebana. Ikebana comes from the practice of offering flowers on the altars in temples and homes, and has evolved to include decorations for both homes and public places that bring a sense of the sacred to any space.

This annual event by the local chapters of the Ikenobo Ikebana Society of America is unique in that all the displays are from the regions teachers, rather than just one from a teacher and the rest from their students as we often see. So much so, that to offer pictures of all of them would be fantastic, instead we can only offer a few examples. But each and everyone shows a sensitivity to nature and the materials being used. If you enjoy these please look for a class or exhibit near you.

Ikenobo Ikebana Los Angeles Chapter

JACCC Japanese American Cultural Community Center

June 14 2014. Summerland California Urban Farm Event

Aikido Kenkyukai Los Angeles Grand Opening with Takeda Yoshinobu Shihan

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Sumo in Southern California Summer of 2014

http://www.usasumo.com/events_calendar.html

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here's a little sample from 2013

2014 US Sumo Open - 14th Annual (Summer, 2014), Southern California
Date and Location: TBD
More information coming soon...

And a recent event in Riverside too.
LunarFest 2014 (Saturday, January 25, 2014), Riverside, CA
Sumo performances: 11:10 am, 1:25 pm, 4:15 pm

   

May 17 2014 Koto Music Redlands, California

June 2014, Aikido Santa Barbara Hiroshi Ikeda Shihan

Aikido Academy Los Angeles

May 18, 2014 Los Angles Summer Aikido Bridge Seminar

April 26 & 27 Aikido Santa Monica Yoshida Sensei

April 11, 2014 USC Religious Piety, Ritual, and the Performing Arts in Japan:

Religious Piety, Ritual, and the Performing Arts in Japan: Cultural Exchange with East Asia, Historically and Today

CJRC Religion and Social Life in Premodern Japan Project

Date:	Friday, April 11, 2014
Time:	3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Campus:	University Park Campus
Venue:	Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
Room:	East Asian Seminar Room (110C)
Email:	cjrc@dornsife.usc.edu

March 29, 2014 Japanese Cultural Festival. Huntington Beach, CA

Norton Simon Museum - Buddha and Adorants, Coming March 28th

Norton Simon Museum

Future Exhibition

Buddha and Adorants on the Cosmic Mountain, c. 700
India: Kashmir, 675-725
Bronze with silver and copper inlay
13-1/4 x 9-1/2 x 4-3/4 in. (33.7 x 24.1 x 12.1 cm)
The Norton Simon Foundation

In the Land of Snow: Buddhist Art of the Himalayas

March 28, 2014 - August 25, 2014

In the Land of Snow is the Museum’s first large-scale exhibition of Himalayan Buddhist art, bringing together exceptional Indian, Nepalese and Tibetan Buddhist sculptures along with significant thangka (flat field) paintings from throughout the Himalayan region. Almost all of the Museum’s thangkas are on display for this special occasion, in addition to a number of generous loans. A highlight of the exhibition is the display of a monumental thangka, measuring over 20 feet in height, depicting the Buddha of the Future, Maitreya, flanked by the Eighth Dalai Lama, Jamphel Gyatso, and his tutor, Yongtsin Yeshe Gyaltsen. Painted on silk and presented on an elaborate embroidered mounting, the thangka was commissioned by the Eighth Dalai Lama for the benefit of his tutor and for the posterity of the Buddhist faith. This is only the second time that this extraordinary painting has been on view at the Museum.

March 30, 2014. Sunday - Harari Art Collection at the Pacific Asia Museum

Focus on the Subject: The Art of the Harari Collection

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  Friday, April 05, 2013
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  Sunday, March 30, 2014
• Location
  Pacific Asia Museum (Pasadena, CA)

April 5, 2013 through March 30, 2014

Open Wednesday through Sunday from 10am to 6pm

Frank and Toshie Mosher Gallery of Japanese Art

The Pacific Asia Museum

46 North Los Robles Avenue,
Pasadena, California 91101

The exhibition includes a full object rotation in October 2013 to accommodate a greater number of objects and protect them from extended exposure to light.

The renowned Harari Collection of Japanese Edo (1603-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) era paintings and drawings is one of the most significant groups of works on paper at Pacific Asia Museum. Amassed in London during the 1950s and 60s by Ralph Harari, the collection includes ukiyo-e("pictures of the floating world"); important prints, paintings and sketches by Hokusai, Hiroshige and their schools; paintings by Kano, Tosa, Nanga, and Shijo schools; and decorative paintings including fans. In the 1980s, Pacific Asia Museum acquired the majority of this collection with the support of several generous donors. Objects from the collection have previously been included in the exhibitions 40 Years of Building the Pacific Asia Museum Collection in 2011 and Reflections of Beauty: Women from Japan's Floating World in 2006, among others.

Focus on the Subject: The Art of the Harari Collectionfeatures selected works from this group, and elucidates how Japanese painters and artisans shared their appreciation for subjects including landscapes, physical beauty and pursuits like poetry and tea ceremonies. These recurring themes found in the paintings are echoed in other media from the Pacific Asia Museum collection including ceramics, textiles, lacquerware and sculpture. By looking at a few of the finest examples of Harari Collection paintings alongside objects featuring similar subjects, visitors will have an opportunity to appreciate these themes from multiple perspectives, thereby deepening their knowledge of Japanese art and culture. In addition, the exhibition will examine the role of the collector both in private and public realms.

Admission

$10 general

$7 students/seniors

Free for museum members and children under 12

Admission is free every 4th Friday of the month.

For more information visit www.pacificasiamuseum.org or call (626) 449-2742.

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Image: Ogawa Ritsuo, Daruma Carrying a Courtesan Across a Stream,Japan, c. 1740, Ink, color, gofun on paper, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Frazier, Pacific Asia Museum Collection, 1986.67.2

Noh Masks at CSU Long Beach 1-25-1014 to 4-13-2014

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Exhibit: Traditions Transfigured: The Noh Masks of Bidou Yamaguchi

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  Saturday, January 25, 2014
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  Sunday, April 13, 2014
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  CSU Long Beach / University Art Museum (Long Beach, CA)

Zõ-onna (Middle-Age Woman) 1998 Japanese cypress, seashell, natural pigment, urushi 8.27 x 5.31 x 2.76 inches Collection of Kelly Sutherlin McLeod and Steve McLeod © Bidou Yamaguchi

Mona Lisa, 2003 Japanese cypress, seashell, natural pigment, urushi 8.27 x 5.31 x 2.76 inches Collection of Kelly Sutherlin McLeod and Steve McLeod © Bidou Yamaguchi

Saturday, January 25 to Sunday, April13, 2014
(The museum is closed Monday and all university holidays)

The University Art Museum
CSU Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840

The human face and its expressive potential have inspired artists around the world for millennia. Arguably, Japan's Noh theater provides an unparalleled domain for exploring emotion and representing the human countenance.

Today, Noh continues to inspire a dynamic dialogue between artists from Asia and the west. Expanding on this rich vein, Traditions Transfigured selects contemporary works by Noh mask maker Bidou Yamaguchi.

These masks apply the forms, techniques, transformative spirit, and mysterious elegance of Noh masks to iconic female portraits from the European art historical canon, and to Kabuki actor prints by Sharaku, Japan's enigmatic 18th century portrait master.

The exhibition catalogue (distributed by University of Washington Press) analyzes how Bidou's work radically extends Noh's emphasis on the transformation of souls across time and space into new cultural and physical dimensions.

By transfiguring both European and Japanese artistic traditions, Bidou's work merges past and present. More importantly, it allows contemporary audiences to uncover deeper dimensions of their own humanity. By imagining ourselves wearing different faces, we can forge deeper connections with others.

Admission
$4 General public

For visiting the museum, metered parking is available at Lot 17 in the campus.

For more information, visit www.csulb.edu/org/uam call (562) 985-5761 or email uam@csulb.edu

March 23, 2014. Japan Culture Expo Fullerton California

April 13, 2014 Jodaiko Taiko in Irvine California