Chinese, Japanese Art, Music and Literature: January 2020

Saturday 25th January 2020
Venue Chinatown, Albert Square and across the city centre

Art & Literature

My dream would be one day to visit Japan, I thought it was always going to be to visit a Koi farm.

Why Japan? Every time I come into contact with anything Japanese I am surprised by the beauty, its stunning, the people and culture it is a mix of preserved heritage interwoven with modern technologies, how they do this and make it look so simple is a credit to them.

This is my collection of interesting Art and Literature mainly from Japan. Ukiyo-e prints from the Edo period, classic literature dating back as far as the Heian Period, Japanese classics such as Tale of the Bamboo (Taktori Monagatari)- the ancestor of narrative fiction (monagatari), Tale of Ise, Dream of the Red Chamber, The Tale of The Genji and more recently Seven Japanese Tales. Poetry based on either the content of the paintings on folding screens (byobauta) or Poerty competitions (utuawase), Diaries/Journals (nikki) and narrative fiction (monagatari).

Ukiyo-e Subjects

Yahuka-e: Kabuki – Actors
Sumo Wrestlers
Samarai
Kachō-e: The Natural World
Shunga - Erotica

Periods of Japanese History

Early Japan (until 710)
Nara and Heian Periods (710-1192)
Kamakura Period (1192-1333)
Muromachi Period (1338-1573)
Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1573-1603)
Edo Period (1603-1868)
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Taisho and Early Showa Period (1912-1945)
Postwar Period (since 1945)

Now and again there maybe some things from China, Korea and Vietnam.

Sunday, 12 January 2020

Happy Chinese New Year 2020

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