Lecture on Exhibiting Japan in Mid-Century New York by Dr. Angus Lockyer, Rhode Island School of Design
In this lecture, historian Angus Lockyer examines Japan’s participation in the 1939–40 and 1964–65 New York World’s Fairs. He explores how Japan’s pavilions and exhibitions combined traditional culture with modern achievement while responding to the very different diplomatic circumstances of the prewar and postwar periods. Placing the Japanese exhibits within the broader history of international expositions, Flushing Meadows, and New York City, Lockyer shows how government officials, exhibitors, and the Japanese community used the fairs to present Japan to Western audiences and navigate a turbulent century. Angus Lockyer is a historian of Japan, East Asia, and global history. He is the author of Exhibitionist Japan: The Spectacle of Modern Development […]
Lecture on Yasuo Kuniyoshi: Life and Work in New York by Prof. Shun Ito, Okayama University
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953) was a Japanese-born modern artist who built his career in the United States and became one of the most highly regarded painters working in New York during the first half of the twentieth century. His development and success were shaped not only by his talent, but also by American art schools, teachers, patrons, fellow artists, and cultural institutions. Kuniyoshi was selected for the Museum of Modern Art’s landmark exhibition Nineteen Living Americans in 1929, received first prize at the Carnegie Institute’s international exhibition in 1944, and was honored with a major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1948. In 1952, he was selected as […]
「岩倉使節団の渡米から150年」パネルディスカッション
2022年3月24日、ジャパン・ソサエティー主催で、ニューヨーク日本人歴史博物館が「岩倉使節団の渡米から150年」特別展示の開始に合わせてパネル・ディスカッションを開催。ゲストスピーカーに、ニムラ・ジャニス著者、サンド・ジョーダン教授、若林晴子教授を迎え、使節団に同行した5人の日本人女子、ラトガース大学とのつながり、使節団のアメリカにおける人種問題に関する考察など、1871-1873年の岩倉使節団のあまり知られていない話題について、対談が行われた。