ミッドセンチュリー・ニューヨーク万博における日本館の展示
Watch the event recording here! This event was held at JAA New York. Japan’s participation in New York’s two world’s fairs came in the middle of a century and a half of enthusiasm for expos, which continues today. In both 1939-40 and 1964-65, the Japanese pavilions and exhibits drew on this long experience. They combined traditional culture and modern achievement to appeal to Western audiences, while also trying to answer the diplomatic needs of two very different moments in Japan’s relationship with the West. They were only one of many attractions on site, however, while Flushing Meadows itself was one of many ways the city was trying to keep up […]
「ニューヨークで生きた国吉康雄とその作品」
This event was hosted at the Nippon Club on February 10th, 2025. Watch the recording of this event here (English w/ English subtitles) or here (Japanese w/ English subtitles) Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889 – 1953) was a Western-style painter based in New York during the tumultuous first half of the 20th century. Kuniyoshi’s exceptional talent would eventually see him become a representative for the United States at the Venice Biennale, the “Olympics of Art,” in addition to a number of other accomplishments and honors. However, Kuniyoshi is still relatively unknown in Japan and, until recently, was largely forgotten in the US after his death. Moreover, his story is one of a […]
日本クラブで「ニューヨークの日本人画家たち」特別講義
Dr. Mai Sato, a part-time lecturer at Nihonbashi Junior High School, gave a special presentation on the digital exhibit “Japanese Artists in New York City: Artistic Traces from the 1910s to the 1940s” on March 27, 2024 at the Nippon Club. See “Japanese Artists in New York City,” the digital exhibit online. https://youtu.be/YTDTpSmP9og
「明治モダン：女性教育の今と昔」パネルディスカッション
“Meiji Modern: What Women’s Education Means Then and Now” Panel Discussion This event, presented by Asia Society Japan, featured a moderated panel discussion at The International House of Japan in Tokyo in person and online on August 28, 2023. Discussion focused on the significance of women’s education in Japan since the time the country was modernizing 150 years ago. Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York Founding Board Chair Dr. Nick Homma spoke about the first Japanese women sponsored by the Meiji government to study abroad in the United States. Former International Christian University President Dr. Junko Hibiya discussed gender issues that continue today. The discussion was […]
「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。