Japan’s Fall 2009 Decoration: Dr. Gordon Berger, professor emeritus of
history at the University of Southern California, was awarded Japan’s medal for his
contribution to building the scholarly networks of Japanese studies in Southern
California.
Decoration conferment ceremony took place on Nov 19 at Official Residence of the
Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles.
Dr. Berger received The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by
Consul General Junichi Ihara. Full Text
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Nov 21, 22 (Saturday, Sunday) 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Flower arrangement exhibition by students of Mme. Shusui Ogawa and
Mme. Ritsuho Shinbashi of Ikenobo School
For info, call Mme. Ritsuho Shinbashi at (818) 892-0470
Japanese American National Museum, 369 East First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
James Armstrong Theatre, Torrance
Nov 22 (Sun) 2:00 PM
Lecture “Tea of the Samurai in Times of War and Peace” by Occidental
College professor and historian Morgan Pitelke
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Nov 24 (Tuesday) 7:30 PM
James Bridge Theater, Melnitz Hall, UCLA
Nov 27 (Friday)
Laemmle’s Music Hall 3, 9036 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Washu-Kai brush painting exhibition and floral arrangement in San Diego
Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego sumijoe@gmail.com
Dec 12, 8:00pm
On Ensemble Presents: Works In Progress ’09
The Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Dec 19 (Sat) 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Cultural News Museum Tour to Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor exhibition
Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, 15770 Tenth Ave., Hanford, CA 93230
Creative dance school from Okinawa to premiere
traditional-style dance story, Jan 31, 2010
Renowned Okinawan traditional dance school Tamagusuku-ryu-Senjukai of Okinawa
will present its world premiere of “Umi no Tenzakai” (Gods beyond the Sea) in a
“Ryukyu Performing Arts Today” program at the Marsee Auditorium of El Camino
College in Torrance on Sunday, January 31, 2010, at 2 p.m.
Dec 20 film screening: Actress Yoko Sugi to appear
in person
Katsudo Shashin (Moving Pictures) film screening
Sunday, Dec 20, 11 am, 2 pm, 4 pm
JACCC Aratani/Japan America Theatre at Little Tokyo
11 am: Tsuma no Kokoro (A Wife’s Heart) by Mikio Naruse
2 pm: Pu-san (Mr. Pu) by Kon Ichikawa
4 pm: Aoi sanmyaku (The Green Mountains) by Tadashi Imai
Tsuma no Kokoro (A Wife’s Heart) 1956 Starring Japanese screen legend Toshiro
Mifune.
(Zoku Aoi Sanmyaku (c) Toho Co.)
Aoi sanmyaku (The Green Mountains) 1949 Based on a novel by Yojiro Ishizaki,
this film takes place is a romantic film set in a high school.
Gibon Sengai (1750-1837) Frog and Snall, undated. Inkon paper hanging scroll)
Private Zen painting collection to be on display at
Scripps College, Oct 31 – Dec 6
ウィリアムソン・ギャラリーで展示中の「禅画」山荘コレクションの作品紹介
蛙図 仙厓義梵（せんがい・ぎぼん）筆 江戸時代
蜆子和尚図 楊月筆 室町時代
霊照女図 孤月周林筆 室町時代
寒山拾得図 興悦筆 室町時代
達磨・五位鷺・叭々鳥図 文孫筆 室町時代 三幅
寒山拾得図 長沢芦雪 江戸時代
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