Gen’ichirō Inokuma’s NYC Salon is the first New York solo museum exhibition of the Japanese modern artist Gen’ichirō Inokuma (1902–1993). Organized by Japan Society Gallery in collaboration with the Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma […]
Brooklyn Kura launched in 2016 in Brooklyn, NY, breaking ground as New York’s first sake brewery. Over the past 10 years, Brooklyn Kura would provide sake education and awareness far beyond NYC and fundamentally change the trajectory of the American sake landscape. Tonight, Brandon Doughan, Co-Founder and Master Brewer of Brooklyn Kura, speaks about the […]
CONTEMPORARY DANCE | INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Friday, November 6 at 7:30 pm—Followed by a Private Gathering for Artists and Members Saturday, November 7 at 7:30 pm—Followed by an Artist Q&A A sudden force in the Asian dance scene, the sharp choreographic provocateur Reisa Shimojima and her Tokyo-based company KEDAGORO arrive in New York with The Age is Yours, My Liege! A Tale […]
Mieko Kawakami is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary authors on the planet and perhaps the foremost contemporary female author hailing from Japan. Born in Osaka, Kawakami made her […]
Calling all lovers of manga and anime–it’s time to unleash your inner artist! This stand-alone session will get you well on your way to mastering the style of Japan’s most popular export. Under the guidance of a professional illustrator, you’ll learn how to draw faces and full body poses of characters from hit series like […]
Amid the last breaths of Japan’s studio era as the strain of plummeting attendance and the rise of television brought the industry into collapse, Japan’s oldest film studio, Nikkatsu, abandoned mainstream productions in favor of erotica. An unprecedented move by any measure, Nikkatsu’s decision established the legendary Roman Porno, a prestige line of studio-backed softcore […]
A stone can mark a boundary. Or it can open one… Japanese-American musician Kaoru Watanabe and Lakota performance/visual artist Kite (Suzanne Kite) bring two inheritances together, asking what it means to seek ancestral guidance in a country built on forgetting. On Japanese drums, flute, koto, voice, violin, electronics and invented instruments, they weave a soundscape moving between meditative stillness […]