schedule:
Thursday, 10th October, 2019–Sunday, 5th January, 2020
Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30am–4:30pm

venue:
The Historic New Orleans Collection
410 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

admission:
Free

Everett Kennedy Brown Photography Exhibition “Seeking an Open Life: Photographs of Lafcadio Hearn’s Japan”

https://www.hnoc.org/exhibitions/seeking-open-life-photographs-lafcadio-hearn%E2%80%99s-japan
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Everett Kennedy Brown is an author and artist using the collodion photographic technique to create uniquely beautiful images of Japan. He was born in Washington DC, and has lived in Japan since 1988. Using the collodion process since 2011 he works to create images that explore the spiritual depths of Japanese aesthetic sensibility. The collodion process involves the use of a large-sized antique camera and lens, and hand made glass wet plate negatives, as opposed to commerical film or digital. It is a rare and difficult to master photographic process which Brown uses skillfully to express his informed insight into the depths of Japanese culture. Brown calls this a “modern classic” method, that is based on the same process as was used at the time of the arrival of Admiral Perry’s Black Ships to Japan in 1853.

The 19th century writer Hearn feared the disappearance of Japanese traditional culture and wrote about his concerns 130 years ago. His works continue to resonate with Brown’s vision, as they share similar deeply spiritual visions of Japan. They both came from overseas, and developed an empathetic understanding of a Japan that few usually encounter. This exhibition is an excellent opportunity for people in the USA to encounter the spiritual depth of Japanese culture that can be experienced in the area around the city of Matsue. Matsue is a sister city of New Orleans, cities that Hearn both dearly loved. Brown has held photo exhibitions in the USA before, but his will be his first in New Orleans, at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

The exhibition will present images created in the Izumo region which inspired Hearn’s literature. The photographs are printed on traditional Japanese paper using the collotype printing technique. This collaboration with paper and sumi ink artisans and a traditional master printer further reflect and express the depth of Japan’s artisan culture. A lecture event with the artist is also scheduled.

“Lafcadio Hearn was a cosmopolitan, a man of many cultures. The images in this exhibition are a tribute to that Open Life that Hearn exemplified in his life and work.” (Everett Kennedy Brown)
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organizers:
The Hearn Society
The Historic New Orleans Collection

co-organizer:
Matsue City

cooperation:
Japan Club of New Orleans
Japan Society of New Orleans

support:
Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
Shimane Prefecture

funding:
Toshiba International Foundation
The Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund

The 25th Anniversary of the Sister City Friendship between Matsue and New OrleansThe 25th anniversary of the friendship cities between Matsue and New Orleans

◆募集内容
対象図書：小泉八雲の作品または小泉八雲の生涯に関する作品（絵本、マンガを含む）
◆募集部門
1. 感想文：小学生の部、中学生の部、高校生の部、一般の部
2. 詩
◆賞
優秀賞：賞状、賞品（図書券5,000円）、楯、小泉八雲記念館・旧居 年間パスポート
優良賞：賞状、賞品（図書券3,000円）、小泉八雲記念館・旧居 年間パスポート
佳作：賞状
◆募集期間
2019年7月19日（金）〜2020年1月8日（水）必着
◆問い合わせ先
松江市観光振興部観光文化課文化係　電話：0852-55-5517
◆主催
松江市、松江市教育委員会、八雲会
◆後援
毎日新聞松江支局、BSS山陰放送、小泉八雲記念館
◆詳しい情報
http://www1.city.matsue.shimane.jp/bunka/bunka/herun-yomu.html

date:
Wednesday, 23rd October, 2019

venue:
The Nippon Club
(145 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019)

fee:
Nippon Club Member $10
Guest $15

contact:
Yasuko Honda
Tel: 212-581-2223
Email: info@nipponclub.org

https://www.nipponclub.org/event/yakumo-koizumi-150yr-event2/?lang=en
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Schedule

6:00pm
Door open

6:30pm
Lecture “Lafcadio Hearn in the Present Day”
at 5th floor Sakura Room
Lecturer:
Bon Koizumi (Lafcadio Hearn’s great-granson)

Calligraphy Live Performance “Oma—The Twilight Hour—An Encounter between Hearn’s Spirit and Calligraphy”
at 7th floor The Nippon Gallery
performers:
Nanami Nanasawa（Calligrapher）
Kyoji Yamamoto（Guitarist）
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organizers:
The Nippon Club
The Hearn Society

https://www.facebook.com/events/481337076019076/

ラフカディオ・ハーン渡米150年記念事業として、10月10日（木）よりアメリカのニューオーリンズで開催するエバレット・ブラウン写真展「オープンライフを求めて—ラフカディオ・ハーンの日本 (Everett Kennedy Brown Photography Exhibition “Seeking an Open Life: Photographs of Lafcadio Hearn’s Japan”) 」（主催：八雲会、ヒストリック・ニューオーリンズ・コレクション／共催：松江市）の展示作品より、10点がコロタイププリントで展示されます。ニューオーリンズの写真展と同日スタートです。
◆日時
2019年10月10日（木）〜11月4日（月）
8:30-17:00（受付は16:40まで）
◆会場
小泉八雲記念館 2階 多目的スペース（島根県松江市奥谷町322）
◆料金
小泉八雲記念館の入館料が必要：
大人410円
小・中学生200円
（団体割引、外国人割引等あり）
◆主催
島根の根
◆詳しい情報
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=133171384720001&id=113477373356069

◆日時
2019年6月27日（木）〜2020年6月7日（日）
4月〜9月：8:30-18:30（受付は18:10まで）
10月〜3月：8:30-17:00（受付は16:40まで）
※「松江水燈路」メイン開催日（2019年9月21日〜10月31日の土・日・祝日）は開館時間を21:00まで延長（受付は20:30まで）
年中無休
◆会場
小泉八雲記念館 1階 展示室3（島根県松江市奥谷町322）
◆料金
大人410円
小・中学生200円
（団体割引、外国人割引等あり）
◆問い合わせ先
小泉八雲記念館　電話：0852-21-2147
◆主催
小泉八雲記念館
◆共催
松江市、山陰中央新報社
◆協力
マッカーサー記念館、エイミー・リア—・ホワイト氏、新宿歴史博物館、 池田記念美術館、テュレーン大学、バージニア大学、アメリカ議会図書館、小泉家
◆後援
八雲会
◆詳しい情報
http://www.hearn-museum-matsue.jp/exhibition-twoamericans.html

山口多門の叔父にあたる建築家・山口半六（1858-1900）が設計した第五高等中学校校舎（現・熊本大学五高記念館）は、松江から熊本に移ったラフカディオ・ハーン（小泉八雲）が勤務した学校の校舎です。

◆日時
2019年9月13日（金）〜11月4日（月・休）
9月8:30-18:30、10-11月8:30-17:00（受付は閉館30分前まで）
休館日：9月19日（木）、10月17日（木）
◆会場
松江歴史館 企画展示室（島根県松江市殿町279）
◆料金
大人500円、小・中学生250円／基本展示とのセット券：大人800円、小・中学生400円
◆問い合わせ先
松江歴史館
電話：0852-32-1607
◆主催
松江歴史館
◆詳しい情報

＜特別展＞海将山口多聞を生んだ松江藩士山口家

◆日時
2019年10月12日（土）〜2020年1月13日（月）9:00-17:00
休館日：月曜日（祝日の場合は開館し、翌平日が休館）、年末年始（12月29日〜1月3日）
◆場所
焼津小泉八雲記念館 通路ギャラリー（静岡県焼津市三ケ名1550 焼津市文化センター内）
◆料金
入館無料
◆問い合わせ先
焼津小泉八雲記念館
電話：054-620-0022
◆詳しい情報
https://www.city.yaizu.lg.jp/yaizu-yakumo/tennjikai/20191012.html

schedule:
Thursday, 10th October, 2019–Sunday, 5th January, 2020
Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30am–4:30pm

venue:
The Historic New Orleans Collection
410 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

admission:
Free

Everett Kennedy Brown Photography Exhibition “Seeking an Open Life: Photographs of Lafcadio Hearn’s Japan”

https://www.hnoc.org/exhibitions/seeking-open-life-photographs-lafcadio-hearn%E2%80%99s-japan
—————————————————————-
Everett Kennedy Brown is an author and artist using the collodion photographic technique to create uniquely beautiful images of Japan. He was born in Washington DC, and has lived in Japan since 1988. Using the collodion process since 2011 he works to create images that explore the spiritual depths of Japanese aesthetic sensibility. The collodion process involves the use of a large-sized antique camera and lens, and hand made glass wet plate negatives, as opposed to commerical film or digital. It is a rare and difficult to master photographic process which Brown uses skillfully to express his informed insight into the depths of Japanese culture. Brown calls this a “modern classic” method, that is based on the same process as was used at the time of the arrival of Admiral Perry’s Black Ships to Japan in 1853.

The 19th century writer Hearn feared the disappearance of Japanese traditional culture and wrote about his concerns 130 years ago. His works continue to resonate with Brown’s vision, as they share similar deeply spiritual visions of Japan. They both came from overseas, and developed an empathetic understanding of a Japan that few usually encounter. This exhibition is an excellent opportunity for people in the USA to encounter the spiritual depth of Japanese culture that can be experienced in the area around the city of Matsue. Matsue is a sister city of New Orleans, cities that Hearn both dearly loved. Brown has held photo exhibitions in the USA before, but his will be his first in New Orleans, at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

The exhibition will present images created in the Izumo region which inspired Hearn’s literature. The photographs are printed on traditional Japanese paper using the collotype printing technique. This collaboration with paper and sumi ink artisans and a traditional master printer further reflect and express the depth of Japan’s artisan culture. A lecture event with the artist is also scheduled.

“Lafcadio Hearn was a cosmopolitan, a man of many cultures. The images in this exhibition are a tribute to that Open Life that Hearn exemplified in his life and work.” (Everett Kennedy Brown)
—————————————————————-

organizers:
The Hearn Society
The Historic New Orleans Collection

co-organizer:
Matsue City

cooperation:
Japan Club of New Orleans
Japan Society of New Orleans

support:
Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
Shimane Prefecture

funding:
Toshiba International Foundation
The Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund

The 25th Anniversary of the Sister City Friendship between Matsue and New OrleansThe 25th anniversary of the friendship cities between Matsue and New Orleans

◆募集内容
対象図書：小泉八雲の作品または小泉八雲の生涯に関する作品（絵本、マンガを含む）
◆募集部門
1. 感想文：小学生の部、中学生の部、高校生の部、一般の部
2. 詩
◆賞
優秀賞：賞状、賞品（図書券5,000円）、楯、小泉八雲記念館・旧居 年間パスポート
優良賞：賞状、賞品（図書券3,000円）、小泉八雲記念館・旧居 年間パスポート
佳作：賞状
◆募集期間
2019年7月19日（金）〜2020年1月8日（水）必着
◆問い合わせ先
松江市観光振興部観光文化課文化係　電話：0852-55-5517
◆主催
松江市、松江市教育委員会、八雲会
◆後援
毎日新聞松江支局、BSS山陰放送、小泉八雲記念館
◆詳しい情報
http://www1.city.matsue.shimane.jp/bunka/bunka/herun-yomu.html

date:
Thursday, 24th October, 2019, 7:30pm

venue:
Japan Society (Lila Acheson Wallace auditorium)
333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017

admission:
Japan Society Member $25
Guest $30

original work:
Lafcadio Hearn

performers:
Bon Koizumi (Lecture, Supervision)
Shiro Sano (Reading, Script)
Kyoji Yamamoto (Music)

https://www.japansociety.org/event/kwaidan-2
https://hearn2019.yakumokai.org/reading
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The Lafcadio Hearn Reading Performance began in Matsue in 2007. It is performed by a leading Japanese actor, Shiro Sano, and the world-renowned guitarist, Kyoji Yamamoto. A different theme is introduced every year. Now in its 13th year, this fusion of literature and music is an extremely unique performance art and cultural resource.

It has been performed overseas. It was received enthusiastically in Greece, the home of Hearn’s mother, in 2014, and in Ireland, the home of Hearn’s father, in 2015. In recent years, Hearn’s open-minded outlook has been re-evaluated in the context of contemporary society. This reading performance has found a place in this current as a new cultural resource which plays a role in cultural creation activities.

The performance consists of a script from Hearn’s works, created by Sano, who is a Hearn devotee, and guitar music by Yamamoto. While reflecting the subtlety of a delicate spirit, the fusion of literature and music further emphasizes the cadence of the stories. Their performance, which embodies the world of Hearn, is attracting attention for its new method of expression of literature.

The performance also includes a lecture by the folklorist and great-grandson of Lafcadio Hearn, Bon Koizumi. We hope to highlight Hearn’s deep understanding which he used to depict the fundamental cultures of Japan and the USA. while exploring ways to enhance Japanese-American cultural exchange.

In his lifetime, Hearn adopted the role of storyteller and retold over 80 stories. Kwaidan is the representative culmination of his efforts. In Ireland, it was said that Sano’s storytelling was music, and Yamamoto’s music was storytelling. We want the people of the USA to experience this world of profound imagination through Kwaidan, in which Hearn was at his best.

This time, the calligrapher, who has provided the title calligraphy for the reading performance, Nanami Nanasawa, will hold a Ink art performance in New York. We expect the spirit of Japanese calligraphy combined with the spirit of Hearn will resonate in this new performance.
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presented by
Japan Society

sponsorship:
ORIX Corporation USA

organizer:
The Hearn Society

co-organizer:
Matsue City

cooperation:
Japan Society
Japan America Society of Greater Cincinnati
Japan Research Center of Greater Cincinnati
Hearn Society USA
Japan Society of New Orleans
Tulane University

support:
Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
Shimane Prefecture
Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc.

funding:
The Japan World Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund

https://www.facebook.com/events/2513396142280737/