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David Blandy: Anjin 1600-Edo Wonderpark – press coverage

Posted on 14 September 2013 at 7:43 pm.

A great selection of press coverage for David Blandy’s new show ‘Anjin 1600 – Edo Wonderpark’ -One of this week’s ‘must see’ exhibitions by Time Out http://www.timeout.com/london/art/this-weeks-best-new-art -Blouin art info http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/945461/manga-obsessed-uk-artist-set-to-launch-his-edo-wonderpark-in -the East http://www.theeast.org/?p=221454 -Guardian Guide 14 September 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/sep/13/exhibitionist-art-shows-14-sep -Dazed Digital http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/17038/1/art-news -Art … Continued

The unveiling of the Japan400 Telescope to the Press and invited guests hosted by the Royal Armouries in the Tower of London on Monday 9 September 2013

Posted on 11 September 2013 at 12:32 am.

Written by WebMaster

The first viewing of the telescope took place in front of the well-preserved suit of Japanese armour which was one of the return gifts made by the Shogunate to King James. Mutual pledges of everlasting friendship and respect between the … Continued

First Viewings of the Japan400 Telescope on Monday 9 September 2013

Posted on 9 September 2013 at 2:32 pm.

Written by WebMaster

400 Years since the gift of a telescope to the Japanese ruler by a British envoy on 8 September 1613 First viewings of the telescope will take place at Hatfield House and the Tower of London 400 years after the … Continued

Saris’s Log, 8 September 1613

Posted on 8 September 2013 at 8:12 am.

Written by Jenny White

On this day, 400 years ago, an Englishman finally met with Tokugawa Ieyasu… “I was carried in my Pallankin to the Castell of Surungo (where the Emperour keepth his Court) and … ledd mee into a faier roome, matted, where … Continued

Marking 400 years of trade relations with Japan – Japan400 telescope

Posted on 7 September 2013 at 12:37 pm.

Written by Jenny White

Japan400 has commissioned a brand new telescope by the renowned British maker Ian Poyser to commemorate the 400th anniversary of King James I’s similar gift to the First Shogun in 1613. It will be offered as a gift to the … Continued

Japan400 Week: 8 – 15 September 2013

Posted on 7 September 2013 at 11:54 am.

Written by Jenny White

The Japan400 organising committee announces a series of special, landmark events in Japan400 Week to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the first contacts between King James I and the Shogun following the arrival in 1613 of an East India Company … Continued

Saris’s Log, 6 September 1613

Posted on 7 September 2013 at 11:52 am.

Written by Jenny White

They arrive in Suruga/Surunga [modern-day Shuzuoka City]… “This Cittie of Surunga is full bigge as London with all the Subvrbes… Assoone as wee setled in our lodginge in Surunga, I sent Mr Adams to the courte to left the Secretarie … Continued

British Museum Magazine – Timothy Clark, curator of Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese art talks about the exhibition

Posted on 2 September 2013 at 9:22 pm.

Written by Jenny White

Timothy Clark, Head of the Japanese Section, British Museum and curator of Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese art Commodore Perry received them as a diplomatic gift, Beardsley hung them in his bedroom, Zola hung them on his stairs, Picasso … Continued

Saris’s Log, 30 August 1613

Posted on 29 August 2013 at 10:37 pm.

Written by Jenny White

…a very short stay… “Wee weare furnished with 19 horse at the Emperour’s [Ieyasu’s] charge, to carrie vpp our kings presents…I had a Pallankin appointed for me, and a spare horse ledd by, to ride when I pleased, verie well … Continued

Extract from Saris’s Log, 29 August 1613

Posted on 29 August 2013 at 10:30 pm.

Written by Jenny White

…and soon they arrived in Kyoto… “wee founde heere a garrison of 3000 souldiers, maynteyned by the Emperour [Ieyasu] to keep Miaco [Kyoto] and Osaca in sunieccion”