DATE Saturday, March 3, 2018
TIME 1:00pm
LOCATION Morikami Theater
PRICE FREE
*No reservations. Tickets will be given out the day of the event, at a first come, first served basis.
DATE Saturday, March 3, 2018
TIME 1:00pm
LOCATION Morikami Theater
PRICE FREE
*No reservations. Tickets will be given out the day of the event, at a first come, first served basis.
ABOUT THE PRESENTATION
With the celebration of Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) on March 3, Pate explores the role of Japanese dolls in traditional Japanese culture; their history, art and meaning. Special attention will be paid to the Japanese Friendship Dolls of 1927, providing the opportunity to introduce to the Morikami community their own Friendship Doll: Miss Gunma. Pate presents a lively talk with extensive visuals incorporating archival photos as well as images of the many aspects of the culture of Japanese dolls.
Alan Scott Pate is an internationally acknowledged authority on the history of Japanese dolls (ningyo). He is the author of numerous books and articles on the topic. Alan lectures around the world addressing the many facets of Japanese doll culture and is currently serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Florida. In addition to being the foremost dealer in antique Japanese dolls, he also frequently serves as a guest curator and adviser for exhibitions dealing with this deep and fascinating topic. His current focus is on the history of the Japanese Friendship Dolls of 1927, which includes the Morikami’s own “Miss Gunma.”
Kenneth Eng is a director, editor and executive producer. After graduating from Boston Latin School, Ken left for New York in 1994 to study film at the School of Visual Arts. His thesis Scratching Windows, a short documentary film about graffiti writers, was broadcast as part of the doc series REEL NY on WNET – NY PBS. In 2001, Ken directed and edited Take Me to The Rivera feature length documentary about the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India. Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball, his film about the famous Koshien Tournament in Japan was nationally broadcast on PBS as part of POV and continues to play in Japan on NHK-TV. In 2007, Ken was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship to launch My Life In China. Recently, he edited Tested for director Curtis Chin, and is currently developing projects on post-genocide reconciliation in Rwanda and the Critical Legal Studies movement at the Harvard Law School.
Dr. Kendall H. Brown is Professor of Asian Art History in the School of Art at California State University Long Beach. He received BA and MA degrees in history and art history from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. in art history from Yale University. Dr. Brown publishes actively in several areas of Japanese art, such as Japanese paintings and woodblock prints. Brown has curated or contributed to exhibitions for museums across the country, including Shin Hanga: New Prints in Modern Japan (LACMA, 1998), Taisho Chic (Honolulu Academy, 2002); Deco Japan (ASI, 2012), and Traditions Transfigured; The Noh Masks of Bidou Yamaguchi (CSULB UAM, 2014). He is now working on exhibitions of Japanese sheet music cover art, lacquer makers’ tools, and garden-inspired fine art. Brown is also a leading figure in the study of Japanese gardens in North America. His book, Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America (Tuttle 2013) expands on his earlier work, Japanese–style Gardens of the Pacific West Coast (Rizzoli, 1999). After planning the International Conference on Japanese Gardens Outside Japan in 2009, he served as President of the Board of the North American Japanese Garden Association from 2012-14. His next garden book, Visionary Landscapes, explores the styles, meanings and functions of Japanese gardens in the 21st century. It will be published in the Fall of 2017.
Kohei Nishino, a.k.a. Denjiro, made his debut in 1980 after winning the best newcomer manga artists award sponsored by publisher Shogakukan, while studying at Tokyo Zokei University.
