Japanese Culture Kamishibai, Go Beyond Japan for World Peace: IKKYU at TEDxYouth@Kyoto 2013
Japanese Culture Kamishibai, Go Beyond Japan for World Peace: IKKYU
紙芝居 日本を超えて世界に平和を: いっきゅう
Born and raised in Kyoto, IKKYU is a student at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies. She recently received first prize in ʺA Pair Presentation Contest on Japanese Cultureʺ sponsored by Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, presenting on the art of Kamishibai(Japanese Storytelling). Fascinated by the Kamishibai style, she began studying the craft to become a Japanese storyteller, joining the Kamishibai group ʺYassan Ichizaʺ. On the 2nd, 12th, 22nd, and 23rd of every month, IKKYU performs Kamishibai at Kiyomizu Temple, in both English and Japanese, with her seniors. In the future she hopes to travel to different countries to share the joy and art of Kamishibai.
京都府出身。京都外国語大学在学中。日本全国の大学生が参加した第6回 森田杯・英文毎日杯「ペアで紹介する日本文化プレゼンコンテスト」で紙芝居を披露し、優勝を勝ち取る。以来、見ている人の元気を引き出す紙芝居の世界に魅了され、現在は学生業の傍ら50人以上の弟子が集う紙芝居一座「ヤッサン一座」で一流の紙芝居師になるべく勉強中。毎月2日、12日、22日、23日は兄弟子、姉弟子と共に清水寺にて口演するも、いかに観客を魅了するかに悪戦苦闘中。夢は大きく、紙芝居で世界を旅して世界中を笑顔でいっぱいにすること。
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SPEAKEASY featuring Mydolls
SPEAKEASY
featuring Mydolls
Lawndale Art Center
Friday, March 3, 2017
Filmed by Cressandra Thibodeaux
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Mydolls (1978-present), Houston's original femme punk band, will release a limited edition
collectible red vinyl EP, It's Too Hot for Revolution, in February 2017. The official album release will be held at Lawndale Art Center on Friday, March 3, at 7PM, as part of the 2017 SPEAKEASY program co-curated by Pete Gershon, local art historian and Lawndale's programming committee chair. Hand numbered vinyl will be available at the event, which is free and open to the public. Seating will be limited.
This will be the third installment of SPEAKEASY, a new program featuring music, performance, and discussions of contemporary art that takes its cue from the eponymously titled series that took place at Lawndale from 1993-2002. With the Speakeasy series, Lawndale is making it a priority to reconnect with its dynamic history as a space for live music and the performing arts, says Lawndale Executive Director Stephanie Mitchell. This concert by the legendary Mydollsreally brings the institution full circle, Gershon added.
Mydolls will discuss their history at Lawndale with Gershon and former Executive Director MaryRoss Taylor as well as perform in the gallery with Lazer Kittenz, an up and coming rock band formed at Girls Rock Camp Houston. The event builds on the legacy role and cultural impact Mydolls have had on the local music and contemporary art scenes and follows their recent program at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 20HERTZ presents: A World of Our Own: Mydolls and the Houston Punk Scene.
During the 1980s, Houston's experimental music and art scenes converged in spaces such as Lawndale, where ideas and information were shared among youth movements, filmmakers and artists alike. Part of the first wave punk scene emerging in 1978, Mydolls was fronted by girl punk rockers who have since paved a path for women in the arts and continue to empower a new generation of fans.
Performing at Lawndale will be like coming home, says Mydolls founding member Trish Herrera. We're excited to debut this labor of love, our revolution, as an exclusive edition EP for our tribe at SPEAKEASY.
It's Too Hot for Revolution is a personal triumph for the band whose members survived cancer and experienced the loss of guitarist Kathy Johnston during the making of the album. Revolutionblends classic punk protest anthems such as Politician with poetry such as Charles Bukowski's Fair Stand the Fields of France. Also featured on the EP are guest guitarist Dan Workman of SugarHill Recording Studios on For Her and bassist Dianna Ray's dog, Amos, providing backing vocals on Politician.
It's Too Hot for Revolution was engineered by Andy Bradley at SugarHill Recording Studios and Sound Arts Recording Studios, and features cover artwork by contemporary artist Jack Livingston.
Shigeru Mizuki
Shigeru Mizuki is a Japanese manga artist, most known for his Japanese horror manga GeGeGe no Kitarō - originally titled Hakaba Kitarō - Kappa no Sanpei, and Akuma-kun. Originally from Sakaiminato in Tottori prefecture, he currently resides in Chōfu, Tokyo. His pen-name, Mizuki, comes from the time when he managed an inn called 'Mizuki Manor' while he drew pictures for kamishibai. A specialist in stories of yōkai, he is considered a master of the genre. He is also known for his World War II memoirs and his work as a biographer.
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