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Current Events
As of Sep 26, 2014
Nagauta Shamisen Performance- Kineya Kunitoshi
(10/8, 7pm-, Portland State University Lincoln Recital Hall)
Admission free, Reservation Required.
Kunitoshi Kineya, a Nagauta shamisen performer of immense talent and musical
sensitivity, is coming to Portland as part of a limited US West Coast tour! Nagauta, which
literally means “long song” in Japanese, is a classical style of Japanese music which
traditionally accompanies kabuki theater. Kunitoshi specializes in performing pieces
from the Nagauta repertoire on the shamisen, a three-stringed fretless lute that is
played with a large plectrum called a bachi. His performance will be in two parts. The
first half will be a shamisen workshop in which he will explain the significance of the
music and its structure. In the second part, he will perform “ Kurozuka”, a classical
kabuki piece. An interpreter will be present and subtitles in English will be provided. His
playing and thoughtful explanations about this ancient musical tradition are sure to
excite and astound audiences.
http://www.pdx.edu/cjs/events/nagauta-shamisen-performance-kineyakunitoshi?delta=0
Chado, the Way of Tea, Presented in the Kashintei Tea House (Third Saturdays April-October
1pm and 2pm, Portland Japanese Garden) Join us in the Tea Garden for a presentation of tea
prepared by Kashintei Kai. Chado presentations are offered at the Portland Japanese Garden on
the third Saturday monthly April through October 1pm and 2pm.
http://japanesegarden.com/events/the-way-of-tea/
Art Behind Barbed Wire: A Pacific Northwest Exploration of Japanese American Arts and
Crafts Created in World War II Incarceration Camps (7/12-10/19, Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center)
Art Behind Barbed Wire is a travelling exhibition from the Japanese Cultural & Community
Center of Washington's Northwest Nikkei Museum, featuring arts and crafts from the Pacific
Northwest community created by Japanese Americans in World War II incarceration camps.
http://www.oregonnikkei.org/
Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live! (9/27, Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center, Portland, OR)
This year marks the 10th annual Museum Day Live!, an event hosted by Smithsonian magazine
in which participating museums across the country open their doors for free to anyone
presenting a Museum Day Live! http://www.oregonnikkei.org/
Ryusei-Ha Ikebana Exhibition (10/4-5, 10am-4pm, Portland Japanese Garden) According to
Founder Kaun Yoshiimura, the Ryusei-ha School of Ikebana seeks to explore the many “faces of
plants,” helping us ot rediscover their essential vitality.
http://japanesegarden.com/events/ryusei-ha-ikebana-exhibition/
Autumn Charity Concert (10/9,5pm, World Forestry Center, Washington Park, Portland, OR)
The Autumn Charity Concert produced by From Portland With Love, Inc. This great event
benefits earthquake and tsunami recovery in the Oregon sister city of Minamisoma. This will be
an evening of appetizers, refreshments, poetry, classical music, and Japanese culture.Featured
artists are Poetry Reader Yoshie Ichige, Pianist Tomoko Okada, and Violinist Junko Ohtsu.
www.fromportlandwithlove.org
Ikebana International Chrysanthemum Exhibition: Celebrating Kiku Matsuri (10/18-19, 10am4pm, Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, OR)
http://japanesegarden.com/events/ikebana-international-chrysanthemum-exhibitioncelebrating-kiku-matsuri/
Urushi: Masterpieces of Lacquerware by Kazumi Murose, Living National Treasure of Japan
(10/25-11/16, Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, OR) At a time when the traditional Japanese
art of urushi (lacquer) is enjoying a renaissance of interest among collectors and designers
around the world. In 2008, the Japanese government recognized Kazumi Murose as a Living
National Treasure, the popular term that describes an official designation that goes only to
those who hold the highest level of skill in a traditional craft. Murose specializes in the
technique of maki-e, sprinkled gold and silver decoration, and in raden, inlaid mother-ofpearl—two traditional techniques for the embellishment of urushi.
http://japanesegarden.com/events/urushi-masterpieces-of-lacquer-ware/
Lecture: Living National Treasure Kazumi Murose on Urushi and Maki-e, Understanding
Japanese Lacquer (10/26, 2-4pm, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR) Lecture: Living National
Treasure Kazumi Murose on Urushi and Maki-e, Understanding Japanese Lacquer
http://japanesegarden.com/events/the-asian-art-council-the-portland-japanese-gardenpresent-living-national-treasure-kazumi-murose-on-urushi-and-maki-e-understandingjapanese-lacquer/
The Making of Shogun’s Gallery (10/29, 6pm, Portland State University, Lincoln Hall Room75,
Portland, OR) The story of the Shogun's Gallery from hobby to corporation and Portland
landmark began at PSU where students Jim King and Kimiko Okada received degrees. They later
moved to Japan and created various enterprises including an international modeling agency
with over 100 models, an English school with 600 students, and finally Shogun's Gallery.
Shogun's Gallery started as a hobby and a love for artifacts from Japan's Meiji and Edo Eras and
escalated into a corporation bringing to Portland every aspect of Japanese culture from Kabuki
to tea ceremony. Jim King, Shogun's founder, brings you the story of Shogun's Gallery from its
infancy in Japan to its current state and beyond.
http://www.pdx.edu/cjs/events/making-shoguns-gallery?delta=0