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Two Cultures United by Tea

Two Cultures United By Tea
Two Cultures United By Tea
40 photos
  • Mr Matsura with Nanako Suzuki
  • Mr Matsura bows during kencha tea ceremony
  • Mr Matsura on stage
  • Mr Matsura explains the kencha ceremony to the audience at the Banqueting House
  • Duke of Gloucester recounts episodes from the history of the Banqueting House
  • Nicolas Maclean speaks while Mr Matsura prepares to conduct kencha tea dedication
  • a view of the audience at the event
  • Mrs Matsura and Mrs Qamar Maclean with Christopher Hyde of Chatham School for Boys and Nanako Suzuki of the Japanese School in London
  • Duke of Gloucester, Mr Akio Miyajima, William Horsley, and Professor Timon Screech
  • Mr and Mrs Matsura and the Chinshin Ryu School disciples group
  • Japanese tea drinkers
  • Japanese tea is prepared downstairs
  • Nanako Suzuki with distinguished guests and organisers
  • Mr Matsura with Duke of Gloucester Lord Salisbury and Mr Miyajima of the Japanese Embassy
  • Tea assistants with Mr Toshihiko Sakai of Chinshin Ryu Tea School
  • Professor Timon Screech speaks
  • View of main hall with audience and Reubens ceiling
  • Three tea readers
  • musicians from behind
  • Mrs Matsura serves tea to the Duke of Gloucester
  • Michael Spencer speaks
  • The string quartet
  • Five singers, including Michael Spencer
  • Robin Thompson plays the Sho
  • Christopher Hyde bows
  • Christopher Hyde and Mr Matsura
  • Mr Matsura makes tea
  • Nanako carries bowl with Mr Matsura in background
  • Mrs Jill and Mr Setsuo Kato Nicolas_Maclean and the Duke of Gloucester
  • Close-up of four matcha bowls
  • Close-up of tea wafer and printed programme
  • Three tea readers: Ms Reiko Takashina, Mr William Horsley and Ms Jenny_White

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Unveiling of the Japan400 Telescope in the Tower of London

Unveiling of the Japan400 Telescope in the Tower of London
Unveiling of the Japan400 Telescope in the Tower of London
6 photos
  • Professor Hiramatsu and Japan400 Telescope
  • The Shogun's armour
  • Wesley Paul, Chairman of the Royal Armouries
  • Prof Timon Screech, Prof Kozo Hiramatsu, and Warden
  • Akira Matsura and Lord Salisbury
  • Akira Matsura, Wesley Paul, Lord Salisbury, and Prof Timon Screech, with Telescope and Armour
  • Robin and Mrs Maynard and Nicolas Maclean

Britain and Japan 400 Years—A Voyage Through Words and Music

Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
74 photos
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music
  • Britain & Japan—400 Years A Voyage through Words and Music

Japan400 Press Launch

The East India Company, Japan and the Globalising World of the 17th Century
The East India Company, Japan and the Globalising World of the 17th Century
4 photos
  • SOAS Lecture,EIC & Japan (15)
  • SOAS Lecture,EIC & Japan (11)
  • SOAS Lecture,EIC & Japan (3)
  • SOAS Lecture,EIC & Japan (7)
Memorial Concert for the sufferers of the Great East Japan Earthquake
Memorial Concert for the sufferers of the Great East Japan Earthquake
3 photos
  • Green Chorus Concert, St Dunstan-in-the-West, 13 March 2013 (13)
  • Green Chorus Concert, St Dunstan-in-the-West, 13 March 2013 (17)
  • Green Chorus Concert, St Dunstan-in-the-West, 13 March 2013 (5)
official Japan400 launch at Skinners' Hall, London
official Japan400 launch at Skinners' Hall, London
38 photos
  • Skinners_Hall-14
  • Skinners_Hall-23
  • Skinners_Hall-30
  • Skinners_Hall-38
  • Skinners_Hall-41
  • Skinners_Hall-50
  • Skinners_Hall-68
  • Skinners_Hall-72
  • Skinners_Hall-74
  • Skinners_Hall-79
  • Skinners_Hall-83
  • Skinners_Hall-85
  • Skinners_Hall-95
  • Skinners_Hall-96
  • Skinners_Hall-103
  • Skinners_Hall-106
Photos of Japan400 press launch

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members of Japan400 press launch panel seated behind a table and in front of logo
Japan400 Launch panel
Sue Haydock speaks at the Japan400 press launch
Susan Haydock
Hanyu
Yuichiro Hanyu
Screech
Timon Screech
photo of guests in launch room
Japan400 gets underway
Andrew Gerstle
Andrew Gerstle
photo of Seijiro Takeshita talking next to Timon Screech on panel
Seijiro Takeshita
photo of Stephen Baxter speaking at the press launch
Stephen Boxer

Contemporary sites of historical interest

Smythe tomb
Grave of Sir Thomas Smythe, first Governor of the East India Company.
St Mary Magdalenes Church, Gillingham
St Mary Magdalenes Church, Gillingham
Philpot Lane building
Philpot Lane
Saris grave
St Mary’s Putney, home of John Saris’s grave
exterior view of Westenhanger Castle
Westenhanger Castle
Jacques Specks, Head of the Dutch Factory in Hirado, Japan
Jacques Specx, Head of the Dutch Factory in Hirado, Japan
William Adams statue
William Adams statue
Richard Cocks statue
Richard Cocks statue

Past

James I
King James 1
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu
detail Richard Cocks screen
Richard Cocks
The Clove
The Clove

fragment of historical map of Philpot Lane area
Philpot Lane map [PDF: 15Mb]
entire screen from which image of Richard Cocks is a detail
Full screen showing Richard Cocks [large image: 600KB]

Sarah Smythe 1599
Sarah Smythe 1599
portrait of Hasekura Tsunenaga in full regalia
Hasekura Tsunenaga
antique map of English area at Hirado
English map of Hirado 1600 [large image: 600KB]
elaborately decorated antique cabinet desk
Scriptor c.1613
antique elevated view Antwerp bourse of large court
Antwerp bourse
suit of armour
Hidetada’s suit of armour
Candlesticks
Candlesticks presented to Skinners’ Hall by the East India Company
architectural drawing of facade of the New Exchange
New Exchange in the Strand

Future

Hitachi 'Javelin' Train
Hitachi ‘Javelin’ Train