Japan400 gets underway at the opening night of Anjin: The Shogun & the English Samurai at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London on 31 January 2013. [Click each thumbnail to enlarge. Use the “NEXT”/”PREVIOUS” links to step through the gallery.]
The British Museum, Rooms 90-91 3 October 2013–5 January 2014 Admission charge, over-18s only (tbc) In early modern Japan, 1600-1900, thousands of sexually explicit paintings, prints, and illustrated books with texts were produced, known as ‘spring pictures’ (shunga). Official life … Continued
By Duncan Bartlett BBC World Service 31 January 2013 The play explores the relationship between William Adams and the Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu Anjin, a new Anglo-Japanese play at London’s Sadler’s Wells, tells the story of William Adams, believed to be … Continued
Wednesday 23 January 2013. Gregory Doran begins his reign at the Royal Shakespeare Company today with a stunning Anglo-Japanese production, where he tells Dominic Cavendish that his approach will be to do less, better. What is the Royal Shakespeare Company … Continued
Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 By WILLIAM HOLLINGWORTH Kyodo LONDON — A yearlong series of cultural events has been launched in Britain to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the establishment of relations with Japan. Life-changing experience: Timon Screech, cochair of the … Continued
It’s a very great pleasure to be invited to join the Japan400 launch today and very exciting for me. I came back from four and a half years as ambassador in Japan in November last year and am in the … Continued
Why Japanese choose Britain Investment flow in Britain by the Japanese has reached ¥ 1 trillion in 2011, the figure being second only to the US. Britain is by far the most favored franchise for the Japanese firms. Why is … Continued
William Adams Festival as an example of making history relevant today; the value of people-to-people exchanges Gillingham, Kent, now within the Unitary Authority of Medway, was where William Adams was born. The Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre is the … Continued
The Times Saturday, 12 January 2013 Four hundred years ago today a British ship sailed for Japanese waters to establish the first contact between the two nations and start a mutually beneficial relationship which prospers to this day. In 1613 … Continued
King James, the Shogun and Now: Celebrating 400 years of Japan-British Relations, 1613-2013 Click each thumbnail image above to enlarge it and to read a fuller description. You can now read the text of the presentations given at the successful … Continued
