The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn: Homage to Lafcadio Hearn (Art Exhibition)
Outline
Date
October 10 – November 14, 2010
1. Sunday, October 10 – Wednesday, November 3, 2010
2. Saturday, November 6 – Sunday, November 14, 2010
*Some of the exhibits will be changed in the second session.
Place
1. Matsue Castle & Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum
2. Karakoro Art Studio & Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum
Hours
Donjon of Matsue Castle: 8:30-17:00 (last admission 16:30)
Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum: 8:30-17:00 (last admission 16:40)
Karakoro Art Studio: 9:30-18:00 (last admission 17:30)
*Opens at 14:00 on 10th October.
*Closing time will be 21:00 (last admission 20:30) on the 10th, 11th, 16th and 17th of October, when there will be Matsue Suitoro Festival.
Admission Fees
Donjon of Matsue Castle: adult ¥550 (foreigners ¥280)
Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum: adult ¥300 (foreigners ¥140)
Karakoro Art Studio: Free
Contact
The Planning Committee for Events to Commemorate the 120th Anniversary of Koizumi Yakumo’s Arrival in Japan
86 Suetsugu, Matsue, Shimane 690-8540, Japan
Tel: +81 852555517
Fax: +81 852555634
Email: brand@city.matsue.lg.jp
- Organizer:
- The Planning Committee for Events to Commemorate the 120th Anniversary of Koizumi Yakumo’s Arrival in Japan
- Co-Organizers:
- Matsue City
Matsue City Board of Education - Sponsored by
- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Embassy of Greece in Japan
Embassy of Ireland in Japan
Shimane Prefectural Government - Supported by
- Shimane Cultural Fund
Toyoko Inn Co.,Ltd.
Japan-Greece Society
Human Nature Science Institute
Komatsu Electric Industry Co.,Ltd.
Gogin Shimane Cultural Fund
Lufthansa Cargo AG
The American College of Greece
PTE Fine Arts
Culture Ireland
Flyer（Japanese/English） (PDF: 1.4MB)
Opening Ceremony
14:00 10th October, 2010
Honmaru of Matsue Castle
Unveiling Ceremony of NODA Masaaki’s “The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn”
16:30 10th October, 2010
Kishi Park (Shimane Art Museum)
Foreword
Lafcadio Hearn was born to Rosa A. Kasimati and Charles B. Hearn in the island of Lafkada, Greece in 1850. An international author, he traveled to the four corners of the earth, before eventually reaching Japan and settling there.
Matsue is one of the cities Lafcadio loved most, hence his adoption of the name Koizumi Yakumo.
This year the City of Matsue is commemorating the 160th anniversary of his birth and the 120th anniversary of his arrival in Japan.
On this special occasion, an International Art Exhibition, rendering “Yakumo’s world and spirituality” will be held in Matsue Castle, and in the Koizumi Yakumo Memorial Museum, Matsue, Japan.
Greek and Irish in origin, raised internationally, Lafcadio - Yakumo viewed Japan from an individual humanist perspective, his fascination evolving into admiration.
The Lafcadio Hearn Art Exhibition was held at the American College of Greece in Athens last October. The featured works of 47 artists from seven countries, inspired artists and visitors alike.
In appreciation and understanding of Lafcadio’s open mind, free from any prejudice for race or religion, we are celebrating Yakumo’s world through art.
Artists
- Kiyoshi Koizumi
- Kazuo Koizumi
- Demosthenes Agrafiotis
- Mitsumasa Anno
- Kisai Arakawa
- Zacharias Arvantis
- Izumi Ayaki
- Stanwood Badger
- Stacia Blake
- Konstantinos Bobos
- Debra Bowden
- Androniki Christodoulou
- Costis
- Tamiko Kawata-Ferguson
- Isson Fukui
- Christos P. Garoufalis
- Kostas Glenis
- Shoko Imano
- Masatoshi Izumi
- Ynez Johnston
- Tina Kambani
- Vassiliki Koskiniotou
- Nicos Kryonidis
- Minoru Kurasawa
- Panayiotis Lambrinidis
- Panagiotis Linardakis
- Alexandros Maganiotis
- Hideki Matsushima
- Michael Michaeledes
- Shigeru Mizuki
- Nicholas Moore
- Vangelos Moustakas
- Jan Mulder
- Tetsuo Nagaoka
- Mirei Shigemori / Kinzo Nishimura
- Daizo Nishimura
- Masaaki Noda
- Megakles Rogakos
- Michael Ross
- Shiro Sano
- Zoe Savina
- Hidefumi Shimaki
- Jessica Speckhard
- Aris Stoidis
- Tanaka Rosetsu
- Sotiris Therianos
- Yoshiko Tsukamoto
- Seiho Wada
- Hideaki Watanabe
- Annie Wharton
- Constantin Xenakis
- Nanairo Yakumo
- Mariko Yano
- Keiko Yamamoto
- Yuko Yogo
- Yumiko Yoneda
- Dionisis Zois Zaverdinos
- Apostolis Zolotakis
Associated Events
Children’s Art Workshop
13:30 11th October, 2010
Shimane Prefecture Assembly Hall
This event, primarily organized by Matsue Shinji-ko Rotary Club, will be held during the same period as the exhibition in Matsue Castle. Mr. Masaaki Noda, the artist who created the monuments to Lafcadio Hearn, will lead a workshop, in which he will teach the participating children how to express their feelings through artwork.
Map
より大きな地図で Hearn 2010：小泉八雲来日120年記念事業 を表示
Newspaper articles on Lafcadio Hearn & “The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn”
“A journey inside the mind of Lafcadio Hearn”
By Lisa Gay and Fintan Monaghan
The Japan Times, 5th Novemver, 2010
“An Irishwoman’s Diary”
By Mary Morrissy
The Irish Times, 2nd Novemver, 2010