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After the Shock: Prospects for Recovery & Reconstruction in Post-quake Japan‘After the Shock’ 震災後日本の復興と再生の行方
Monday, 16th May 2011, 6.45pm
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
6.30pm(assemble at 5:15pm to join the optional tour of the Hall)
School of Oriental and African Studies
Universityof London
Lodge
Room No.11
Khalili The
LectureTheatre Hall
Freemasons’ThornhaughStreet Street
Great Queen
RussellLondon
Square WC2
London WC1H 0XG£10 members of the Japan Society
Free - booking
recommended£15 non-members
Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis - on
11 March 2011 everything changed for the
residents of Northeast Japan. Media reports haveemphasized the dramatic, tragic devastation left
in the wake of one of the strongest earthquakes inhuman history.
‘After the Shock’ shifts the discussion towards
grappling with the prospects for recovery andreconstruction in Japan’s northeastern ruralcommunities.

Participants will have the opportunity to join in amoderated discussion between a geo-physicist
with expertise in earthquake mitigation, an NPO
director working with community and voluntaryorganisations in Japan, a nuclear industry analyst,
and an historian whose research examines rurallife in Japan and community relationships with thenuclear industry.
Dr Peter Sammonds is Professor of Geophysics at
University College London

Phillida Purvis, MBE is Founder and Director of
Links Japan
Malcom C Grimston is an Associate Fellow at
Chatham HouseDr Martin Dusinberre is Lecturer in the History ofModern Japan at Newcastle University
Moderator: Dr Christopher Gerteis is Lecturer in the
History of Contemporary Japan at SOAS

地震、津波、原発、2011年3月11日以降、特に東北地方の方々の生活は様変わりしてしまいました。
人類史上、最規模の地震よってもたらされた悲惨かつ悲劇的な状況はメディアにより伝えられています。

今回のディスカッションは、’After the Shock’と題し、東北地方の地域コミュニティの復興と再生への取組みに焦点をあてます。

パネリストには、地震軽減を専門とされる地理物
理学者をはじめ、
日本のNPO等のボランティア団
体との協働経験のあるNPOディレクター、原子力
産業アナリストや日本の地方社会及び原子力産業とコミュニティの関係の研究をされている歴史学者をお迎えします。
Dr Peter Sammonds is Professor of Geophysics at
University College London

Phillida Purvis, MBE is Founder and Director of
Links Japan
Malcom C Grimston is an Associate Fellow at
Chatham HouseDr Martin Dusinberre is Lecturer in the History ofModern Japan at Newcastle University
Moderator: Dr Christopher Gerteis is Lecturer in the
History of Contemporary Japan at SOAS

スピーカーの方々について詳しくはこちらをご覧下さい。

（Please see website for full speaker biographies
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Co-organised by:Japanese Language Classes (Pre - Intermediate Level)
日本語レッスン（初中級レベル）
Wednesday, 18th May 2011 to Wednesday 20th July 2011			6.30pm to 8.00pm
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
6.30pm(assemble at 5:15pm to join the optional tour of the Hall)
Toray Industries, Inc.
Verulam Gardens
Lodge
70 Gray’s
Inn Room
Road No.11
The
Freemasons’Hall
London
WC1X
8NH
Queen Street£50 forGreat
10 weeks
Londonbooking
opensWC2
Wednesday, 4th May 2011
£10 members of the Japan Society(priority given to previous course attendees)£15 non-members
The Summer 2011 course in pre-intermediate
Japanese will begin in May. The Summer course
will build on the content of the previous course
and will continue to be taught by teachers fromthe SOAS Japanese language teacher training
programme.
This is a pre-intermediate level course. Students
need approximately Level Three of the Japanese
Language Proficiency Test: basic grammar,
approximately
300
kanji,
approximately
1500 vocabulary items; an ability to carry out
conversation in everyday situations and to read
and write simple sentences. The focus of thecourse is on communication in daily life.
Classes take place from 6:30pm on Wednesdays at
the offices of Toray Industries, Inc. at 8.00pm thelesson will end and participants move to a nearby
pub to practise Japanese conversation in a morerelaxed setting.

Places on the course are limited to 12 people.
It builds on the summer course, so participantson that course will have priority booking (until
2nd May). We will start allocating the remaining
places to others on Wednesday, 3rd May, so please
register your interest as soon as possible.
We are grateful to Toray Industries, Inc. and SOAS
language centre for making it possible to continue
these very popular classes.

To book a place, or register an interest in thiscourse, please contact Hiroko Kimura on email:hiroko.kimura@japansociety.org.uk or tel; 020
7828 6330*Please note that we only offer this preintermediate level course. This course is only open
to members of the Japan Society. To find out more
about becoming a member please email info@
japansociety.org.uk.

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Sapporo Symphony Orchestra Benefit Concert
in the presence of HRH the Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO
‘札幌交響楽団チャリティーコンサート グロスター卿ご列席予定
Monday, 23rd May 2011

7:30pmSouthbank Centre
Royal Festival Hall
Belvedere Rd
City of London
SE1 8XX map
Tickets £10 to £35
To book please contact Southbank Centre Ticket Officetel: 0844 847 9910 www.southbankcentre.co.uk
The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, supported
by Askonas Holt Ltd and Southbank Centre hasannounced that its London concert is to be a benefit
event for the victims of the devastating earthquake
and tsunami that struck Japan on 11th March 2011.
The entire proceeds from ticket sales will go directly to
the Japanese Red Cross Society and the Japan Society
Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund.
The London concert is part of the Sapporo SymphonyOrchestra’s 50th anniversary tour under the batonof its longtime Principal Conductor Tadaaki Otaka
with a programme of Takemitsu’s How Slow theWind, Bruch’s Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor – withcelebrated Japanese violinist Akiko Suwanai – andShostakovich’s Symphony No 5 in D minor.

Tadaaki Otaka commented: ‘It was an unforeseen andterrible disaster, from which all Japanese people areworking extremely hard to recover. We, the musicians,
wish to turn our London appearance into a charity
concert in aid of the vital relief efforts in our country.
Please join us and help Japan.’Toshio Miyazawa, General Manager of the Orchestra
added: ‘Japan has faced the most disastrous
earthquake ever experienced, and we would like toexpress our sincere appreciation to people in the UK
and all over the world for their encouragement andsympathy. With the goodwill of all people concerned,
our London concert is now a benefit event for thevictims. We appeal to music lovers to support us in
this; with deepest gratitude for their generosity, we will
perform our very best.’
Not only is this a rare opportunity for London
audiences to hear one of Japan’s leading orchestras,
they can now show their support for the people ofJapan tragically affected by this huge natural disaster.
To book please contact Southbank Centre Ticket

来る5月23日に予定されていました札幌交響楽団によるコンサートは、
3月11日に発生した東日本大震災の被災地を救援するチャリティイベントとなりました。
このコンサートは、Askonas Holt Ltd 及びSouthbank
Centreの協賛により行われ、チケット代金の収益金
は、日本赤十字社及び当協会の救援基金を通じて被災地に送られます。

このコンサートは、
札幌交響楽団の50周年記念ヨーロッパツアーの一環であり、長年、首席指揮者として（現
在は音楽監督として）ご活躍をされている尾高忠明氏の指揮の下、
武満徹作曲「ハウ・スロー・ザ・ウィンド」、
Bruch作曲「ヴァイオリン協奏曲第１番ト短調op.26」、
日本人ヴァイオリニストの諏訪内晶子氏との共演によりショスタコーヴィチ作曲「交響曲第５番ニ短調op.47」などの曲目をお届けします。
尾高忠明氏は「先例のない恐ろしい大震災でした。
復
興のために、
全ての日本人が一生懸命努力しています。
我々は音楽家として、
わが国の救済に寄与するべく
今回のロンドン講演をチャリティーコンサートとする
ことにしました。
どうか我々の演奏を聴きにいらして日本を応援してください。
」とコメントをされました。
また、
宮澤敏夫事務局長は「日本は未曾有の大地震に見舞われました。
励ましのお言葉、お気持ちをいただ
いた英国の、
世界の方々に感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。
全ての関係者の善意により、
我々のロンドン講
演はチャリティコンサートとさせていただくことになりました。
我々を応援してくださる音楽愛好家の方々の声援に応えるべく、心より感謝の気持ちを込めて、最良の演奏をさせていただきます。
」とおっしゃいました。

この公演は、日本を代表する交響楽団の演奏を聴くことのできる貴重な機会なだけではなく、悲惨な大災害に見舞われた日本を支援する機会です。

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Office.
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Tea Tasting at The East India Company
ジャパンソサエティゴルフトーナメント
Thursday, 26th May 2011 			

6.30pmThe East India Company,
7-8 Conduit Street
London.
W1S 2XF.
Free (booking required) Donations to the Japan Society Tohoku
Earthquake Relief Fund (£10 minimum)

We hope that you can join us for this, the first of
two very special tea tastings this summer.

Held at the East India Club’s Flagship store
in Mayfair, this tasting will give members an
overview of the historic East India Company anda chance to try nine luxurious teas .
Led by the East India Company’s tea master Lalith
Lenadora and tea experts Jane Pettigrew andGill Nonta, members will be arranged into threegroups at three tasting stations with an expert ateach where they will get to taste nine teas fromthe collection with tasting notes from the experts.
Members will get a chance to try out each station
throghout the session.

お申込みは、
当協会まで電話tel: 020 7828 6330、
Ｅメールevents@japansociety.org.ukにてお願いします。

Lalith Lenadora
Three specialist teas, one rare white tea from
Ceylon, a single estate and a seasonal tea
Jane Pettigrew
Three green teas

Gill Nontha
Three East India Company teas
After the tea tasting guests will have theopportunity to taste some of the East India
Company’s other products. and have a chance todo some shopping. The shop offers a wide rangeof items such as Tea, Chocolate, Coffee, Wines,
Jams, Mustard and Biscuits which will be available
to buy on the day.
To reserve your place, please use the booking
form at the end of this booklet or contact theJapan Society office on tel: 020 7828 6330 oremail: events@japansociety.org.uk.

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Japan Society Golf Tournament
公
Thursday, 2nd June 2011

8.30am – registration
9.30am – 1st & 10th tees
2.15pm – lunch

Old Thorns Golf & Country Estate
10.00am Kick off
Griggs Green11.30am Lunch and drinks
Liphook
open to all guests and players (free bar)Hampshire
12.30am Presentation of Cup to winning team
GU30 7PE
2.30pmRemain to watch England Vs New 		Zealand in the Lensbury Club House£65 for Japan Society members
Please make cheques payable to “The Japan Society”

The Japan Society Annual Golf Tournament, for the
Asprey and Garrard Plate, will be held this year at
The Old Thorns Golf & Country Estate, Hampshire.
Set amidst the rolling hills of the North Hampshire
countryside the par 72 championship course has
an illustrious history with names such as Seve
Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus, Isao Aoki and Bill Rogers
having played a competitive four ball there.
The society’s annual tournament is a popular
event, with 24 members participating last year
at Donnington Grove. A maximum of 32 players
will be accepted on a first come first serve basis
and members are welcome to bring friends andcolleagues. Tee off will be from the 1st and 10th
Tees commencing 9.30am.

A light breakfast will be provided from 8.30am andthe package includes 18-holes of golf and a twocourse lunch in a private room on completion. The
all-in price for the day is £65.
Programme

8.30am Registration. Hot drinks and bacon rolls.

9.30am Tee off. 1st & 10th tees are reserved until
10.30am(half way house refreshments provided)

2.15pm Two course lunch in private room.
More detailed instructions, including directions andtimings will be sent nearer the date.

毎年恒例のジャパン・ソサイエティ・ゴルフ・トー
ナメント、
アスプレイ・アンド・ギャラード杯の季節がやってまいりました。
今回は、
Hampshire のThe
Old Thorns Golf & Country Estateにて開催されます。
North Hampshire地方の丘の中腹に位置するこのゴルフ場は72ホールのチャンピョンシップコー
スからなり、
かの有名なセベ・バレステロスやジャック・ニクラス、
青木功やビル・ロジャーズがかつてFourballを争った場所でもあります。
定例のゴルフトーナメントは人気の催しであり、
昨
年はDonnington Groveにて24人の選手がプレイしました。
先着順で32名様までお申込みいただけます。
ご友人やご同僚をお誘いあわせの上、奮ってご参加ください。
当日は第１ホールと第１０ホールからそれぞれ午前９時半にティーオフします。

午前8時半より軽い朝食をお召し上がりいただけます。
18コースの後には、個室で２コースランチが用意されます。
参加費は上記すべてを含め、６５ポン
ドとなります。
当日の詳しい日程及び地図は、後日、お申込をいただいた方にお送りいたします。
ご予約は、下記の専用フォームをご記入ください。
お支払いですが、
The Japan Society宛のチェックを、エントリーフォームに同封してください。
詳細は、
当協会まで電話020 7828 6330またはemail: events@
japansociety.org.ukにてお問い合わせください。
なお、ご予約の際は、ハンディキャップの記載を忘れずにお願いいたします。

To enter, please use the booking form at the endof this booklet providing details of your handicap.,or contact the Japan Society office on tel: 020 7828
6330 or email: events@japansociety.org.uk..

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Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial Service

Sunday, 5th June 2011 			
Westminster Abbey
20 Dean’s Yard
Westminster Abbey
LondonSW1P 3PA

6.30pmFree - booking essential

Please contact Westminster Abbey directly for tickets

A memorial service for the victims of the Great East
Japan Earthquake of 11th March 2011. The Preacher
will be The Venerable Michael Ipgrave, Archdeaconof Southwark.

If you wish to attend the Service, please write,
enclosing a stamped addressed envelope, to: Mr M
Arnoldi, Room 5, The Chapter Office, 20 Dean’s Yard,
London, SW1P 3PA and tickets will then be sent toyou.

ウェストミンスター寺院にて、3月11日に発生した東日本大震災の犠牲者追悼式が行われます。
Michael Ipgrave、Archdeacon of Southwark大執
事により執り行われます。
なお、
直接こちらのサイトよりWestminster Abbey.
お申込みいただくことも可能です。

（6月1日以降はこちらをご利用ください）.............................................................................................................................................

Japanese Conversation Group Meeting
ジャパニーズカンバセーショングループ
Tuesday, 7th June 2011 			and every first Tuesday of the month

6.30pmThe Old Explorer(Lower Ground Floor)
23 Great Castle Street
Oxford Circus
LondonW1G 0HY

Standard Admission ￡5.50,£1 Discount for: JS Members/Students/Regulars
The Japanese Conversation Group provides afriendly and informal atmosphere for Japanese
speakers of all nationalities to come together andspeak Japanese. Meetings are held on the first
Tuesday of every month at The Old Explorer, acentral London pub. They begin at 6.30pm with a
pay-as-you-go bar, and finish around 10.30pm.

ジャパニーズカンバセーショングループは国籍を問わず日本語を話す方々にフレンドリーかつ気さくな雰囲気の中で日本語会話を楽しむことの出来る機会を提供しています。
この会は毎月第一火曜日にロンドン市内にあるパブThe Old
Explorerにて午後６時30分より午後10時30分頃まで行われます。

You will receive all discounts for which you qualify.
The Regular Attendee Discount will apply if you
attended at least 50% of meetings during theprevious calendar year, or once you attend six
meetings in the current year.

参加回数に応じて割引もあります。前年５０％以
上の参加もしくは、
今年6回以上の参加があれば、「常連割引」に申し込みできます。

The group will be meeting on the following dates:

ジャパンカンバセーションクラブは、次の日程で行
われます。

Tuesday 7th June
Tuesday 5th July

Tuesday 2nd August
Please visit the Japanese Conversation Groupwebsite www.japaneseconversationgroup.co.uk
for further details on their programme, which may
be subject to change.

6月 7日
（火）
7月 5日
（火）
8月 2日
（火）
詳 しくは ジ ャ パ ニ ー ズ カ ン バ セ ー ション グ ル ー プ の ウェ ブ サ イト w w w .
japaneseconversationgroup.co.ukをご覧ください。

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More information:www.japaneseconversationgroup.co.uk

Organic Wine and Food Tasting and Talk at Tsuru
オーガニックワインテースティング
Wednesday, 8th June 2011		
6.45pm for 7.00pm start(with option to stay on after 8.30pm)
Tsuru Restaurant
3, 201 Bishopsgate
LondonEC2M 3AF£25 for Japan Society Members (includes 6 wine food pairings)

Guests at this exclusive tutored organic wine andfood evening will have the opportunity to taste sixorganic wines from Les Caves de Pyrène alongsidefeshly made organic Japanese dishes from the Tsuru
menu. Phil Barnett from Les Caves de Pyrène will be on
hand to guide you through the wines and give tasting
markers as well as answer your questions aboutorganic wines and there growing popularity.
Sparkling Wines

Vouvray Methode Traditionelle, Breton(Biodynamic)
Salmon & Avocado Uramaki or Vegetarian Uramaki
White Wines

Montlouis Minerale + 2010, Franz Saumon(Organic)
Prawn & Veg Tempura~Saint Veran ‘Les Mandeliers’ 2009 Domaine Combier(Organic)
Tuna, Salmon & Asparagus Nigiri~
Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Superiore Vigna dell Oche
2008, San Lorenzo(Biodynamic)
Asparagus and Prawns in Garlic butter
Red Wines

Estezargues ‘Les Galets Rouge’ 2010, Vin de Pays du Gard
(Organic)
Chicken Kara age

Bourgueil Cassiopee 2009, Domaine de la Chevalerie(Organic)
Chocolate Brownie CakeTo reserve your place, please use the booking form
at the end of this booklet or contact the Japan
Society office on tel: 020 7828 6330 or email: events@
japansociety.org.uk.

この機会に是非、
Les Caves de Pyrène（ディストリビューター）の６種のオーガニックワイン・Tsuruレス
トランのオーガニック料理をお楽しみください。
Les
Caves de Pyrèneのフィル・バーネット氏がワインの説明及びテースティングのコツを教えてくださいます。
また、
オーガニックワインに関する皆様の質問にも応じていただけます。
メニュー （６種のワインのペアリングをお楽しみ
いただけます）Sparkling Wines

Vouvray Methode Traditionelle, Breton(Biodynamic)
Salmon & Avocado Uramaki or Vegetarian Uramaki
White Wines

Montlouis Minerale + 2010, Franz Saumon(Organic)
Prawn & Veg Tempura~Saint Veran ‘Les Mandeliers’ 2009 Domaine Combier(Organic)
Tuna, Salmon & Asparagus Nigiri~
Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Superiore Vigna dell Oche
2008, San Lorenzo(Biodynamic)
Asparagus and Prawns in Garlic butter
Red Wines

Estezargues ‘Les Galets Rouge’ 2010, Vin de Pays du Gard
(Organic)
Chicken Kara age

Bourgueil Cassiopee 2009, Domaine de la Chevalerie(Organic)
Chocolate Brownie Cake

ご予約は、巻末の予約フォームをお使いいただくか、当協会まで電話020 7828 6330またはEメール..........................................................................................................................................
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Japan Society Book Club: ‘Kitchen’ by Banana Yoshimoto

日本協会読書会:

Monday 11th June 2011		

7.00pm

5th View
Waterstone’s Piccadilly
203-206 Piccadilly
London W1J 9LE
Free for Japan Society members

Please email the office if you plan to attend

The book for discussion at this meeting is ‘Kitchen’by Banana Yoshimoto. Kitchen juxtaposes twotales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement,
kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It
is a startlingly original first work by Japan’s brightest
young literary star and is now a cult film. When Kitchen
was first published in Japan in 1987 it won two ofJapan’s most prestigious literary prizes, climbed its way
to the top of the bestseller lists, then remained there
for over a year and sold millions of copies. Banana
Yoshimoto was hailed as a young writer of great talentand great passion whose work has quickly earned aplace among the best of modern literature, and has
been described as ‘the voice of young Japan’ by the
Independent on Sunday.
Banana Yoshimoto was born in 1964. She is the authorof Kitchen, N.P., Lizard, Amrita, Asleep and Goodbye
Tsugumi. Her writing has won numerous prizes
around the world.

The book club is held on the second Monday ofthe month. There is no restriction on the nationalityof the authors read, but books should be available
in translation in both Japanese and English. The
discussion is conducted mainly in English, but you
can choose the language in which you read the book.
The intention is simple; to explore the themes of thebook, express personal opinions on the style andcontent, discuss how the book has changed (or not)in translation and to have a relaxed discussion withothers who have similar interests.

6月の日本協会読書会では、
吉本ばなな著「キッチン」
を取り上げます。
母親、
性転換、
死別、
キッチンにまつる現代日本における愛と悲劇の両面が並べられて描
かれています。
本作品は、文学界の若手スターによる新進気鋭な作品であり、徐々に爆発的な人気を博しました。
1987年に初版された際には、日本で最権威の2文学賞を受賞しました。
1年以上もベストセラー１位の座を保持し、何百万本の売上げを記録しました。
吉
本ばななは若手作家としてすぐにその才能と情熱を認められ、現代小説における地位を確立しました。
イ
ンディペンデント誌で、「日本の若者の代弁者」
と評さ
れました。

吉本ばななは1964年に生まれ、「キッチン」
の他、
「N.P」
「とかげ」
「アムリタ」「TSUGUMI つぐみ」の作者でもあります。
吉本氏の作品は、世界中でいくつもの文学賞を獲得しています。
読書会は毎月第２月曜日に行われます。
取上げる本については、
著者の国籍等、
特に決まりはありません
が、
日本語・英語双方で出版されている本を選んでいます。
この会の目的はシンプルで、ストーリーについて意見を出し合い、話し合ったり、
訳本ではどのように変わっているか（いないか）
を話し合ったり、同様の興味を持った人々と気軽に話す場を提供することです。
会員の方ならどなたでも参加いただけますが、当日、すれ違いのないようご参加いただける方はメー
ルevents@japansociety.org.ukまた電話tel: 020 7828
6330にて事前にお知らせを御願いします。

The book club is informal and any member iswelcome to attend. However, so that we can look out
for you, please us know if you plan to come by email
to events@japansociety.org.uk or tel: 020 7828 6330 .

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The Japan Society Annual General Meeting 20112011年 ジャパンソサエティ年次総会
Wednesday, 15th June 2011 6.30pm
Embassy of Japan
101-104 Piccadilly
London W1J 7JT

Registration essential. Please email us at events@japansociety.
org.uk or telephone 020 7828 6330 by Monday, 13th June 2011
to confirm your attendance

We hope to see many members at this year’s AGM.
The Notice of AGM and electronic versions of all
documentation will be available on the Japan Society
website. Hard copies will be posted to all members
who opted to receive official communications bypost. You may change your preferences at any timeand members who would like to be sent a copy of theannual accounts and Council Members’ report, areasked to contact the office.

AGMにて多くの会員の皆様にお会いできるのを楽しみにしております。
The Notice of AGM（AGM開催通知）
及び全ての関連資料（電子版）
はウェブサイトにてご覧いただけます。
日頃より郵送にて連絡をさせていただいている会員の方々には、
事前にこちら
の資料をお送りいたしますが、それ以外の方々で、もし年次会計報告や理事報告を郵送にてお受取になられたい方がいらっしゃいましたらお知らせくだ
さい。

Please remember that the Embassy of Japan’s security
policy means that you need to let us know in advance
if you are planning to attend by email to events@
japansociety.org.uk or by telephoning 020 7828 6330.
Please also bring with you to the meeting a copy ofthe notice of AGM and a form of photographic ID.

セキュリティの関係上、ご参加いただける場合には、事前にEメールevents@japansociety.org.uk又はお電話020 7828 6330にてご連絡をお願いします。
大使館への入場の際には、
Notice of AGM（AGM開催通知）及び写真付きIDが必要となります。
ご協力の程、よろしくお願いします。

Members are encouraged to use their vote at theAGM, either by attending in person or by completing
and returning the form of proxy in the Notice of AGM
document. Completing and returning the form ofproxy will not prevent you from attending and voting
at the AGM.

是非、
投票にもご協力ください。
実際にAGMにお越しいただくか、
Notice of AGM（AGM開催通知）
内にあるproxyフォーム（委任状フォーム）をご記入の上
ご返信ください。
なお、
proxyフォーム（委任状フォー
ム）
をご提出いただいた場合でも、AGMに参加、投票していただくことも可能です。

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Midwife and Manga Heroine: Oine Siebold, Nagasaki and the Birth of Modern Japan
マンガのヒロイン助産婦の「シーボルトお稲」と長崎と現代日本の誕生
Monday, 20th June 2011 			
6.45pmTuesday, 2 November 2010
6.30pmSchool of Oriental and African Studies(assemble at 5:15pm to join the optional tour of the Hall)
Khalili Lecture Theatre
Thornhaugh Street
Room No.11
RussellLodge
SquareThe
Freemasons’Hall
LondonWC1H
0XG
Great Queen Street
LondonLectureis Free WC2– booking recommended
Join theLectureDinner– £20
per Society
person£10
membersof theJapan
Booking
Requiredby Monday, 13th June 2011£15
non-members

Ulrich Heinze, Sasakawa Lecturer in Japanese Visual
Media Sainsbury Institute and Centre for JapaneseStudies, University of East Anglia

This lecture unravels the historical meaning of thecity of Nagasaki for the cultural exchange between
Japan and the West in the first half of the nineteenth
century. To pursue this inquiry, Heinze will refer tothree key source materials: David Mitchell’s new
novel The 1000 Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, depicting
the Phaeton-incident of 1808; Hendrik Doeff’s (17641837) Recollections of Japan, which is now available
in English; and Masaki Maki’s manga Oine Siebold,on the career of the first female physician andobstetrician in Japan.
Dr Ulrich Heinze received his Ph.D. at Free University
Berlin and was an EU-Postdoctorate Research Fellow
at the University of Tokyo where he also later held
the position of Associate Professor.Join the Lecture
DinnerThere will be an informal dinner at Chilli Cool,
immediately after this lecture. This will be a good
opportunity to continue discussions following thelecture and any attendee is welcome to join. We will
leave from SOAS at approximately 8.30 p.m. and walkthe short distance to Chilli Cool, 15 Leigh St, London
WC1H 9EW.

The inclusive cost will be £20 per head to include
food, beer, wine or soft drinks. Please bring thiswith you in cash, with a little extra if you might want
additional drinks! Please let us know when booking if
you would like to attend the dinner, and notify us alsoof any special dietary requirements.

ハインツェ・ウルリッヒ博士 （Sasakawa Lecturer inJapanese Visual Media、
セインズベリー日本藝術研究所、
イースト・アングリア大学所属）

今回のレクチャーでは、
19世紀前半における日本と西洋の文化交流の拠点としての長崎の歴史的役割を探ります。
ウルリッヒ博士は主に次の3つの資料：1808年のフェートン号事件を描いたデイ
ヴィッド・ミッチェルの新作 「The 1000 Autumnsof Jacob de Zoet」、
英語版が出版されたヘンドリ
ック・ドゥーフ(1764-1837) による「Recollections ofJapan」、
日本で初めての女医を描くまさきまき著
マンガ「シーボルトお稲」に基づき考察していきます。
レクチャー後には、
Chilli Coolにてインフォーマルな夕食会を予定しております。
どなたでもご参加
いただけます。
レクチャーについて話し会うことのできる良い機会かと思いますので、是非奮ってご参加ください。8時30分くらいに会場を出発、徒歩で数分のChilli Cool （15 Leigh St, London WC1H
9EW）に向かいます。

夕食会の参加費は20ポンド
（食べ物、
飲み物
（ビー
ル、
ワイン、
ソフトドリンクなど）込み）です。

追加のドリンクも注文いただけますので、お飲みになる方は現金をお持ちください。
夕食会へのご参加を希望される場合は、予約の際にお知らせください。
また、アレルギー等についても忘れずにお知らせください。

ご予約は巻末の予約表をお使いいただくか、
当協会事務所まで電話：020 7828 6330またはEメール
events@japansociety.org.ukまでよろしくお願いします。

To reserve your place, please use the booking form
at the end of this booklet or contact the Japan
Society office on tel: 020 7828 6330 or email: events@
japansociety.org.uk.

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In association with:Jing Tea Tasting with Masumi Hayashihara
林原真澄氏によるJing Teaテースティング
Wednesday, 22nd June 2011 			
Salon Lillie room
The Cadogan Hotel
75 Sloane Street
LondonSW1X 9SG

11.00am£22 for Japan Society members and guests (booking required)Deadline for bookings: Monday, 20th June 2011

Japan Society members are invited to this very special
tutored JING tea tasting with Masumi Hayashihara in a
beautiful function room in the traditional and elegant
5 star Cadogan Hotel.

Guests will get to try out 8 exceptional teas, ranging
from traditional black to white, green, oolong andherbal infusions.
The tasting will be presented in Japanese (withtranslation) by tea expert Masumi Hayashihara,
focusing on the production methods, growing areas
and tastes of each tea. JING staff will be on hand toprepare and serve the teas to guests. The tasting will
include pastries, sandwiches and cakes for each guest.

JING is run by Edward Eisler and his teams in London
and Hong Kong. By building relationships with theworld’s finest tea farmers in China, India, Sri Lanka,
Japan and Taiwan, JING hand sources not only thefinest teas and herbal infusions, but also special, rareteas which are seldom seen outside their country oforigin.
To reserve your place, please use the booking form
at the end of this booklet or contact the Japan
Society office on tel: 020 7828 6330 or email: events@
japansociety.org.uk..

この度、当協会の会員の皆様には、伝統的でエレガントな5つ星のカドガンホテルにて林原真澄氏によるJing Teaテースティングにご参加いただけます。
とても貴重な機会ですので奮ってご参加ください。

ゲストの方には特別な8種類の紅茶（伝統的なブラックティーやホワイトティー、緑茶やウーロン茶、
ハーバルティー）
をお試しいただけます。
専門家の林原真澄氏が日本語（英語の逐次通訳）で説明をしてくださいます。
それぞれの茶の味だけではなく、製法や生産地についても解説をしてくださいます。
料金には、各人のパティスリー、
サンドウィッチ、ケーキも含まれます。

JING社はロバート・アイスラー氏と彼のチームによりロンドンと香港にて営業をしています。
中国、
イン
ド、
スリランカ、
日本や台湾において世界の最優良な茶の生産者との関係を構築することにより、JING
社は最良な茶やハーバルティだけはなく、原産国
以外では入手が困難な特別で希少な茶をも調達を可能にしています。

お申込みは、
当協会まで電話tel: 020 7828 6330、
Ｅメールevents@japansociety.org.ukにてお願いします。

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In association with:‘Working in a Multinational Corporation’Eiji Wakiwaka former President of BP Japan‘グローバル企業で働く心得’
元BPジャパン代表取締役社長 脇若英治氏
Monday 27th June 2011		

6.45pm - 8.30pm

Crane & Tortoise (Tsurukame)
39-41 Gray’s Inn Road
London
WC1X 8PR£10 for Japan Society members and guests (booking required)
Pay bar with buffet

Deadline for bookings: Friday 24th June 2011
Japan Society members are invited to an informal
talk with Eiji Wakiwaka. Mr Wakiwaka was formerly
the President of BP Japan, CFO for BP Apac, andBusiness Development Manager at BP Global Gas.
He is also a Harvard Business School Graduate andhas recently published a best selling book in Japan.
He currently works for the Clinton Foundation aspart of the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) which aims
to create and advance solutions to the core issues
driving climate change.

The talk will draw on Mr Wakiwaka’s businessexperience in the UK and in Japan and afterwards
guests will have the opportunity to meet and talkwith him informally. There will be a light buffet
available after the talk and guests can order drinks
from a pay bar with an option to stay on for dinner
if they wish.
To reserve your place, please use the booking form
at the end of this booklet or contact the Japan
Society office on tel: 020 7828 6330 or email: events@
japansociety.org.uk..

脇若英治氏によるインフォーマルトークに是非お越しください。

脇若氏は、これまでBPグローバル・ガスBusiness
Development Manager、BPアジア太平洋のCFO、更にはBPジャパンの代表取締役社長としてご活躍をされました。
現在、脇若氏はクリントン財団にて、
気候変動の解決策を見出す活動をつづけるクリントン気候変動
イニシアティブで働かれています。

今回の講演では、脇若氏に「英国と日本におけるビジネス体験」
について話していただきます。
その後、インフォーマルにお話しいただける時間もございます。

料金には軽いブッフェ代金（飲み物別）が含まれています。
イベント後も同レストランにてそのままゆっくりお話を楽しんでいただくことも可能です。

ご予約は、巻末の予約フォームをお使いいただくか、当協会まで電話020 7828 6330またはEメール
events@japansociety.org.uk.にてお願いします。

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Japan Society Book Club with Jonathan Lee, author of ‘Who is Mr Satoshi’スペシャル日本協会読書会 ‘Who is Mr Satoshi’ の著者ジョナサン・リーさんを迎えて

Monday 11th July 2011		

7.00pmOriental Club
Stratford House
Stratford Place
London W1C 1ES

Free for Japan Society members
Please email the office if you plan to attend

Advance copies of the paperback available from the JS at £7.99 + £2.50(aprox.) postage and packing
The Japan Society book club welcomes Jonathan Lee
in July, to coincide with the release of his successful
debut novel Who is Mr Satoshi? Jonathan will readfrom the book, and talk about his experiences in Japan,
the novel and its inspiration, in an informal discussion
with participants. All are welcome; you do not need to
be a regular book club attendee.

One afternoon last October, on the concrete of her
patio garden, my mother had a fall. That was the lasttime I really had any options.

Reclusive photographer Rob Fossick, having neverrecovered from the tragic death of his wife, has come
adrift both from society and his creative urge. But when
his mother, who has for some time been sufferingfrom dementia, suddenly dies, he is presented withan intriguing and entirely unwanted problem tosolve – minutes before her death, Rob discovers that
his mother was hoping to deliver a package to an
enigmatic character called Mr Satoshi, but the nameand the contents of the parcel are shrouded in mystery.

Jonathan Lee was born in Surrey in 1981. He graduatedfrom the University of Bristol with a First in English
Literature and then, after spending some time living
in South America, went on to become a solicitor at a
City law firm. In 2007 he was posted to the firm’s Tokyo
office, and during his time there became increasinglyinterested in Japanese culture and history. On his
return to London he began writing his first novel, Who
is Mr Satoshi?

大ヒットを遂げたジョナサン・リー氏をお迎えします。
リー氏による本の朗読や、日本での経験、
著作やそのインスピレーションについて、ゲストの方にはインフォーマルな雰囲気のディスカッションに参加していただけます。
毎月の読書会にいらしていない方々も大歓迎です。
妻の悲劇的な死から立ち直ることができず、隠遁生活を送る写真家ロブ・フォシックはクリエイティブな衝動も起きず社会からも取り残されていた。
そんな折、痴呆症に苦しんでいた母親の突然の死により興味深くはあるものの厄介な問題がもたらされた。
母親は亡くなる数分前、ある小包をMr Satoshiという見知らぬ人
物届けたいと願っていた。
しかし、
その名前、
その小包
の中身は謎に包まれていた。

ジョナサン・リー氏は1981年サリーに生まれ、英国文学の優秀卒業学位をとってブリストル大学を卒業、
南
アメリカで過ごした後、シティの法律事務所の事務弁護士となりました。
2007年、
東京オフィスに派遣された
際、日本文化及び歴史に興味を抱かれロンドンに戻り初の著作である「Who is Mr Satoshi?」を執筆されました。
お申込みは、
当協会まで電話tel: 020 7828 6330、Ｅメールevents@japansociety.org.ukにてお願いします。

To reserve your place, please use the booking form
at the end of this booklet or contact the Japan
Society office on tel: 020 7828 6330 or email: events@
japansociety.org.uk..

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...
7月の読書会では、デビュー作「Who is Mr Satoshi?」でCarmen Blacker Lecture: ‘Initiatic landscape’ and Shugendo’s mountain-entry
カーメンブラッカーレクチャー：‘Initiatic landscape’ と修験道の入山
Thursday, 21st July
Monday, 18th July 2011 		
6.45pm– 8:00pm
Tuesday,
2 November 2010 6:00pm
6.30pm– 7:30pm(assemble at 5:15pm to join theoptional
tour of theHall)
NorwichCathedral
HostryKhalili Lecture Theatre
andNorwichSOAS Lodge Room No.11
NR1 4EH
ThornhaughStreetThe Freemasons’ Hall
To book your seat for the Norwich
RussellGreatSquareQueen Street
lecture, please contact the Sainsbury
LondonWC1H WC2
0XG
LondonInstitute on tel: 01603 624349 oremail sisjac@sainsbury-institute.org.

Free - booking
recommended£10 membersof the Japan Society£15 non-members

Professor Anne Bouchy Director of Studies of the
École française d’Extrême-Orient, Paris and Universitéde Toulouse-Le Mirail

In this second annual Carmen Blacker Lecture Series,
Professor Bouchy will take a close look at painted scrollsor‘mandalas’representingmountainsandotherfamous
Shugendō sites – Kumano, Yoshino, Mounts Fuji, Tate,
Haku and many others; most of which were painted
between the 13th and 16th centuries. These paintings
have mainly been studied in the context of work on
Art History, Buddhism, and the fusion of Buddhism
with local god cults (shinbutsu shūgō, honji suijaku).
Now, taking for background studies on landscape andanthropological research focusing on experience of theworld, the approach of Professor Bouchy places thesepaintings in the context of the history of Shugendō
and analyses the relationship between them and real
Shugen practices, notably those of the mountain-entry.
Thus she sheds new light on the dynamics that haveforged the necessary link between Shugendō and the
mandalas of the mountains, which contributed to the
spread of this iconographic genre.

アンヌ ブッシイ教授

Director of Studies of the École française d’ExtrêmeOrient, Paris and Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail

第2回年次カーメン・ブラッカーレクチャーシリーズ
では、ブッシイ教授が熊野、
吉野、
富士山、
立山、
白山
といった修験道の地として有名な山々が描かれた
13～16世紀の絵巻物や曼荼羅について解説をします。

これらの絵画は、
主に美術史、
仏教や土着の信仰と仏教の折衷（神仏習合、
本地垂迹）との関係において研究をされてきました。
今回は、地形や個々人の世界観に焦点をあてた人類学の研究を背景にして、修験道の歴史とこれらの絵画との関係を解説します。
また、修験道の修行、
とりわけ入山との関係を分析します。
修験道と図像的ジャンルの普及を促すこととなった山々が描かれた曼荼羅との間に、重要な関係を築くダイナミクスに新しい光を当てます。

The Carmen Blacker Lecture Series honours thememory and scholarship of Carmen Blacker (19242009). Professor Bouchy’s thirty years of study in thefield of Japanese ethnology brought both academics
into close contact and collaboration. In the ‘Preface to
the Second Edition’ of Catalpa Bow, Blacker wrote: ‘To
Dr Anne Bouchy likewise my lasting gratitude goes forthe inspiration and guidance which her friendship hasbrought me since 1977…Her intuition and imagination,
combined with her tireless research, have given a
special insight to her work with which it has been a true
privilege to be associated.’ The Japan Society and theSainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts andCultures are pleased to have the opportunity to present
Professor Bouchy as part of this series.

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Co-organised by:

In association with:

Geeky-Girly Innovation: A JapaneseMeiji Nostalgia:
Subculturist’s Guide to Technology & Design Prints by Kawakami Sumio (1895-1972)
Morinosuke Kawaguchi

Monika Hinkel

Monday 7 November 2011
6.45pmMonday 21 November 2011
6.45pmThe Banqueting Hall
Number 45 Millbank at
Chelsea College of Art and Design
16 John Islip Street
London SW1P 4JU

Garden Room
Oriental Club
Stratford House
11 Stratford Place
London W1C 1ES

Free – booking recommended

Free – booking recommended

Analyzing everything from super-toilets to cute character
stationery goods, from kabuki to manga and anime,from bikes to robots – strategy expert and subculturist
Morinosuke Kawaguchi supplies a road map for the
future of international technology and design.

The interaction between foreign cultures and Japan
was a continuous interest within Kawakami Sumio’s
work. Kawakami, a self-taught printmaker who wasborn in the Western-influenced city of Yokohama,depicted this world, especially the foreign tradesmen
and westernized Japanese of the early Meiji period.
Another favourite and recurring topic in his oeuvre wasnanbanjin (southern barbarians) illustrating even earlier
European encounters with Japan.

Japanese contemporary subculture such as manga,anime, TV games and girls’ fashion is full of uniquefunctionalities. Kawaguchi explains how to translate
the anthropological features into industrial productspecifications. His message is universal: one canleverage the power of subcultures, especially thechildlike, feminine and cute aspects so characteristic ofJapanese otaku (geek) culture, into developing top-tierproducts for the world market.
Kawaguchi’s approach is to connect monozukuri(excellence in manufacturing and design) andemotional design to bring product development to a
new level. For that it is essential to understand humannature, since any future design is bound to require
more than mere efficiency and purpose. Subculture has
always reflected human nature and is a great indicatorof the future of technology. And, more importantly,
how people will use and relate to electrical artifacts.
Morinosuke Kawaguchi is Principal, Associate Director
at Arthur D. Little, (Japan) Inc. and lecturer at the Tokyo
Institute of Technology. In Japan, he is considered theinventor of a new concept in product engineering andtechnology development that draws from Japaneseculture, especially from the concepts of monozukuri
and otaku subcultures.

His printmaking activity began in earnest after the1923 Kanto earthquake. While his early colour prints
were from multiple blocks, in his later years he often
printed single blocks in black, adding colours by brush.
Throughout his artistic career as a printmaker, his styleretained an amateurish look while referencing Westernand Western-influenced graphic predecessors.
This talk will introduce his Meiji-period inspired
woodcuts and the themes of Western customs andcultural enlightenment that he depicted. Moreover, thepresentation will examine the Meiji period prints andobjects that actually served as stimuli for Kawakami’s
work to portray where his fascination with and longing
for Meiji culture originated.

Dr Monika Hinkel is a Research Associate of the Japan
Research Centre at SOAS, University of London andlectures for the Diploma in Asian Art courses. She received
her PhD from Bonn University in 2006. Before moving
to London in 2004, she worked as assistant curator forJapanese Art at the Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne
and as guest researcher at Gakushuin University.

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Japan Society Annual Dinner

Tuesday 6 December 2011
7pm for 7.30pm
Hotel Russell
Russell Square
London WC1B 5BE
Members and their guests: £60/ticket
Non Members: £95/ticket
Members under 30 (first 30 to apply): £30/ticket

The Japan Society Annual Dinner will take place in the
splendid surroundings of the historic Hotel Russell,
one of London’s oldest hotels. Built in 1898, the Hotel
Russell was designed by Charles Fitzroy Dolls, the mainarchitect for the interior of the Titanic.
The cost includes drinks on arrival, 3 course dinner,wine and coffee. The presentation of the Japan SocietyAwards 2011 will take place during the evening.

The dinner is traditionally a black tie event and many
guests will wear formal dress, but for those who preferlounge suits, this is perfectly acceptable.

We are very grateful to JTI for their support whichenables us to offer discounted tickets to all members
and a further discount to members under 30, ensuringthat the event can be enjoyed by everyone.

Please contact the Japan Society office on tel: 020 7828
6330 or email: events@japansociety.org.uk to bookyour place.
Most people will be sitting at round tables of 10. If
you have any seating preferences, please specify withwhom you wish to be seated. Please also inform us
know of any special dietary requirements. Tickets will
be sent to all those attending.

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This event is kindly supported by: