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2019年（令和元年）6月1日（土）VOICES From

THE NEW YORKERS
The Joy of Sakeby Justin Tedaldi
Returningto New Yorkin June for its
15th annualcelebration,
The Joy ofSake hosts theworld’s largest
sake tastingoutside Japan,
with a record of 513 competition-levelsakes and 19 top restaurants serving thebest in traditional and contemporary
Asian cuisine.
While statistics show that sake islosing ground to beer in Japan, it continues to make inroads in the U.S.,
especially among drink-savvy NewYorkers.
“The best showcase of this in theU.S. is The Joy of Sake,” said Joy ofSake board member Chris Johnson, anexperienced sommelier and restauranteur whose time in Japan began in theearly ’90s, as a participant of the Japan
Exchange and Teaching (JET)
Programme. Also known as the Sake
Ninja, Johnson adds, “As a JET alum,
having the opportunity to work with thenational beverage of Japan is an honorand truly important.”
A beverage that can be paired withfoods as diverse as sushi, chocolate andeven pizza, sake lovers will also be able
to sample exclusive appetizers at theevent from some of New York’s mostdistinguished eateries, including
Morimoto, Sakagura and Momofuku
Ssäm Bar, enhancing the appreciationof the luster that fine sakes add to ameal.
A brewer’s technique and commitment help determine a great sake, andover 200 sakes not available in the U.S.
are featured in this year’s lineup,including more than 100 gold award
winners from the 2019 U.S. NationalSake Appraisal.
“It’s safe to say,” said Joy of Sake
founder Chris Pearce, “that New York
has never seen a sake event like this.”
Experience The Joy of Sake on
Friday, June 21 at Metropolitan
Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street. For
more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.joyofsake.com.
(Justin Tedaldi has written about
Japanese arts and entertainment since2005. For more of his stories, visit
http://jetaany.org/magazine.)THE

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JAPAN VOICECOOL JAPAN from New Yorkers’ Viewpoints
GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN TO HONOR
Glenn David Lowry
Introduction of Japanese Modern Art at MoMA

Lost Masterpiece Reproduced at Full Scale

Li Gonglin’s “Five Horses”
Text and Edits by Itakura Masaaki
Published by Hatori Press
http://www.hatorishoten.co.jp/The legendary Five Horses scroll
painting, long believed to be lost, hasbeen made into an art book. The
painting is by Li Gonglin (1049-1106),an exemplary painter of China’ s
Northern Song dynasty. Reproduced
for the first time in color, and at fullscale, the masterpiece has now been
published in an A3 size hardcover art
book with detailed commentary by theeditor, Professor Itakura Masaaki ofhttps://www.yomiuri-info.jp/daily_yomiuri/nys/

The Institute for Advanced Studies inAsia, the University of Tokyo.
Earlier this year, the Five Horses
was included in an exhibition entitledBOOKS“Unrivalled Calligraphy: Yan Zhenqingand His Legacy”, held at the Tokyo
National Museum. The event had an
impressive turnout, with many people
visiting from both within Japan andoverseas, including China. The Five
Horses drew much public acclaim as a
special hallmark of the exhibition.
The scroll painting, rendered inbeautiful colors and flowing lines ofink, uses the highly valued
Chengxintang paper from the Northern
Song dynasty. It was hailed as a masterpiece ever since it was made, successively prized and treasured through along line of dynasties.

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On May 21, The Government ofJapan announced the recipients of its
Spring 2019 Decorations, which
includes one distinguished U.S. citizen from the area under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Japanin New York. This year’s Decoration
was awarded to Mr. Glenn David
Lowry, The David RockefellerDirector, The Museum of Modern Art,for his outstanding contributions topromoting Japanese modern art in theUnited States.
Since having been appointed
Director of The Museum of ModernArt, New York, in 1995, Mr. Lowry
has presented many Japan-related
exhibitions and Japanese film screenings at the MoMA, and has continuously offered opportunities to appreciate Japanese modern art forms to not
only New Yorkers, but also to visitorsfrom all over the world. These exhibitions have included internationallyknown artists, such as “Love Forever:Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968” and“ Yoko Ono: One Woman Show,1960-1971,” as well as works byemerging artists in exhibitions such as“First Steps: Emerging Artists fromJapan.” In these, and numerous otherways, Mr. Lowry has contributed
greatly to the broadening of appreciation of Japanese culture worldwide.
In 2008, the MoMA, led by Mr.

Lowry, and the Japan Foundation coorganized the Japan-Americas Art
Curator Exchange Program, which
increased exchanges, established relationships and fostered mutual understanding between art curators in Japanand the U.S.. This program also led tothe publication of “From Postwar toPostmodern: Art in Japan, 1945-1989”
by the MoMA in 2014. This book gathered texts that are critical to the advancement of knowledge of postwar Japanese
art—the majority of which having beentranslated into English for the firsttime—and added much to the global
understanding of Japanese modern art.
The development of Japan's art scene
owes much to Mr. Lowry’s proactivecontributions, such as the loans of theMoMA’s world-famous collections. The
exhibition, “Modern Means: Continuityand Change in Art, 1880 to the Present,Highlights from the Collection of The
Museum of Modern Art, New York” atthe Mori Art Museum in Tokyo in 2004
attracted over 200,000 attendees, andcreated a historic chance for Japanesepeople to view masterful artworks and tounderstand the artistic values they represented. A member of the Mori ArtMuseum International Advisory
Committee, Mr. Lowry has shared his
knowledge of museum management withthe people of Japan.(Ryoichi
Miura/Translated by Aki Tanaka)

The Five Horses had been brought
over to Japan during the chaotic times
at around the end of the Qing dynasty.
Some time after its first unveiling to
the public in 1928, the painting disappeared, and its whereabouts had
remained unknown for about 80 years.
The art book’s production teamcomprises distinguished professionals

in the fields of photography, design,
printing and bookbinding. The publication includes a full translation of the text
in Chinese and a summary in English.
Also provided are close-up images of themasterpiece with compelling visualimpact. The book is priced at 28,000 yen.
(Written by Yabuki Yuko, Hatori Press /Translated by Shoko Ichihashi Fujita)

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