Fwd: [eastlib] Mizuki Shigeru Exhibit in NY

[Asako_Yoshida at Umanitoba.ca]

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Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 16:14:20 -0400
From: Eiko Sakaguchi <eikos at umd.edu>
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Subject: [eastlib] Mizuki Shigeru Exhibit in NY
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FYI*
*
*
Fifty-Three Stations of the Yokaido Road*
*A Haunted Journey Down a Classic Ukiyo-e,*
*Featuring GeGeGe no Kitaro*
* *
*We are pleased to announce $B!H(B/Fifty-Three Stations of the Yokaido
Road/$B!I(B, an exhibition of works by famed Japanese manga artist Shigeru
Mizuki, will be on display from May 10 through June 10 at the New York
Kinokuniya Book Store located at 1073 Avenue of the Americas.*

*Japanese manga has been gaining popularity around the world and Mizuki
is considered the grandfather of the genre. Most of his work is based on
/Yokai/. In Japanese folklore, /Yokai/ are ancient ubiquitous spirits
that co-inhabit the human world. Each /Yokai/ represents a trait of the
human character and is used for moral tales. Mizuki uses these /Yokai/
in his manga works, the most famous of which is /GeGeGe no Kitaro/.
Kitaro is the main character in the story and as a /Yokai/ goblin
maintains the harmony between the /Yokai/ and human worlds. Japanese
postwar generations can recognize his work, /GeGeGe no Kitaro /because
this series has run for almost half a century, first in comic books and
later in television programs, video games, animation movies, and a live
action, feature-length movie. *

* In creating the art on display for this exhibition, Mizuki added his
/Yokai/ characters to /Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road, /which
is famous Ukiyo-e creator, Hiroshige Utagawa$B!G(Bs series. The result is a
fusion of classical Ukiyo-e and Japanese folklore as represented by
Mizuki$B!G(Bs /Yokai/ characters. The concept of these works is /Yokai/ on a
journey down the Tokaido Road. The total art series is fifty-five pieces
including the departure and arrival station, only of which eight
stations were printed as woodcuts using the skills of master craftsmen
passed down through the centuries. *

* Two forums labeled $B!H(B/Yokai Day/$B!I(B will be held, one for  
children on May
17th and for adults on May 31st. Ms. Dawn Mostow, who recently gave a
speech titled /Love and Pop: Contemporary Visual Cultures in Japan and
Beyond/ at the Brooklyn Museum, will give a presentation describing
/Yokai /and Japanese folklore. *

* This exhibition is sponsored by Mizuki Production, Yanoman, The Adachi
Institute of Woodcut Prints, TV JAPAN, and Kintetsu International. It is
supported by the Consulate-General of Japan in New York, and produced by
MIE Inc. *

* The gate of the /Yokai/ world has opened to American audiences since a
full scale of this exhibition has been shown at the Japan Information
and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C. since March.
Thereafter this exhibition became a traveling tour and has now moved to
New York. TV JAPAN started airing /GeGeGe no Kitaro/ on April 1st 2008,
and Kintetsu International will provide a special tour to explore the
universe of/ Fifty-Three Stations of the Yokaido Road/ in August.*

* For more information, pictures or inquiries, please contact Mie Ikeda
at 917-215-4204 or **mizuki at mieinc.net* <mailto:mizuki at mieinc.net>*.*

-- 
Eiko Sakaguchi
Curator, East Asia Collection &
Gordon W. Prange Collection
McKeldin Library College Park, MD 20742-7011
Tel 301-405-9135 Fax 301-405-9191
Email. eikos at umd.edu
http://www.lib.umd.edu/prange/index.jsp
http://www.lib.umd.edu/EASIA/eastasia.html

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