Upcoming Events

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  Film season - All Kaiju Attack! at the Barbican Centre

  
  

  Wed 7th August 2024 - Wed 28th August 2024

  
  

  To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first ever Godzilla film, the Barbican Centre, in collaboration with the Japan Foundation, is screening the wildest Japanese monster movies from across seven decades with introductions from historians ...

  
  

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  Lecture and demonstration - Carving a Character: The Hidden Craft of the Noh Mask with KITAZAWA Hideta

  
  

  Sat 14th September 2024

  
  

  Noh theatre is a major traditional Japanese performing art, recognised as an Important Intangible Cultural Property by the Japanese government and as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Though characterised by the stylised movements and singing of its actors, it would not be complete wit...

  
  

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  Art Without Heroes: Mingei

  
  

  Sat 23rd March 2024 - Sun 22nd September 2024

  
  

  In collaboration with William Morris Gallery, we're proudly presenting the UK's most wide-ranging exhibition dedicated to Mingei, the influential folk-craft movement originating in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s. Showcasing a diverse array of works including ceramics, wo...