Tour dates, public lectures and other news
Thursday, February 9th 2017 at 6.30 – 8.00 pm
Daunt Books
51 South End Road,
London NW3 2QB
Illustrated talk: ‘ “Traveller” – let that be my name.’ Travelling Japan through the ages
£5 entry fee includes wine, nibbles and conviviality – Click here to BOOK TICKETS
SISJAC (Sainsbury’s Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture)
The Hostry,
Norwich Cathedral,
Norwich
Illustrated talk: The Shogun’s Harem: Life in the Women’s Palace in Nineteenth Century Japan
Admission free. All welcome. Places are limited and booking is essential – Click here to BOOK A PLACE
Wednesday 8th February, 2017 at 6.45 – 8.00 pm
Asia House
63 New Cavendish Street,
London W1G 7LP
Illustrated talk: Love at the Crossroads in Old Japan
Book tickets here
Tuesday 13th December, 2016 at 6.00 pm
Daiwa Foundation Japan House
13/14 Cornwall Terrace,
Outer Circle,
London NW1 4QP
Illustrated talk: The Shogun’s Secret World of Women
Admission free, booking essential
Wednesday 7th December, 2016 at 6:00 – 9:00 pm
October Gallery Theatre
24 Old Gloucester Street
London
WC1N 3AL
Click here to BOOK TICKETS
Friday 4 November, 2016 at 6:00 – 8:00pm
Travelling Through
131 Lower Marsh,
London SE1 7AE
Illustrated talk: ‘ “Traveller” – let that be my name.’ Travelling Japan through the ages […]
SOAS University of London
Illustrated talk: The Ooku, the Shogun’s ‘Harem’: Life in the Women’s Palace in Nineteenth Century Japan
In 1854 Atsu, an 18-year-old girl, was chosen to become the shogun’s consort and rule over the ooku, the shogun’s harem or Women’s Palace.[…]
Thursday 10 November 2016 at 6.45pm
The Swedenborg Society
20-21 Bloomsbury Way (Hall entrance on Barter St)
London WC1A 2TH
Free – booking recommended
Book online here
The Butterfly Effect – BBC Radio 4 Soprano Amanda Roocroft explores the impact of Madame Butterfly in performance and popular culture. […] Author and Japanese expert Lesley Downer and opera enthusiast Rod Wood provide details of the origins of her tragic story and present fascinating insights into the life and work of Puccini. […] First … Read more
A British author unveils the wonders of writing about the Japanese, and how she has fallen in love with a culture not her own. HER first novel tells of the forbidden love between the Japanese shogun’s last concubine and a rebel warrior. Her second takes place in the exotic pleasure quarters of Japan, where a … Read more