News for September 2016

Carl Randall included in two London Portrait Painting Exhibitions

A new Japan painting by Daiwa Scholarship alumnus and artist Carl Randall has been selected for this year’s Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, 7 to 19 May. ‘Graveyard Getsuho’ will be included in the show at the Mall Galleries in central London. The painting will then also be shown at The Contemporary British Portrait

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Carl Randall - commissioned to create paintings for Raffles at The OWO/Kioku by Endo

Daiwa Scholarship alumnus and artist Carl Randall was commissioned by The Creative Restaurant Group to make a series of paintings for Kioku by Endo – a high-end Japanese restaurant in Whitehall London, located on the top floor of the luxury hotel Raffles at The OWO (in between Downing Street and Trafalgar Square). “Michelin-starred chef Endo

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We are delighted to be supporting aspects ot the lecture series connected to “Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige” showing at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester until 15 November 2026. You can find a list of the talks here: https://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/beneaththegreatwave/events-programme/ Exhibition details can be found via this link: https://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/beneaththegreatwave/

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Thirty-Six Views of a Haiku: poetry translation workshop with Heidi Clark (co-founder of the Translators' House Press)

Alumna (Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies) Heidi Clark is holding a poetry translation workshop at East Bristol Books on Thursday 26 March. Doors open at 18:00 with the event starting at 18:15. The event finishes at 20:00. Why do people produce different translations of the same source text? In this workshop, participants will be introduced

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Rest in Peace, Arthur Stockwin

In early January 2026, all of us at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation were saddened to hear of the death of Professor Arthur Stockwin. He was a towering figure in Japanese Studies in the UK, and a long-standing friend of the Daiwa Foundation, sometimes speaking at or moderating our events, but most memorably as a member of the interview panel assessing potential Daiwa Scholars.

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The end of the Tokyo Madrigal Club

I received an invitation today for what will apparently be the final concert of the Tokyo Madrigal Club. Admission is free, and it’s on October 10 (a National Holiday in Japan) from 2.30-4.30, at Wesleyan Holiness Asakusabashi Church. I’m not sure how many people have heard of the Tokyo Madrigal Club, but it’s the end

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AKIN: Artists from Kyoto in Pembrokeshire: Exhibition from 15 to 25 September 2016

Fishguard Arts Society in West Wales is holding an exhibition in collaboration with four artists visiting from Kyoto. In addition to the main exhibition which runs from 15 to 25 September, there is an exhibition of work by children from Kyoto in Fishguard Library Gallery and a collaboration exhibition in the historic ballroom in Tregwynt Mansion.

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Launch Of An Online Platform For Teachers And Learners Of Japanese on 17 October from 2-4 pm

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is hosting the launch of an online platform for teachers and learners of Japanese on 17 October from 2-4 pm at 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London, NW1 4QP. This is a free event and everybody is welcome!

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Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2016 (Wales)

The Kotatsu festival – the largest festival of Japanese animation in Wales – returns for its sixth year!
24th – 25th September 2016 at ‘Chapter’, Cardiff
and 15th October 2016 at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre

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