28 April 2026
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
Read on27 March 2026
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
Read on19 March 2026
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/
Read on3 March 2026
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
Read on2 February 2026
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.
Read on27 November 2020
日時：2020年12月10日（木）日本時間22:00-23:20
歌舞伎は、演劇、舞、音楽、衣装が融合して繰り出されてきた日本が世界に誇る伝統芸能である。江戸時代（１６０３−１８６８）初期に出雲大社の巫女である出雲阿国が舞った踊りが歌舞伎の原点と言われている。しかし、1629年に女歌舞伎が禁止され、現在のような男性だけで演じる形態へと移行。現在、歌舞伎は日本国内のみならず世界各国で愛される舞台であり、2008年にはユネスコ無形文化遺産に登録された。歌舞伎は伝統芸能であると同時に前衛的でもあり、常々時代の流れに沿って進化を遂げている。歌舞伎舞台は独創的で、その時代の流行と伝統とうまく融合させることで、多くの観客の心を引き付けてきた。今回の講演会では、歌舞伎役者の松本幸四郎さんに歌舞伎役者の視点から見た「伝統と革新」について、「英国と歌舞伎のご縁」についてお話しいただく。また、歌舞伎がいかに昨今の新型コロナへ対応しているか、ならびに今後の歌舞伎の発展についての意見も伺う。
20 November 2020
Daiwa Scholarship alumnus and artist Carl Randall has been selected for this year’s ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, with a new painting ‘On the Horizon (After Lucas & Kuruganti)’. The event, sponsored by ING bank, is usually held at The Mall Galleries in London, but this year due to coronavirus is held exclusively online. The exhibition runs until 31 December 2020, and all works are for sale.
Read on15 November 2020
The publication ‘Japan: Courts and Culture’ tells the story of 400 years of British royal contact with Japan. It explores how exquisite decorative arts were central both to direct diplomatic relations and to indirect cultural connection. On 16 July at 6pm, Rachel Peat from the Royal Collection Trust will be discussing her new book ‘Japan: Courts and Culture’ with Professor Nicole Rousmaniere.
Read on5 November 2020
Former Daiwa Scholar Dr Christopher Harding’s new book, ‘The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives’ was published in November 2020.
The book’s twenty portraits take the reader from the earliest written accounts of Japan right through to the life of the current empress, Masako, via shamans and warlords, poets and revolutionaries, scientists, artists and adventurers.
3 November 2020
Author and former Daiwa Foundation grant recipient, Jayne Joso has begun work on a new Japan-inspired work which takes us into the realm of literary fantasy. Supported by Arts Council England, Joso has spent part of the lockdown engaged in the alternate fictional realm of The Water Cats. You can read an exclusive excerpt here.
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