“Few people could touch your soul with Intellectual engagement, love, friendship and kindness like Graham. It will take time to accept Graham’s passing - he will always be part of who I (and many others) have become. ’Death can be as heavy as Mount Tai, or as light as a feather…’
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“‘The art form of noh, magisterial and distilled, demands masks of the greatest beauty and the most focussed imagination: in this book we see the masterful Kitazawa Hideta at work, performing his miracles of carving and finish, the mere sight of which ushers us into the unique world of Noh.’
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UNESCO ASPnet
Arts & Culture for Peace Initiative
Finding peace with ourselves and our planet
““Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract – sustainable development – and turn it into a reality for all the world’s people”
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FROM TRADITION TO MODERNITY
Autumn 2024 (September to December)
Embassy of Japan, London – Exhibition: Understanding Nohgaku from its establishment 650 years ago to Contemporary Times – created in partnership with the Between the Stones Project, Oshima Noh Theatre and Royal Holloway University of London
Oshima Kinue performs Pagoda at the National Noh Theatre, Tokyo, December 2009. Photo: Kitazawa Sohta
Other Past Collaborative Activities
COVENTRY SCHOOLS PEACE PROJECTS
The Coventry Young Ambassadors Islands of Peace Japanese Garden is located in the Coventry War Memorial Park. It is open every day and is free to all. It was designed by the Japanese Garden Society using the children’s ideas and inspiration. The children were also able to learn about all the building phases of the garden. The Islands of Peace Japanese Garden was officially opened on 2 July 2021 by the Lord Mayor of Coventry and the Japanese Ambassador to the UK.
The Coventry Cities of Peace Schools Projects, congratulated by the International Coordinator of the UNESCO Associated Schools Programme Network (ASPnet), Ms Julie Saito, was able to sow many seeds for the future and ten Coventry Young Ambassadors will represent UNESCO UK ASPnet at the 70th Anniversary Global UNESCO ASPnet Conference in Kyoto in September 2023.