Just a year after taking up the instrument, Lee found himself performing in Carnegie Hall. His talent soon led to recruitment by a prominent Japan-based taiko troupe. Lee began taiko drumming when he was 17 years old. And Art Lee, an American, is a master of this percussion instrument. These days, it's widely performed on occasions ranging from religious festivals to concerts for paying audiences. The taiko is Japan's own traditional style of drum. This month, we present a special talk-show series called Japanophiles, featuring lively interviews with foreigners living in Japan.
Season 5 Episode 10 - Japanophiles - Art Lee We'll trace ikebana's history and explore the Japanese aesthetic that comes to life in this art form. On this edition of BEGIN Japanology, our theme is ikebana. But that doesn't mean modern ikebana artists aren't creating bold new arrangements. Ikebana has a saying: "The flowers are your soul." Like other traditional Japanese arts, ikebana attaches great importance to formal etiquette and self-reflection. Inside the home, people arrange flowers in ways that embody the changing seasons. Today, Japan has more than 2,000 schools of ikebana. In time, flower arranging became deeply rooted in Japanese life. Flower arrangements were given as offerings to the Buddha, and Buddhist priests formalized the techniques that would become known as ikebana. The idea of using flowers as decoration first came to Japan 1,500 years ago, along with Buddhism. Each elegant arrangement is made with seasonal flowers and plants cut to perfection.
Ikebana: the traditional Japanese art of flower arranging. Air Date : 8th-Mar-2012 Begin Japanology - Season : 5 He's actually working on one now about Elvis Presley! Drawing on his boundless love of Noh, Richard Emmert offers fascinating insights into this unique and profound art form. Now a professor of the performing arts in Japan, Emmert has written books about Noh, led international Noh workshops, and even directed English-language Noh plays. He took a seminar about Noh and ended up playing the lead in a production put on by the instructor. He himself says that he is "married to Noh." Emmert first became interested in Noh theater as an undergraduate in the States. Emmert has lived in Japan for 39 years, and Noh has been his overriding passion. Today's Japanophile is Richard Emmert, an American Noh actor. Noh theater is one of Japan's great traditional performing arts.
Season 5 Episode 9 - Japanophiles - Richard Emmert
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