Welcome to Konnichiwa Philadelphia, a feature dedicated to
highlighting the relationship between Philadelphia and Japan in the modern day and in years gone by.
We'll also cover interesting societal and cultural content about Japan.
Check back every two weeks for a new article, and rediscover Philadelphia
from a Japanese perspective!
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Tuesday, 20 February 2007 |
Ernest Fenollosa (1853 - 1908) introduced the wonders of Japanese traditional art to America and the world over one hundred years ago, and is known as "the father of Japanese art." Over one hundred works of Japanese art which he treasured are in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Monday, 12 February 2007 |
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Internationally acclaimed Nihon-ga painter, Hiroshi Senju, one of Japan’s most
revered contemporary artists, has completed twenty full-scale murals for the
Japanese House and Garden, Shofuso, in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The murals
will be installed on paper sliding doors (fusuma) and a centerpiece alcove
(tokonoma) wall in the interior of the house and will replace the original ones
destroyed by vandals in the 1970s. These new murals – to be installed in April
2007 – will make the Japanese House the first and only place in in the United
States to house such a unique and traditional Japanese art
installation.
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Tuesday, 06 February 2007 |
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Konnichiwa, Philadelphia. Did you know that the very first gift the US presented to Japan was also the very first train ride in the Far East? In the middle of the nineteenth century, two of the leading manufacturers of steam locomotives in the US were located in Philadelphia, on Spring Garden Street on either side of the Sixteenth Street. The properties of Richard Norris and Company and the Baldwin Locomotive Works extended several blocks south.
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Tuesday, 30 January 2007 |
Did you know that the famous flagship which opened Japan's ports to the outside world and ended her period of isolationism was built right here in Philadelphia? The newest U.S. Navy warship, Mississippi, was launched into the Delaware River under the watchful eyes of Commodore Matthew C. Perry in January of 1842. As the Navy's most technologically experienced officer, Perry worked closely with the legendary naval constructors, Samuel Humphries and John Lenthall of Philadelphia. Built at the Philadelphia Navy Shipyard (then located in the Southwark section of the city at the foot of Federal Street), Mississippi was designated as the nation's first "sea steamer."
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Monday, 22 January 2007 |
In 1841, eight years before Perry's ships entered Uraga Bay near Edo, a fourteen year-old boy and four companions were picked up after a shipwreck on a small island south of Japan. The rescue ship was the John Howland, an American whaling schooner under the command of Captain William H. Whitfield. The boy's name was Manjiro, and he was given the English name John Mung by the ships' crew. While his four companions stayed in Hawai'i when the ship entered port there, Manjiro opted to work on the whaling schooner, and after its return to New Bedford, Massachusetts, Manjiro was taken to live in the home of Captain Whitfield near Fairhaven. Manjiro lived in the United States for approximately ten years, spending part of the time in school, and part of the time at sea.
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