INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-- Tehran and the main Iranian city of Kashan will be playing host to a month-long Japanese cultural festival entitled Japan Culture
The Embassy of Japan will arrange the celebration, which is scheduled to open in Tehran on September 19, with contributions from the Japan
Foundation, University of Tehran and a number of other Iranian cultural centers, the embassy announced on Monday.The celebration will go on
with a workshop on the history and culture of Kimono Kumejima Tsumugi , which will be held the next day at the Aseman Art and Culture
Center.The embassy plans to welcome three specialists from Okinawa island to Iran to provide lectures on the history and culture of the
Kumejima Tsumugi provides historical proof that Japan has actually been trading with China and Southeast Asia given that the 14th
century.Kumejima-tsumugi is the Japanese craft of silk fabric practiced in Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture
It is the oldest type of tsumugi in Japan, out of the roughly two hundred types of tsumugi, and is the earliest kasuri fabric
It is recognized as one of the important intangible cultural properties of Japan.Silk production has actually been practiced in Kumejima
because the 15th century, after a regional, having studied sericulture in Ming Dynasty China, sent the methods
Mulberry plants, the primary foods of silkworms, is stated to grow particularly well on the island.By the 17th century, kumejima-tsumugi
formed part of the homage paid to the Ryukyu Kings, and it was transferred to Edo via the Satsuma Domain.An exhibit of the kumejima-tsumugi
robe collection and the images of Okinawas stunning landscape will be arranged on the sidelines of the seminar.The Aseman center will host
part among a Japanese film celebration, however, there was no film lineup listed in the embassy announcement.The 2nd and 3rd parts of the
film celebration will be held at the Embassy of Japan on September 26, and the fourth part will be arranged on October 3 at the Molavi Hall
at the University of Tehran.A manga exhibit is another part of the Japan Culture Month, the first part of which will be held at the Embassy
of Japan on September 28 and 29
Manga are comics or graphic novels stemming from Japan
A lot of manga comply with a design established in Japan in the late 19th century, and the type has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese
The term manga is used in Japan to describe both comics and cartooning
Outside of Japan, the word is usually utilized to describe comics initially released in the country.The Japan Culture celebration will
conclude with a 2nd part of the manga exhibition, which will be held on October 8 and 19 at Kashan University.Photo: A poster for the Japan
