Video Recording collection - The Japan Foundation

Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library
Video catalogue (VHS, DVD) – Indexed by call number
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Call Number: 728 NHK
Title: Shodō [videorecording] = Calligraphy / [produced by NHK
International].| 書 道 [videorecording] = Calligraphy / [produced by
NHK International].|
Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, c1998.
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (20 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in .
Video Recording
System requirements:DVD (NTSC).
Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles.
Summary: "Traditional Japanese calligraphy is the art of writing
characters on white paper with a brush dipped in black ink. The
completed work can be regarded as both art and writing." -- from 300 TV
programmes on Japan.
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for loan. Licensed for public
screening at JF-Sydney
Call Number: 732.1 MUN
Title: Shiko Munakata : master of the wood-block print : Horu,
Munakata Shikō no sekai [videorecording] / produced by Mainichi
Film Productions.|Shiko Munakata : master of the woodblock print =
彫 る・ 棟 方 志 功 の 世 界 [videorecording] / produced by Mainichi
Film Productions.|
Publisher: [Tokyo] : Japan Foundation, 1975
Physical description: 1 videocassette (32 min., VHS-PAL) :sd., col. ;1/2
in. Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack chiefly in English.
Summary: Shiko Munakata (1903-1975) was the greatest woodcut artist
of modern Japan. Blind in one eye, he won recognition world-wide for
the range and vitality, the profound religious sensibility, of his work. Film
was made in the last years of his life, presenting not only his work but a
unique portrait of the artist himself, his energy and humor, his faith, the
intimate relation between his art and his birthplace in Northern Japan.
Shown in detail are: "Japan so ancient and beautiful", "The ten disciples
of Buddha" and "Women tranported by joy" (Grand Prix, São Paulo
Biennial, 1955), "Chronicles of the miseries of Tohoku". Final scene
shows Munakata returning to Aomori for the annual Nebuta festival, the
color and energy of which had inspired his own style.
Title: The lineage of technology [videorecording] : in search of 'Japan
originals' / produced by BS Asahi, TDK.
Edition: [English ed.]
Publisher: [Tokyo] : TDK, c2005.
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (DVD, NTSC) (ca. 180 min.) :sd.,
col. ;4 3/4 in. Video Recording
System requirements:VHS (NTSC).
Language: Soundtrack in English except for dialogues by Japanese
speakers. English subtitles on Japanese dialogues.
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for loan. Licensed for public
screening at JF-Sydney.
Call Number: 750.21 JAP 6
Title: Japanese Arts and Crafts = Nihon no Dento Kogei (Japan
Today ; 6) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : Intervoice 1984
Physical description: 60 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Summary: This volume introduces Japanese traditional arts and crafts.
The focuses on craftsmanship.
Call Number: 750.21 KAI N-24
Title: Nihongo Gakushu Video: Seikatsu - Nihon no Dento bi
[videorecording]
Publisher: 1980s
Physical description: 20 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Call Number: 750.21 NHK
Title: Tokyo's traditional skills = Ima ni nokoru dento no waza (NHK
International video library ; Japanese lifestyle today = Nihonjin no
kurashi ; 5) [videorecording]
Publisher: Tokyo : NHK International
Physical description: 20min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Restriction & Screening notes: Not for Loan. Licensed for public
screening at JF-Sydney
Call Number: 733 TOM
Title: Tomihari Woodblock Exhibition [videorecording]
Publisher: North Sydney, NSW : The Japan Foundation, Japan Cultural
Centre 199-
Physical description: 47 min Video Recording
System requirements:VHS (NTSC).
Language: Soundtrack chiefly in English with some Japanese.
Summary: Video recording with still cose-up shots of prints in Tomihari
exhibition at the Japan Foundation Gallery. Followed by a recording of a
seminar given by the artist, includes explanation of the different stages in
the print making prrocess with deomonstration.
Call Number: 750.21 SBS
Title: Craft Japan [videorecording]
Publisher: Loganholme D. C. : Marcom Projects
Physical description: 55 min Video Recording
System requirements: VHS [PAL]
Language: Soundtrack in English.
Summary: "This video introduced the major crafts in Japan which are
lacquer, fabric weaving and puppet making (mechanic dolls). The fabric
weaving is especially interesting as it takes viewers throgh the dying of
skill thread and the use of natural dyesm a method widely used in Japan".
-- FROM CONTAINER.
Call Number: 733 TOM
Title: Wood block Prints [videorecording]
Publisher: North Sydney, NSW : The Japan Foundation, Japan Cultural
Centre 199-
Physical description: 2 min Video Recording
System requirements:VHS (NTSC).
Language: Soundtrack chiefly in English.
Summary: A very brief introduction to the art of ukiyo-e, with a
workshop by wood block artist Hisroshi Tomohari.
Call Number: 750 TDK E
Call Number: 751.1 NHK 6
Title: Chatō, tenohira no naka no uchū [videorecording] = The
cosmos in the hand / [produced by NHK International].| 茶 陶 ・ 手 の
ひらの 中 のなかの 宇 宙 [videorecording] = The cosmos in the hand /
[produced by NHK International].|
Publisher: [Tokyo] : NHK International, [200-].
Physical description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (45 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4 in.
Video Recording
System requirements:DVD (NTSC).
Language: Soundtrack in Japanese with English subtitles.
Summary: "The word of chawan, the earthware cups used in the Japanese
tea ceremony, is complex and profound. Chawan are irregularly shaped
and feature surfaces with subtly shifting colouration. This programme
33 1-Apr-09