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 CULTURAL CLASSES

Cultural classes focus on getting skills in Japanese arts.
There are Japanese and Romanian instructors ready to offer you the best they know.

Shodou – Japanese Calligraphy
Shodo for Intermediate students
Instructor: Mr.Akio OKUBO


The Goal of the year, 2009: We would like to study a variety of brush working by following the good samples like famous historical writers in China and Japan. Through these working you are able to form your basic knowledge to write beautiful or artistic letters. If you have a chance to look into the syllabus of our class, it relates precise contents of all lessons of 2008. Every Lesson is cohesive to each other to refine your Shodo to the goal of the Year.
The course is designed to study how to write and work brush. And the instructor is focusing on getting technique necessary enough to write Johuku, big size paper.
Printed style, Semi cursive style, Reisho of ancient Han Dinasty Age, and running hand style by following after historically authentic calligraphers. Also, Japanese Hiragana, and Katakana writing in order to make a pretty sign of own name. Finally, as a yearly goal you will enjoy special writing refined calligraphy on JOHUKU, which is specially big sized for Kakejiku, Japanese hanging roll of Shodo work..
Shodo for Beginners
Instructor: Mr. Akio OKUBO
At this class, students study how to hold brush pen, how to move  brush, and then start writing HIRAGANA and Katakana, that is, JAPANESE phonetic letters as alphabet in Occidental languages.
Then they will study the important writing order in Japanese enjoying this writing methods and getting familiar with Japanese letters. Next, starting with easy Kanji upto writing some poetic sentence mixed Kanji and Hiragana. And enjoy fantasy of Shodo writing as our goal of this class. Let’s experience Brush calligraphy for fun with the instructor together.
Manga – Comics

Manga is a very popular Japanese art form known all over the world.
Young people from Brasov interested in Manga took part in a course during 2003 and 2004, held by Mihai MARCU and Cristian DARSTAR - two pupils of the Art High-School at that time.
They had the support of manga.ro group, which promotes this trend and gathered their works and other Romanian Manga fans’ ones in 2 volumes. Manga lessons have been interrupted for a period of time as the instructors are now students in Timisoara.

Under the guidance of other talented teenagers: Adela CALIN, Oana BLANARU, Iulia BICA and Aditsu, the Manga classes have restarted.These classe are held twice a week on Monday and on Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.  
We invite all those interested to join this course. We also recommend you to consult the offer of the Manga books of our library and to access the site www.manga.ro

E-tegami- The Art of painting cards


Japanese people love sending hand painted cards to their friends and loved ones alongside cutting-edge communication techniques, Internet.
E-tegami workshop was held for a while by Ms. Daniela MOISE- Romanian instructor, who had learnt how to make Etegami under her master, Kazuko IMAI in Musashino city, and it is continued by Mrs. Georgiana Baraboi instructed by the same sensei.

The workshop participants can send their cards to the E-tegami club in Musashino- Japan, guided by Mrs. K.Imai.
 E-tegami is available on designated days that we shall announce. People interested in are welcomed to contact us for further information.

Kitsuke- The Art of Putting on Kimonos
 Instructor: Mrs. Georgiana BARABOI
The kimono is a symbol of Japanese culture, and also one of the most refined national dress throughout the world.
Twice a year, the course, Kitsuke class is held. This class is meant to give basic knowledge about the history of the kimono, types of kimono, as well as the way of dressing, wearing and keeping a kimono.
This class is due to the professional knowledge passed down the Japanese master, Mrs. S.YAMAZAKI to Romanian Instructor. Mrs. S. YAMAZAKI, a specialist in the field directly taught Mrs. BARABOI.  Also, owing to Mrs. YAMAZAKI and many other Musashino citizens,
Musashino Association is now keeping an important collection of kimonos and accessories.
Cha no yu - Tea ceremony course

Instructor: Mr. Alexandru CRISTEA

 "Better to be deprived of food for three days than of tea for one day" says a proverb.

A few decades of research on the effect of the green tea on human health could be a stimulus to drink green tea in order to keep our body healthy, young and beauty.

We invite you to experience and get the benefits of the green tea during our classes of Tea Ceremony. You will learn the ritual of Tea Ceremony according to the Ura Senke school.

Procedure of the host: how to arrange the tea room, the cakes on the tray, how to make and serve the tea etc.

Procedure of the guest: how to enter the tea room, how to greet, how to synchronize the movements with other guests etc.

The class is held on Saturday from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

 For your reference, Autumn Session is as follows:

1 December 5 2009    
       
       
       

Please note that some dates could be changed. For further information contact our organization.

Asociaţia Musashino Japonia

str. Olteţ Nr.11,500152

Braşov, România


Program: Mon-Fri 13:00-19:00

Tel/Fax: 0268-471 810

E-mail: jimusho[at]musashino.ro