{"id":211021,"date":"2025-07-14T12:42:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/?p=211021"},"modified":"2025-07-14T12:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:42:20","slug":"experience-a-night-of-japanese-art-tradition-and-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/2025\/07\/14\/experience-a-night-of-japanese-art-tradition-and-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience a Night of Japanese Art, Tradition, and Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for\u00a0YOHAKU \/ Empty Space\u00a0\u2014 a one-night-only cultural performance on\u00a0September 12, 2025, at 7:30 PM\u00a0in\u00a0Memorial Auditorium\u00a0at\u00a0Montclair State University. This captivating event showcases a dynamic fusion of traditional and contemporary Japanese arts, including\u00a0Kyogen\u00a0comedy by renowned actor\u00a0Nomura Matasaburo, live calligraphy by acclaimed artist\u00a0Hiroko Watanabe, and contemporary dance by\u00a0Yukari Yaku.\u00a0\u00a0Also included in the program is\u00a0music by\u00a0Hozan Nomura\u00a0and\u00a0Seiko Hirata,\u00a0with\u00a0visual art by\u00a0Mariko Sugito.<\/p>\n<p>The evening features\u00a0a screening of<em>\u00a0BONJI<\/em>, an award-winning short film by\u00a0Naoko Ukibe, inspired by a ghost story from\u00a0Lafcadio Hearn\u00a0and featuring Butoh dance and the haunting sound of the\u00a0Biwa.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss this unforgettable celebration of Japanese culture, live on stage and on screen.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a free performance.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YOHAKU\/Empty Space<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":211022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","category-190_theatre-dance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211023,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211021\/revisions\/211023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}