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The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities at UCLA partners with artists, designers, authors, and more to create special items—artworks, publications, and so on—that we offer as gifts to those who make tax-deductible donations in support of our mission. We hope you will consider making a donation, and look forward to sending you a gift in return. If you have questions about any of the items on this page, please write to us at yanai.initiative@humnet.ucla.edu




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BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration
Edited by Michael Emmerich and Erkki Huhtamo
Published in 2022 by the Yanai Initiative and the Japanese American National Museum

This beautifully produced volume was published on the occasion of Masaki Fujihata’s exhibition BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, co-presented by the Yanai Initiative and the Japanese American National Museum from May 7 to October 9, 2022. Each of its contributions engages in its own way with the history of the incarceration and its representation in photographs and exhibitions; with the exhibition BeHere / 1942 itself; and with the career of pioneering media artist Masaki Fujihata. Contributors include Emily Anderson, Anne-Marie Duguet, Michael Emmerich, Masaki Fujihata, Clement Hanami, Erkki Huhtamo, Brian Niiya and Karen Umemoto, and Karen Tei Yamashita.

$38 ($8 is tax-deductible)

The Yanai Initiative Japanese Performing Arts Program — UNSIGNED
A poster by Asaba Katsumi (born 1940)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$150 ($50 is tax-deductible)

The Yanai Initiative Japanese Performing Arts Program —SIGNED
A poster by Asaba Katsumi (born 1940)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$600 ($100 is tax-deductible)

Noh—UNSIGNED
A poster by Hara Kenya (born 1958)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$150 ($50 is tax-deductible)

Noh—SIGNED
Hara Kenya (born 1958)
A poster Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$600 ($100 is tax-deductible)

Noh—UNSIGNED
A poster Hattori Kazunari (born 1964)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$150 ($50 is tax-deductible)

Noh—SIGNED
A poster by Hattori Kazunari (born 1964)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$600 ($100 is tax-deductible)

Kyogen—UNSIGNED
A poster by Igarashi Takenobu (born 1944)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$150 ($50 is tax-deductible)
Kyogen—SIGNED
A poster by Igarashi Takenobu (born 1944)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$600 ($100 is tax-deductible)

Gagaku—UNSIGNED
A poster by Kamijo Takahisa (born 1940)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$150 ($50 is tax-deductible)
Gagaku—SIGNED
A poster by Kamijo Takahisa (born 1940)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$600 ($100 is tax-deductible)

Tsugaru-jamisen—UNSIGNED
A poster by Kasai Kaoru (born 1949)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$150 ($50 is tax-deductible)

Tsugaru-jamisen—SIGNED
A poster by Kasai Kaoru (born 1949)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$600 ($100 is tax-deductible)

Noh—UNSIGNED
A poster by Katsui Mitsuo (1931-2019)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$150 ($50 is tax-deductible)



Noh—SIGNED
A poster by Katsui Mitsuo (1931-2019)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$600 ($100 is tax-deductible)



Kyogen—UNSIGNED
A poster by Nagai Kazumasa (born 1929)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$150 ($50 is tax-deductible)

Kyogen—SIGNED
A poster by Nagai Kazumasa (born 1929)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$600 ($100 is tax-deductible)

Odaiko—UNSIGNED
A poster by Nagatomo Keisuke (1939–2017)
and Kuroda Seitaro (born 1939)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$150 ($50 is tax-deductible)

Odaiko—SIGNED
A poster by Nagatomo Keisuke (1939–2017)
and Kuroda Seitaro (born 1939)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$600 ($100 is tax-deductible)

Noh—UNSIGNED
A poster by Nakajo Masayoshi (1933–2021)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$150 ($50 is tax-deductible)

Noh—SIGNED
A poster by Nakajo Masayoshi (1933–2021)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$600 ($100 is tax-deductible)

Kyogen—UNSIGNED
A poster by Sato Taku (born 1955)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$150 ($50 is tax-deductible)



Kyogen—SIGNED
A poster by Sato Taku (born 1955)
Offset lithograph, 2017
33 x 47 inches
$600 ($100 is tax-deductible)

The World of the Benshi
EDITED BY MICHAEL EMMERICH & DAISUKE MIYAO
Published by the Yanai Initiative in conjunction with The Art of the Benshi world tour.

This lavishly produced book explores topics ranging from benshi stardom and the history of benshi performance in colonial-era Korea and the United States to the transformations that took place in movie theater architecture and accompaniment music in Japan during the age of silent film. Contributors include Michael Emmerich, Daisuke Miyao, Chie Niita, Manabu Ueda, Colleen Laird, Dong Hoon Kim, Denise Khor, Johan Nordström, and Kotaro Shibata. Featuring more than 300 images from archives and private collections around the world, this beautiful, approachable volume will captivate anyone with an interest in film.

$45 ($10 is tax-deductible)

The Yugen of Elvis
Performing Noh in English A volume on English Noh and the creation of Blue Moon Over Memphis, by Deborah Brevoort. The catalog includes the complete English text with Japanese translation along with explanations of the highlights of the music, costumes, masks, and accompanying photos

$20 ($15 is tax-deductible)

A-side / B-side:
Conversation & Music A limited-edition vinyl record with liner notes from the Yanai Initiative’s Record Project. A-side / B-side features novelist Furukawa Hideo and musician Mukai Shutoku, pressed from a lacquer master cut before a live audience at Waseda University in 2022.

$50 ($40 is tax-deductible)

Niou:
When We Were Together Inhaling the Same Scent A limited-edition vinyl record from the Yanai Initiative's Record Project. Niou features writer Erika Kobayashi and olfactory artist Maki Ueda, pressed from a lacquer master cut before a live audience at Waseda University in 2023. Includes liner notes and an “oxon scent” sample.

$50 ($40 is tax-deductible)

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