CHINA-CHONGQING-FRENCH ARTIST-LACQUER ART (CN)

CHINA-CHONGQING-FRENCH ARTIST-LACQUER ART (CN)

(230531) -- CHONGQING, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Vincent Cazeneuve plays the shakuhachi flute at his studio in Songbai Village of Beiping Town, Chengkou County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, May 29, 2023. Vincent Cazeneuve's studio, a two-story wooden house surrounded by lacquer trees, is located deep in the Daba Mountains in Beiping Town of Chengkou County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. Fascinated by lacquer art, the French artist came to China 15 years ago with the aim of finding the suitable species of lacquer tree to make lacquer artworks. He had visited many places in China, and finally settled down in Chengkou County of Chongqing where the species of high yield and superior quality of lacquer trees grow. In recent years, Chengkou County has promoted the development of lacquer tree plantation, attracting more and more people like Vincent to do lacquer art research and creation here. To make his works more diversified and attractive, Vincent has creatively integrated the t

E. Asia culture city event in S. Korea

E. Asia culture city event in S. Korea

GWANGJU, South Korea - Takuya Iwata (L) and Erina Ito play the traditional Japanese "shakuhachi" flute and "koto" harp at an opening event of the Culture City of East Asia 2014, Gwangju, in the South Korean city of Gwangju on March 18, 2014. Based on an agreement reached at a Japan-China-S. Korea cultural ministerial meeting, the Culture City of East Asia project aims to deepen mutual understanding in the region through art and culture.

Japanese instruments at Italy's Ravello Festival

Japanese instruments at Italy's Ravello Festival

RAVELLO, Italy - Japanese ''shakuhachi'' flutist Reishu Suzuki (R) performs with other traditional instrumentalists including ''koto'' harpists (1st and 2nd from L) at the Ravello Festival, an outdoor concert in southern Italy on July 3, 2010. Performers from northeastern Japan received roars of ''bravo'' from the local audience at the annual summer festival.

Shakuhachi player Shimabara dies at 100

Shakuhachi player Shimabara dies at 100

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken in March 1982 shows Hanzan Shimabara, a revered shakuhachi (bamboo flute) player, who died of pneumonia Dec. 16 at a Hiroshima hospital, aged 100. Shimabara, whose real name was Shigezo Shimabara, was from the city of Hiroshima and designated a ''living national treasure'' in 1982.

Shakuhachi player Shimabara dies at 100

Shakuhachi player Shimabara dies at 100

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken in March 1982 shows Hanzan Shimabara, a revered shakuhachi (bamboo flute) player, who died of pneumonia Dec. 16 at a Hiroshima hospital, aged 100. Shimabara, whose real name was Shigezo Shimabara, was from the city of Hiroshima and designated a ''living national treasure'' in 1982.

Japanese instruments at Italy's Ravello Festival

Japanese instruments at Italy's Ravello Festival

RAVELLO, Italy - Japanese ''shakuhachi'' flutist Reishu Suzuki (R) performs with other traditional instrumentalists including ''koto'' harpists (1st and 2nd from L) at the Ravello Festival, an outdoor concert in southern Italy on July 3, 2010. Performers from northeastern Japan received roars of ''bravo'' from the local audience at the annual summer festival. (Kyodo)

Strolling flute players

Strolling flute players

Three komuso play the shakuhachi (Japanese recorder). Komuso originally means beggar monks, and they wore braided bamboo hats deeply over their heads, and had a surplice over their breast, playing the shakuhachi to travel all over Japan and calling at the gates for donations.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number44‐19‐0]

Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

Buddhist priests play shakuhachi in Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2018, to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 2011 earthquake. The earthquake and tsunami left more than 18,000 people dead or missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

Buddhist priests play shakuhachi in Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2018, to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 2011 earthquake. The earthquake and tsunami left more than 18,000 people dead or missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

Japan commemorates 2011 quake victims

Buddhist priests play shakuhachi in Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2018, to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 2011 earthquake. The earthquake and tsunami left more than 18,000 people dead or missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo