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Exercise: Once upon a time

For some time I researched different folk tails and fairy stories as I didn’t want to do a tale that was very common especially in English story telling. I came across the story of ‘The Boy Who Drew Cats’ ( 猫を描いた少年). 

The story

The Japanese tale was about a boy who does nothing but draw cats. Sent away by his farming family to a temple to learn from a priest  he continues to draw only cats. The priest tells the boy that he will not be a priest but on day may become a successful artist. The boy is asked to leave and given the advice ‘Avoid large places at night - Keep to the small’.

The boy decides he won't return home and seeks shelter in another large temple which unbeknownst to the boy was abandoned after an attack from a large rat goblin. Walking around the empty temple he decides to draw cats on the walls. Remembering the priest’s advice when night falls finds a cupboard to sleep in. Through the night he hears loud screeching.       

When he wakes and leaves the cupboard he sees the rat goblin dead on the floor and his cat illustrations mouths filled with blood. The people of the town rejoice that the rat goblin has been killed and the boy becomes a successful artist as the priest had told. 

Re-tellings in English

I accessed a scanned copy of  a translation of the story by Lafcadio Hearn circa 1898. I also read a more modern retelling by Aaron Shepherd from 1998. Both these versions helped me get a good understanding of the story.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-49f8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99/book#page/1/mode/2up

http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/045.html

My partner, who is a creative writing student, kindly rewrote the story for me so that it was clear and flowed well. 

Approaching the story

I felt the story could be broken down into key areas.

Setting

Farm

Temple

Large Temple

Cupboard (possibly?)

Characters

Boy

Family

Preist 

Rat Goblin

I really wanted my illustrations to flow with the text, like many modern children books, not simply the text on one page and the illustration on the other. I wanted to use Japanese stylised elements to tie the setting of the story to the illustration. I researched Japanese architecture, pattern design and drawing motifs which helped influence my illustrations. (All are referenced at the end of this post) I asked my friends to send me photos of their cats for drawing reference. 

Cat reference

Illustrations from ‘Treasury of Japanese Designs and Motifs’

Sketches and drawings

I really like rats, my first rat was too cute and I had to rethink the body shape to make him seem more scary. 

Completed Story

I wanted the text and illustration to work together and enhance the rhythm of the reader. 

I played with the text size to emphasis key points.

By exploiting the reading direction of left to right up to down, I staggered the text and illustration to cause the reader to explore the whole page. It also slows the reading speed and adds a pause between each point as the reader processes the illustration. 

Although not strictly an illustration I couldn’t help but include this page. I wanted to convey the protagonists emotion by having no illustration, lots of negative space and the text central.  

I chose not to depict the ‘fight’ to leave the reader to fill in the gaps in the story. It is a key part of the development of language and reasoning (blooms taxonomy)  for children to be able to use the visual clues and written text to deduce what has happened within the narrative. I wanted to use this as a discussion point between young readers and their adult support. This is a strategy used in many chickens books, This is not my hat, Jon Klassen being the most recent that I have read. 

I feel my illustrations interact with the text well, adding to the story but also having their own breathing space. Overall I think the exercise has been very successful and the protagonist is engaging and likeable.  

References

2020. Farmer Clothing. [image] Available at: <https://realjapanesegardens.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/for-wordpress-post-11.jpg> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

2020. Japanese Scribe. [image] Available at: <https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/illustration/japanese-scribe-royalty-free-illustration/482658975?language=fr> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

2020. Shinto Priest. [image] Available at: <https://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/bts/bts_s.html> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

2020. Tall Temple. [image] Available at: <https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/after-1428-years-heres-what-brought-down-the-worlds-oldest-business-18654/> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

2020. Temple. [image] Available at: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Hall_(Japanese_Buddhism)#/media/File:Tōdai-ji_Kon-dō.jpg> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

2020. Traditional Clothing. [image] Available at: <https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/Stock-Images/Rights-Managed/IBR-2353348> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

2020. Traditional Farm House. [image] Available at: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minka#/media/File:Shirakawago_Japanese_Old_Village_001.jpg> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

2020. Traditional Peasant Clothing. [image] Available at: <http://nariyuki-circus.com/kikaku/5323/> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

Duende by Madam ZoZo. 2020. Decoding The Meaning Of Wagara - Traditional Japanese Patterns. [online] Available at: <https://duendebymadamzozo.com/traditional-japanese-patterns/> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "The boy who drew cats" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 7, 2020. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-49f8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Grafton, C., 1983. Treasury Of Japanese Designs And Motifs For Artists And Craftsmen. New York: Dover.

Historyinphotos.blogspot.com. 2020. Vintage Japan. [online] Available at: <http://historyinphotos.blogspot.com/2014/01/vintage-japan.html> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

Japan-guide.com. 2020. Kyoto Travel: Tenryuji Temple. [online] Available at: <https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3913.html> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

Klassen, J., 2012. This Is Not My Hat. Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press.

Kiriko Made. 2020. 和柄 : Japanese Patterns - Part 1. [online] Available at: <https://kirikomade.com/blogs/our-fabrics/japanese-patterns-1> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

Manila Bulletin News. 2020. With Sake And Shinto Rites, Japanese See In New Era. [online] Available at: <https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/05/01/with-sake-and-shinto-rites-japanese-see-in-new-era/> [Accessed 6 April 2020].

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IJCC (Ije Baby Chopping Centre) Season 1 Episode 1 – 13 (Complete)

IJCC (Ije Baby Chopping Centre) Season 1 Episode 1 – 13 (Complete)

A tired mother entrusts her errant son to a strict aunt who refuses to spare the rod on a holiday visit to Nigeria. Star: Ada Ameh, Blessing Jessica Obasi, Chioma Nwosu, Chidubem Osungade, Michael Onabanjo, Adeyela Adebola, Edet Anthony Offiong VIDEO INFORMATION Filename: Ijcc.S01.480p.mkvFilesize: 406.70 MB – 471.52 MBDuration: 30 MinsSubtitle: English Watch Trailer Below DOWNLOAD EPISODE 1…

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SOA Maturity Assessment Model

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Joukhadar, G., & Rabhi, F. (2015). SOA Governance – Road into Maturity, (Weir 2013), 1–9.

Pulparambil, S., & Baghdadi, Y. (2016). A comparison framework for SOA maturity models. Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communic, 1102–1107. http://doi.org/10.1109/SmartCity.2015.216

Lengers, R., & Herman, R. (2009). SOA Maturity Assessment – Guiding the SOA Roadmap, (July). Retrieved from http://www.tmns.com/

The Open Group. (2009). The Open Group Service Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM) Technical Standard.

Kreger, H. (2009). IBM Advantage for Service Maturity Model Standards, (August), 1–19.

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MODERNISATION - WHO’S IN CHARGE?

Because modernisation is very current in 2017, I have attempted to research into modernization and find out who is in charge and how trends occur. This is because of the results i have found from my survey of young religious women changing the way they dress to fit in with society but still respecting the clothing rules of modest clothing.

http://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/cimac/hirai.html

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Reputational Risk, Main Risk Associated with Online Social Media

Reputational Risk, Main Risk Associated with Online Social Media

IJCC, Volume XXXIV No. 2 July-Dec.,2015 ISSN 09704345

Sandeep Mittal, I.P.S.,*

  The Indian Journal of Criminology & Criminalistics, Volume 35 (2) July – Dec. 2015

Abstract

Social media is undoubtedly a revolution in the business arena blessing the organizations with the power to connect to their consumers directly. However, as the saying goes nothing comes without a cost; there is cost involved…

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Ireland Japan Chamber of Commerce (IJCC), Irish Network Japan (INJ), and the Embassy of Ireland, Japan join forces for I Love Ireland Festival

LONDON, March 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ireland Japan Chamber of Commerce (IJCC), Irish Network Japan  (INJ), and the Embassy of Ireland, Japan are co-operating to run Asia's largest St. Patricks Day event in Tokyo during 18-19 March 2017. It will be the first-ever 2 day event, and over 100,000 people are expected to join the I Love Ireland Festival at Yoyogi Park. The 1,500+ strong St. Patrick's Day Parade that runs along the zelkova tree-lined avenue "Omotesando"  - sometimes referred to as "Tokyo's Champs-Élysees" - is Japan's biggest parade, one of 14 parades in Japan planned this year. The Tokyo parade, organised by the Irish network japan (INJ.or.jp) starts at 1pm on Sunday the 19 March, and it will also feature a number of attractions and musical performances.

Ireland's Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr. Paschal Donohoe T.D. and Ambassador Anne Barrington will both be present to lead the series of events in Tokyo. Leaders of the IJCC and INJ, Miss World Japan Priyanka Yoshikawa and Miss World Ireland Niamh Kennedy will be present. The Japan Women's National Rugby Union Team, top Irish designer Paul Costelloe, the Irish Ambassador and many others will lead the parade and join associated celebrations and events, which includes The Emerald Ball, to be held at The Tokyo American Club on the evening of Sat 18 March.

This year, The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Emigrant Support Programme, IJCC, Toyoko-Inn, SMBC, Kirin, H.I.S, Turkish Airlines, The Ireland Funds, and many others have come together to sponsor and support the I Love Ireland Festival 2017, in a lead-up to the scheduled 2019 Rugby World Cup here in Tokyo, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. La Ditta Limited (Tokyo/Singapore) has been appointed event organiser and sole agent for the I Love Ireland Festival 2017 through 2020, in view of further collaborating with all parties to bring the additional themes of "sports-rugby" and "eco" to the most important series of events in the Irish calendar in Japan.

Ambassador Barrington said: "The Embassy of Ireland in Japan is delighted to support the I Love Ireland Festival, and we also look forward to celebrating the 25th year of the Tokyo St. Patrick's Day parade. The festival is Japan's largest celebration of Irish culture, and 2017 promises to be the best year yet. In 2017, we also celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Japan, and this event will further invigorate the strong links between our two island nations. I look forward to welcoming thousands of Japanese citizens to Omotesando and Yoyogi Park."

One of the first time sponsors mentioned "The Ireland Funds is delighted to support this year's I Love Ireland Festival," said Kieran McLoughlin, Worldwide President & CEO of The Ireland Funds. "The deep and historic connections between Ireland and Japan are celebrated not just on St. Patrick's Day but all year long through social, economic and cultural exchanges. In keeping with The Ireland Funds' mission to support community development and cultural opportunities across Ireland and in Irish communities around the world, we are pleased that our support can play a small role in the Festival's growth."

For the first time, we will be recording the entire event with Virtual Reality & 360 video (arranged by The East Times, LLC, founded by Koichi Nakano and Ayumi Ando), the first time that an entire St. Patrick's Day event will be recorded in this format.

For more information, please contact: Harry Hakuei Kosato / La Ditta Limited hpc@laditta.jp +819039631674

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