November/December 2024
The Japan Netherlands Society (JNS) holds the 70th Anniversary Photo Exhibition. Hans Brinckmann's space will be designated at the exhibition venue, with 6 framed photos from the National Museum of Japanese History which stores the valuable Showa era photographs taken by Brinckmann and his friend Ysbrand Rogge.
■ Period: December 13 (Friday) - December 26 (Thursday), 2024
■ Location: FUJIFILM PHOTO SALON, Space 3 (in Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi)
See this site for the opening hours and access
https://fujifilmsquare.jp/en/guide/access.html
The Japanese literary magazine Atlas has been publishing - in every half-yearly issue since July 2014 - Hiromi Mizoguchi's translation of Brinckmann's essays. Its July 2024 issue No.50 featured "The important things I discovered in Japan." This is the introductory concept of Brinckmann's life-long belief in how to adapt one's inner balance to ever-moving conditions.
In mid-December, 5 of Brinckmann's essays from the Atlas will be published in Japanese as a book. Hiromi Mizoguchi is the translator and Nishida Shoten is the publisher. The Japanese title is "Monkey dance yokocho no shonen - Oranda jin ga kataru Senso, Yujo, Showa no hitobito" - "The boy from the Monkey Dance - Tales of War, Friendship and People of the Showa era as told by a Dutchman."
