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The Hakutaku Convention
July 2nd - 6th, 2009
- Celebrate the holiday by making new friends
and renewing old acquaintances as we convene our biennial meeting to view,
study, buy and sell this unique form of Japanese art
- The society returns to The Big Apple after
an absence of almost 15 years. If it's done, you can do it in New
York; if it's made, you will find it in New York;
 if you can make it there,
you can make it anywhere . . . New York, New York . . .
- The luxurious five-diamond, recently
renovated New York Palace Hotel is the site for the Convention.
Conveniently situated in the heart of mid-town Manhattan at 50th Street and
Madison Avenue, the hotel is a short walk from New York's Broadway theaters,
Central Park, the business districts and the finest in designer shopping.
- The Society has been able to secure for our
members a guaranteed rate of $300 per night* at the New York Palace Hotel
(less than half the standard rate). Call 1-800-NY-PALACE
(1-800-697-2522) and mention the International Netsuke Convention when
making your reservation.
Your Registration will include:
- Opening Evening Reception at Bonham's beautiful new Madison Avenu
Galleries and Auction House, just a short walk from the Palace Hotel
- Evening Reception and Member's Auction Preview at Christie's Auction
House in Rockefeller Center, followed by the Member's Auction under the
auspices of Christies
- Fourth of July Evening Double-Decker Bus Tour of Manhattan culminating
in the viewing of one of New York's spectacular display of Independence Day
fireworks
- Contemporary Carvers' Evening Reception - sponsored by Kokoro
Japanese Art Advisors - awarding the Society's newest honor, the
Bronze Hakutaku to one of our greatest contemporary carvers, Ryushi
- Big Apple style final Banquet in the ballroom of the Five Diamond Palace
Hotel
- And yes, there will be Lectures every day given by some of the most
well-known authorities on netsuke such as Neil Davey, Max Rutherston and
Robert Fleischel to name just a few; AND by some of the most important
authorities on Japanese art such as Dr. Sebastian Izzard, Allison Tolman,
President, Japanese Art Society of America, Joe Earle, VP and Director,
Japan Society, and Dr. Matthew McKelway, Atsumi Associate Professor of
Japanese Art History at Columbia University.
- Novel and plentiful workshops by qualified and interesting speakers to
follow the lectures
- With your participation and support, there will be an Exhibition at the
Hotel of Members' Netsuke carved by our Honoree, Ryushi
and lots, lots more . . . Plus there is NEW YORK CITY!
 Hakutaku
[hah'-koo-tah'-koo], 白澤 noun.
A mythological, spiritual animal of Chinese origin (pi-hsieh) related to
the kirin, having the head of a shishi, one or two horns, a
bushy tail, a foreleg with a lion's claw (rather than a kirin's hoof),
and celestial flames surrounding but not consuming its body. The
hakutaku, an advisor to emperors, can speak. Ryoko Yojin-shu believed it had the ability to ward
off evil during a journey (Precautions for Travelers, 1810). In the
Kumozui Taisei, it is said that the hakutaku devours all evil.
| Convention Chair |
Convention Vice Chair |
Convention Vice Chair |
| Michael J. Strone Esq. |
Sachi Wagner |
Marsha Vargas |
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