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04Sep2025 Polyculture Lecture Dinner

Yoshihiko Amano

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Thu, 04 Sep, 2025 at 06:45 pm

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LICOT Dining&Bar

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Thu, 04 Sep, 2025 at 06:45 pm to 09:45 pm (JST)

LICOT Dining&Bar

東京都港区三田4丁目19−18, Minato, Japan

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04Sep2025 Polyculture Lecture Dinner
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* English to follow far below (sorry)

トランプショック以来、梅雨を通り越してのゲリラ豪雨、自民都議選大敗、そして最近の散発地震に揺れ動く日本列島ですが、みなさんはいかがお過ごしでしょうか。大変動が続く中、ますます我々一人一人の真実を見抜く洞察力が試されていると言えます。

さて、2001年創立の「東京多色文化の会」(通称ポリカル)ですが、年齢、言語、性別、職業、階層を超えて「異なるもの」と成長する多色文化を目指し24年間継続しています。世界の分断が進行する今ほどポリカル的理念が必要とされています。

9月のポリカルチャーのレクチャーディナーは、香道研究家の「渡辺えり代」さんをゲストに開催します。えり代さんには、貫いてきた自身のポリカル的生き方と世界観、そして香道がこれから目指す将来について熱く語って頂きます。みなさんの奮ってのご参加をお待ちしております。

● 日時: 2025年9月4日(木)18:40~21:40
● ゲストスピーカー:
渡辺えり代 氏
● 日時: 2025年9月4日(木)18:40~21:40
● ゲストスピーカー:渡辺えり代 氏
演題:世界共通の文化「お香」を現代に甦らせる ~人と人、古代と現代、西と東、天と地をつなぐ香り〜
合成香料を使った大量生産のお香の商品と違って、本物のお香は元来「薬」です。古代エジプト・古代中国・縄文時代・奈良時代・平安時代などから現代までの「お香の歴史」と日常生活における「お香の使い方」についてお伝えします。

【渡辺えり代氏 プロフィール】
・香研究会 IRI代表
・蓮心流香道家元
・日本薬科大学特命講師
・蓮心流香道の家元・香研究会 IRI (Incense Research Institute) 代表として、伝統的な香道、世界のお香の歴史、香りの薬効を統合した学際的アプローチで、20年以上におよぶ研究を重ね、上質な天然香材にこだわったオリジナルのお香の創作を通して、感性の開花・心身の健康・魂の成長のための香りの役割について探求してきた。
・代表作「熟香®︎ロータス」は、日本の蓮の花を使い、独自の発酵技術による革新性と文化的意義から海外で高い評価を得ている。
・英国Sotheby’s Institute of Artで世界の美術史、米国Lesley Universityで芸術療法を学び、修士号取得。
・ロンドン、パリ、香港、ニューヨーク、ボストン、そして50カ国以上の旅を通して得たグローバルな異文化視点が研究の基盤となっている。
・著書
"Japanese Incense Ceremony for Wellbeing: Agarwood, Sandalwood, Frankincense and Fermented Incense for Fragrant Rituals" ペーパーバック – 2023/4/2
https://amzn.asia/d/957ep4w
・ビデオ
Incense Research Institute
Youtube Video

Sacred Fragrance of Lotus in Japan for Creation of Fermented Lotus Incense
Youtube Video


● 場所: リコット(LICOT Dining&Bar)
東京都港区三田4-19-18
050-5570-7158
https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1314/A131403/13173897/
都営浅草線、京急線泉岳寺駅 A3出口より徒歩1分
JR 高輪ゲートウェイ駅 徒歩6分
● 会費: 8,000円(着席、コース料理、ワイン、ビール、ノンアル飲料等全て込)
● 予約: 「出席」クリックと簡単な「出席」コメントをお願いします。クリックするだけでは登録は成立しません。ご友人を誘われる場合はその方のフルネームを併せてお知らせください。
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● 人数: 先着20名(貸切)
● キャンセル&当日欠席: 8月28日(木)以降のキャンセルと当日欠席は全額ペナルティとなりますのでご注意ください。
● 当日緊急時連絡先: 090-2301-5633(天野携帯)

えり代さんとの出会いはもう20年くらい前になります。当時小生は長かった海外勤務から東京に帰還したばかりで、浦島太郎状態で多忙を極めていた時期でした。えり代さんも若く(いまもお若いですが)、お互い将来の夢を語りあったのを覚えています。いまは、すっかり大御所の雰囲気が漂う香道家になられました。そしてIncense Research Instituteの代表として第一線で活躍されています。20年前の出会い以来、これからも大事にしていきたい繋がりです。
えり代さんのレクチャーを起点に、「香り」の視点から激動する我々の過去・現在・未来について大いに語りあいましょう。ポリカルチャーに初参加の方も大歓迎です。奮ってご参加ください!

東京多色文化の会 
代表 天野芳彦

Since the Trump shock, Japan has been shaken by torrential rains that went beyond the rainy season, as being exemplified in the LDP's defeat in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, and recent sporadic earthquakes, etc. How are you all doing? As these upheavals continue, it makes me believe each of us is now being tested more and more for our insight into the truth.

The Tokyo Polyculture Association (commonly known as 'Policaru') was founded in 2001, and has been continuing for 24 years, aiming to create a polyculture that grows with "different beings" beyond age, language, gender, occupation, and class. Now that the world is becoming more divided, the "politiculture" philosophy is more needed than ever.

The September Polyculture lecture dinner will feature Ms. Eriyo Watanabe, Representative of Incense Research Institute as a guest speaker. Eriyo will passionately tell us about her own 'polycultural' way of life and worldview that she has adhered to, and the future that "Kodo" The Way of Incense path/practice of fragrance.

We look forward to your active participation!

● Date and time: 18:40-21:40, Thursday 4th September 2025
● Guest speaker: Ms. Eriyo Watanabe
Title: Regenerating the universal culture of incense in the modern age - Fragrances that connect people, ancient and modern, East and West, heaven and earth -
Unlike mass-produced incense products that use synthetic fragrances, real incense is originally a medicine. She will talk about the history of incense from ancient Egypt, ancient China, the Jomon period, the Nara period, and the Heian period to the present day, and how to use incense in everyday life.

[Profile of Eriyo Watanabe]
-Representative of Incense Research Institute (IRI) -Grand Master of Renshin School of Incense -Special Lecturer at Nippon Pharmaceutical University
With an interdisciplinary approach that integrates traditional incense, the history of incense around the world, and the medicinal properties of fragrance, she has conducted research for over 20 years and has explored the role of fragrance in the development of sensibility, mental and physical health, and spiritual growth through the creation of original incense made with high-quality natural aromatic materials.
・Her signature incense, “Juku-koh® Lotus," is highly regarded overseas for its innovative and cultural significance, which uses Japanese lotus flowers and is made using a unique fermentation technique.
・She studied world art history at Sotheby's Institute of Art in the UK and expressive arts therapy at Lesley University in the US, and obtained a master's degree.
・Her research is based on a global, intercultural perspective gained through her living experience in London, Paris, Hong Kong, New York, Boston, and travel to more than 50 countries.
・Book in English "Japanese Incense Ceremony for Wellbeing: Agarwood, Sandalwood, Frankincense and Fermented Incense for Fragrant Rituals" Paperback – 2023/4/2 https://amzn.asia/d/957ep4w
・Video Incense Research Institute
Youtube Video

Sacred Fragrance of Lotus in Japan for Creation of Fermented Lotus Incense
Youtube Video


● Venue: LICOT Dining & Bar
4-19-18 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
050-5570-7158
https://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1314/A131403/13173897/
1 minute walk from A3 exit of Sengakuji Station on the Toei Asakusa Line and Keikyu Line
JR 6 minutes' walk from Takanawa Gateway Station
● Participation fee: 8,000 yen (including course meal, wine, beer, non-alcoholic beverages, etc.)
● Reservation: Click "Attend" and leave a short message to confirm your attendance. Clicking alone will not complete your registration. If you are inviting a friend, let us know his/her full name.
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● Number of participants: First 20 people (1st come, 1st served)
● Cancellation & NO SHOW after Thursday, August 28 will incur a full penalty (8,000 Yen).
● Emergency contact: 090-2301-5633 (Amano' mobile)

It has been about 20 years since I met Eriyo last time. At that time, I had just returned to Tokyo from a long overseas assignment and was extremely busy feeling like “the Tale of Urashima Tarō”. Eriyo san woke me up by her lovely & lively "scent" (smile). I was also young (and she still is), and I remember us talking about our dreams for the future. She has become a maestra of incense arts, exuding the aura of a maestra now. She has long been very active at the forefront as the Representative of the Incense Research Institute. Since we first met almost 20 years ago, it is a connection of serendipity I hope to continue to cherish.
Starting with Eriyo's lecture, let's have a great discussion about our past, present, and future from the long paths of "fragrances". First-time participants in polyculture are also cordially welcome. Please come along and participate. See you all soon!

Yoshihiko Amano
Founder & Chair
Club Polyculture Tokyo


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