The video recording of the 13th Kan’ei Culture Lecture, “The Imperial Family and Chanoyu (the Japanese Tea Ceremony): Focusing on Retired Emperor Go-Mizunoo,” held on Sunday, August 2, 2026, at the ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kyoto, is now available to watch.
Profile of Toru Yoda
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1977, Toru Yoda is Chief Curator at the Toyama Memorial Museum. He completed his doctoral studies in Art Studies at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, and holds a Ph.D. in Fine Arts.
His areas of specialization are the history of modern Japanese art and the history of the Japanese tea ceremony.
His publications include The Birth of Bonsai (Taishukan Publishing, 2014) and The Imperial Family and the Japanese Tea Ceremony (Tankosha Publishing, 2019).
