Kindred Spirits: Dr. Sun Yat Sen, Singapore and Japan May 16, 2013

Info (website, email address or telephone): www.wanqingyuan.org.sg/NHB_WQY@nhb.gov.sg/62567377

The Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall will be presenting an exhibition on Dr Sun Yat Sen and his supporters in Japan and Singapore. The exhibition will also highlight the roles the two countries played in Dr Sun’s revolutionary activities, and showcase more than 90 rare artefacts which will be on display in Singapore for the first time. The exhibition is presented by the memorial hall in partnership with the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Kobe), Miyazaki Brothers Museum (Arao), Nagasaki Museum of History & Culture, Ms. Kosaka Ayano and Dr. Nakano Masahiko, with the support from the Japanese Association Singapore and Embassy of Japan in Singapore.

Public lectures in conjunction with the exhibition:

i) Public lecture by Ms Kosaka Ayano, descendant of Umeya Shokichi, supporter of Dr. Sun (English)
Date/Time: 17 May 2013 (Fri), 1.30pm
Venue: SYSNMH
Topic: Umeya Shokichi and his friendship with Dr. Sun Yat Sen

ii) Public lecture by Mr. Ai Xin Yi, descendant of the Qing Royal family and deputy librarian of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Kobe) (Mandarin)
Date/Time: 18 May 2013 (Sat), 2.30pm
Venue: SYSNMH
Topic: Life of a descendant of Qing Royal Family in Japan

iii) Public Lecture by Dr. Nakano Ryoko, Assistant Professor, Department of Japanese Studies, NUS (English)
Date/Time: 29 May 2013 (Wed), 7.30pm
Venue: SYSNMH
Title: Japanese Supporters of Sun Yat Sen: Japan, China, and Singapore