活動報告

The open workshop "Surface and Depth of the Domestic Sphere in East Asian Art" was held at Ritsumeikan University on November 16, 2023, as part of the Art Research Center research project "Visual Culture Studies in the Domestic Sphere Utilizing the ARC Database" led by ARC faculty member Prof. Yumi Takenaka under the Program for Supporting Research Center Formation.

The project aims to study arts and visual culture in East Asia related to the concept of "Ie," which encompasses housing, households, family, and family genealogy within the "Domestic Sphere," juxtaposed to the "Public Sphere".

The theme of this open workshop was "Omote and Oku," which focuses on "surface and depth" aspects of spatial representations and also addresses issues related to the physical, social, and psychological dual structure of the "Ie," with its outward-facing aspects open to the outside, and inner aspects closed off from it.

In addition to an invited lecture by Professor Emeritus Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch (Free University of Berlin) and individual research presentations, an open discussion was held.

Organizer: Project of "Visual Culture Studies in the Domestic Sphere Utilizing ARC Database", Program for Supporting Research Center Formation, Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University

Co-organizer: Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University

Date & Time: November 16 (Thur), 2023, 13:00-18:00
Venue: Seminar Room 1, Gakujikan Hall 2F, Kinugasa Campus, Ritsumeikan University
Language: Japanese (with English abstract) and English (with Japanese script)

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"Visual Culture Studies in the Domestic Sphere Utilizing ARC Database"

On November 20, 2023, Prof. Makoto Goto and Prof. Masakatsu Nagai of the National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU) visited the Art Research Center (ARC).

Besides a tour of the ARC building and facilities, discussions and an exchange of opinions on collaboration in digital humanities research took place with Prof. Ryo Akama (College of Letters/Director of the ARC) and Prof. Keiji Yano (College of Letters/Deputy Director of the ARC).

The Art Research Center (ARC) is pleased to announce that its academic journal ART RESEARCH vol.24-2 has been released online.

Click here for vol.24-2

As an academic journal specializing in arts and culture, the purpose of ART RESEARCH is to widely publicize the results of the research projects and activities conducted by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, and its partner institutions and collaborative researchers.

Since its establishment in 1998, the Art Research Center (ARC) has been selected for several national grants as a center of excellence for research in culture, art, and information science. In FY2019, the center assumed the role as the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art & Culture (ARC-iJAC) upon its accreditation by the MEXT as an International Joint Usage/Research Center. The ARC is highly regarded as a leading hub for the digital archiving of Japanese art and culture.

Our online journal will be published three times per year, and at the end of the fiscal year, a print booklet compiling all contributions will be distributed.

On November 7, 2023, Prof. Chih-Ming Chen (Director, Research Center for Chinese Cultural Metaverse in Taiwan, National Chengchi University) and Prof. Shi-Chi Mike Lan (Deputy Director, Research Center for Chinese Cultural Metaverse in Taiwan, National Chengchi University) visited the Art Research Center (ARC).

Besides a tour of the ARC building and facilities, discussions and an exchange of opinions on collaboration in digital humanities research and education took place with Prof. Ryo Akama (College of Letters/Director of the ARC) and Prof. Keiji Yano (College of Letters/Deputy Director of the ARC).

On November 6, 2023, Prof. Graeme Earl (Head of the College of Humanities, SOAS University of London) visited the Art Research Center (ARC).

Besides a tour of the ARC building and facilities, discussions and an exchange of opinions on collaboration in digital humanities research and education took place with Prof. Ryo Akama (College of Letters/Director of the ARC) and Prof. Keiji Yano (College of Letters/Deputy Director of the ARC).

On November 2, 2023, Russell Kelty (Curator, Art Gallery of South Australia) visited the Art Research Center (ARC).

Besides a tour of the ARC building and facilities, discussions and an exchange of opinions on a collaboration in research activities in digital archiving took place with Prof. Ryo Akama (College of Letters/Director of the ARC).

On October 17, 2023, the Tokyo Shimbun featured the article "デジタル化で今よみがえる往年の歌舞伎ブロマイド" on the Kabuki bromides in the collection of the Shochiku Otani Library which have been released in the ARC Shochiku Otani Library Theater Photos Search and Browsing System.

Digital Archive of Shochiku Otani Library's Collection of Valuable Materials "Theater Photos Search and Browsing System"
■ URL：https://www.dh-jac.net/db/butai-photo/search_sol.php

Related article＞＞https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/e/news/pc/019324.html

On October 15, 2023, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) featured the second part of a coverage on the research projects to digitize overseas museum collections, led by Prof. Ryo Akama, Director of the Art Research Center (ARC).

On October 8, 2023, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) featured the first part of a coverage on the research projects to digitize overseas museum collections, led by Prof. Ryo Akama, Director of the Art Research Center (ARC).

As part of the international joint research project 'Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880' (「上方文化サロン：人的ネットワークから解き明かす文化創造空間 1780-1880」), which is supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), a hybrid summer workshop was held at the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University.

The research project--a collaborative scholarly enterprise among researchers and institutions in Japan and the UK--aims to analyse the cultural and social impact of art and literary salons and the collective creation of art (gassaku) in early modern Japan, particularly in the Kyoto-Osaka region during 1780-1880.

Date: July 29 (Sat), 2023, 14:00 - 18:00 JST (6:00 - 10:00 BST)

Venue: Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University & online via ZOOM

Program:

14:00 - 14:05 Opening Remarks / Akiko Yano (Mitsubishi Corporation Curator, Asia Department, The British Museum)

14:05 - 14:20 Nobuo Nakatani (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University) / Title:サロン展の面白さと外からの批判

14:20 - 14:35 Keizo Akeo (Professor, Department of Public Affairs, Osaka University of Commerce) / Title: 大阪画壇の現状と今後

14:35 - 14:50 Yoshinobu Hirai (The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto) / Title: 京都国立近代美術館と大坂画壇

14:50 - 15:05 Taro Ida (Professor, Department of Literature, Kindai University) / Title: 大坂／大阪／Osaka

15:05 - 15:20 Akiko Yano (Mitsubishi Corporation Curator, Asia Department, The British Museum) / Title: 京阪サロン文化の豊かさを伝えるために

15:20 - 15:50 Discussion

15:50 - 16:00 Break

16:00 - 16:20 Ellis Tinios (Honorary Lecturer, School of History, University of Leeds) / Title: デジタル利用の有効性と注意点

16:20 - 16:40 Bettina Gramlich-Oka (Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Sophia University) / Title: 日本の人名データベースの分析紹介

16:40-17:00 Sophie Gong (The British Museum) / Title: サロンデータベースの応用

17:00 - 17:20 Ryo Akama (Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University) / Title: 京坂文化Salonのオンライン研究空間

17:20 - 17:50 Discussion

17:50 - 18:00 Closing Remarks / Ryo Akama (Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

※This was a closed workshop.