ARC-iJAC Activities

We are pleased to announce the Joint Colloquium Theory and Methods in the Japanese Humanities: Research Using Visual Sources and Archives, co-organized by the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), University of California, Berkeley, and the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University.

Date: September 15 (Fri), 16:00-18:00 PDT / September 16 (Sat), 8:00-10:00 JST

Venue: Rm 370, Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley + online via ZOOM (※This is a non-public event.)

Faculty and graduate students from the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), University of California, Berkeley, and the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, will present on the use of visual sources and archives in their research. While discussing the specific content of their respective research projects, the presenters will discuss and exchange research methods, approaches, and techniques for employing visual sources and archives.

Program

-Break (5 minutes)-

This colloquium is supported by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University.

The Saturday Seminar Series, a public serminar series of Ritsumeikan University, will be organized by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, in September 2023.

Theme: 京焼登り窯の新研究－３D計測と新資料を中心に－

1. 3388th Session

Date: September 9 (Sat), 2023, 10:00 - 11:30
Online event

Topic：京焼登り窯の新研究1-五条坂「窯持」の近代-

Speaker：Takuma YOGO (Associate Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University)

Participation is free of charge・Advance registration required (max. 400)
　＞＞Register here.

2. 3389th Session

Date: September 16 (Sat), 2023, 10:00 - 11:30
Online event

Topic: 京焼登り窯の新研究2-3D計測で⾒る登り窯-

Speaker: Ahmad Yama NAWABI（Institute for Cultural Heritage, Waseda University)

Participation is free of charge・Advance registration required (max. 400)
　＞＞Register here.

　＞＞Website of the Ritsumeikan University Saturday Seminar Series

We are pleased to announce the Call for Manuscript Submissions for the Art Research Center's journal ART RESEARCH vol. 24-3.

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 several times a year, and at the end of the fiscal year, a print booklet compiling all contributions will be distributed, as we hope to increase the submission opportunities for researchers.

We look forward to receiving your manuscript.

As part of the international joint research project 'Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880'--supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and JSPS--a hybrid workshop will be held on July 29 (Sat).

※This is a closed workshop. If you like to make an inquiry to participate, please send an e-mail to:

r-darc(at)st.ritsumei.ac.jp (replace 'at' with @)

The 122nd International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday, July 26, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Travis SEIFMAN (Associate Professor & Research Manager, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: Visual, Material, and Performance Culture Aspects of the Ryukyu Kingdom's Embassies to Edo

Date: Wednesday, July 26, 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate via YouTube.

The Science Council of Japan presents:

Public Symposium: Scientific Knowledge Generation facilitated by Visualization (8): Cross-Disciplinary Digital Perspectives based on Visualization

From the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, Professor Ryo Akama (Director of the ARC/College of Letters) and Professor Satoshi Tanaka (College of Information Science and Engineering) will deliver presentations in the 2nd part of the program.

Date: July 21 (Fri), 2023, 13:00-17:10 (JST)
Venue: Auditorium, Science Council of Japan
Entry is free of charge (maximum capacity of 200 persons). Advance registration is required.

Please register here >>https://tra-vis08.peatix.com/view

Event outline:
現在、理系／文系を問わず、様々な研究分野で、多種多様なデジタルデータが生成・蓄積され続けている。こうした情況を受けて本シンポジウムシリーズでは、ビッグデータ時代に相応しい、可視化をコアとする分野横断型の研究手法を検討してきた。シリーズ第8回の今回は、これまでの7回の集大成として、科学技術、文化芸術科学、社会科学の３つの分野を中心に、ビッグデータ時代に相応しい「デジタル視考」と、それを可能にする基盤環境について考えます。

Inquiries:
慶應義塾大学理工学部 　　藤代 一成 (ifujishiro@keio.jp)
立命館大学情報理工学部 　田中 覚（stanaka@is.ritsumei.ac.jp）
お茶の水女子大学理学部 　伊藤 貴之 (itot@is.ocha.ac.jp)

Background:
Masami Yamada, leader of the ARC-iJAC project Re-thinking Japonisme: Digitization of the V&A's collection of Japanese illustrated books and researching its formation in the late 19th century, is a Curator in the Victoria and Albert Museum's Asia Department. She has particular responsibility for the collections of Japanese lacquerware, netsuke, ukiyo-e woodblock prints and contemporary craft. Her current area of research is contemporary craft, particularly the work of urushi lacquer artists. In 2022, she received the inaugural Sir Nicholas Goodison Award for Contemporary Craft from the Art Fund to further develop the Museum's internationally renowned Japanese lacquer collection.

Thank you very much for your time today. How did you first connect with the Art Research Center (ARC) or hear about the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC)?

Yamada: The V&A was the first museum where Professor Ryо̄ Akama from the ARC conducted the digitization of a Japanese art collection in Europe 20 years ago. In this first phase of the partnership project, every single artwork from the Museum's extensive collection of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, numbering over 25,000 in total, was photographed. These images were subsequently uploaded onto the Museum's publicly accessible collection database, Explore the Collections. It was a remarkable achievement in the early 2000s when the digital presence of museums was fairly limited.

Soon after I joined the V&A in 2018, I had a chance to meet with Professor Akama and Dr. Ryо̄ko Matsuba, Lecturer in Digital Japanese Arts and Humanities at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC), in London to discuss the possibility of initiating the second phase of the digitization project. The collections of ukiyo-e prints and illustrated books remain largely uncatalogued and without photographs in the case of the book collection. We agreed that there was much scope to improve the visibility and accessibility of these important collections. So, a collaborative project with the ARC was something I planned to initiate from the very beginning of my time at the V&A.

The Art Research Center (ARC) and Hoosiers Corporation will be holding the Byobu Matsuri, or Folding Screen Festival--a traditional custom of the Gion Matsuri--at the Nagae Family Residence in Kyoto from July 14-16, 2023.

The Nagae Family Residence is a designated tangible cultural property by the City of Kyoto. Themed around 'plants' this year, folding screens and a selection of items from the collection of the Nagae Family Residence will be showcased.

The Nagae family were merchants of the kimono fabric. Their family residence, built between the late Edo period and the Taishō period, served both as a working and living space for many generations.

The ARC has been digital-archiving the collection belonging to the Nagae Family Residence after Ritsumeikan University received it as a donation. Subsequently, the ARC has become involved in planning and managing the Byobu Matsuri held annually at the residence.

This activity is based on an industry-academia collaboration with Hoosiers Corporation, concluded with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 27 May 2015, to preserve and utilize the Nagae Family Residence for the development and promotion of education and research.

Date: July 14 (10:00 - 20:00 JST), July 15 & 16, 2022 (10:00 - 19:00 JST, last admission 18:30)

Venue: Nagae Family Residence, Kyoto（京都市下京区新町通仏光寺上ル船鉾町394）

Reservations: Not required

Admission fee: 1,000 yen (including a postcard)

Inquiries

Email：nagaeke@hoosiers.co.jp
Tel：075-353-7512（weekdays only）

Official website: http://www.nagaeke.jp/

The 121st International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday, July 12, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Takeshi ABEKAWA (Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo)

Topic: Presentation of digital content in 3D space

Date: Wednesday, July 12, 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate via YouTube.