- Japanese Culture Group
- Akama laboratory
- Akama Lab Archives
- Websites with materials on Japanese culture and art
- Kimura laboratory
- Wada laboratory
- John Carpenter laboratory
- Furukawa laboratory
August 4, 2011
"Shunga Books and Prints in Context" Web Exhibition
We have launched a new exhibition entitled “Shunga Books and Prints in Context,” which can be viewed at the following site:
https://www.dh-jac.net/db12/shunga/eng/index.html
–Ishigami, PD
July 24, 2011
Photographing at the Hamburg Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Starting from today until August 5th, I will be taking photographs of the Japanese ceramics and bamboo art at the Hamburg Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe located in Hamburg, Germany.
–Maezaki, PD
July 21, 2011
Early Modern Enpon Comprehensive Database has been updated
I have updated the Early Modern Enpon Comprehensive Database (Ishigami, PD). I added information kindly provided by Mr. Timothy Clark, mostly on items stored in American art museums and private collections.
At present, one can search through 2995 entries.
July 16, 2011
Presentation at the international symposium "Japanese Consciousness and International Consciousness"
The following research presentation was made at the international symposium “Japanese Consciousness and International Consciousness.”
Title: “International consciousness in shunga: creating and seeing shunga”
Presenter: Aki Ishigami
Date: July 16~17, 2011
Location: Hosei University, Ichigaya campus, Sotobori Building
July 10, 2011
Photographing Japanese ceramics at the National Museum of Scotland
From today until July 15, I will be taking photographs of the Japanese ceramics at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
–Maezaki, PD
June 18, 2011
Presentation at conference on the migration of overseas Japanese
I presented at the June conference for the “Project on the Forced Removal, Incarceration, and Repatriation of Overseas Japanese During World War II and the Post-War Reconstruction of Japanese Society” hosted by the Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO).
Title: “Kyoto’s Modern Ceramics Abroad: The Overseas Activities of Japanese People Involved in Ceramics”
Presenter: Shin’ya Maezaki
Location: Campus Plaza Kyoto
Time: 12:30~
–Maezaki, PD
June 12, 2011
55th Ritsumeikan University Conference for Japanese Literature
Takaaki Kaneko of the Japanese Culture Research Group made a presentation at the 55th Ritsumeikan University Conference for Japanese Literature.
Title: “Double-Page Woodblocks: Bound-Pocket Books (Fukuro toji) and Glued Books (Decchōsō)”
Presenter: Takaaki Kaneko
Date: June 12, 10:00am~
Location: Ritsumeikan University, Seishinkan Hall, Room 534
June 11, 2011
2011Spring Conference of the Society for Early Modern Japanese Literature
The 2011Spring Conference of the Society for Early Modern Japanese Literature was held for three days from June 11th through the 13th at Nihon University’s 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall. A member of the Japanese Culture Research Group presented at this conference as below:
Title: The Loyal Samurai (Taiheiki Chūshin kōshaku) and Water Margin (Suikoden)
Presenter: Ping Zhou
Date: June 11, 15:15~15:45
Place: Nihon University, 100th Anniversary Memorial Hall 2F Auditorium
June 11, 2011
Lecture for the Oshio Municipal Community Center educational lecture series
I gave the following lecture in Himeji, as part of the Oshio Municipal Community Center educational lecture series.
Title: “The Life and Art of Seifū Yōhei III”
Location: Oshio Municipal Community Center, Shio no sato Plaza
Time: 13:30~
–Maezaki, PD
June 3, 2011
Entries added to the Basket Bamboo Database
I added 94 new entries to the Basket Bamboo Database.
https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/bbdb/
Flower basket in the shape of a storage chest for armor and arrows, by Tanabe Chikuunsai II
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