A workshop with the Association for the Preservation of Ukiyo-e Woodblock Engraving and Printmaking Techniques (浮世絵木版画彫摺技術保存協会) will be held on February 17, 2023, co-organized by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center.

There has been a longstanding cooperation between the ARC and the association, and workshops have been previously organized in February 2011, February 2015, June 2019, and February 2022.

The purpose of the workshops is to exchange information and opinions with experts, deepen the understanding of the ARC Collection and facilitate the sharing of knowledge concerning ukiyo-e woodblock engraving and printmaking techniques.

Date: 17 February (Fri), 2023, 14:00-17:00

Method: Online (Zoom)

Program

1. Speaker: Akama Ryo (Professor and Director of the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: 海外の浮世絵コレクション紹介　欧州ドイツ編

2. Speaker: Takaaki Kaneko (Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: 立命館大学アート・リサーチセンターの板木コレクション

3. Speaker: Ryoko Matsuba (Lecturer in Japanese Digital Arts and Humanities, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, University of East Anglia)

Topic: Connecting Present to Past: Re-evaluating Japanese Traditional Printmaking プロジェクト報告および葛飾北斎作品の彫、摺の疑問点

Co-organizers: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center; Association for the Preservation of Ukiyo-e Woodblock Engraving and Printmaking Techniques

→ Website of the Association for the Preservation of Ukiyo-e Woodblock Engraving and Printmaking Techniques

For inquiries, please contact:

Office of the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

E-mail: r-darc (at) st.ritsumei.ac.jp (replace "at" with @)