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Symposium: 'Creative Collaborations in Kyoto, Osaka and Beyond, 1770-1900'September 10, 2024(Tue)
We are pleased to announce that a symposium will be held 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),' supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Date: September 10, 9:00-17:00 & September 11, 9:30-12:00 (BST)
Venue: RG01, SOAS University of London
Organizer (UK): British Museum
Organizer (Japan): International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan UniversityThis symposium is open to the public and will be held both online and in person. It will be held in Japanese and English. Interpretation will be available during the Q&A session.
Registration: Please contact Sophie Gong at (YGong@britishmuseum.org).
Program (tentative)
Presentations marked with (※) are held in Japanese.Day 1: September 10, 2024 9:00-9:10 Greetings
Akiko Yano (British Museum)9:10-11:00 Session 1: Poetry (haiku) circles and artists Speaker 1
Scott Johnson (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University): Notes on "A Haiku Journey to Osaka"Speaker 2
Yokoya Ken'ichiro (Otsu City Museum of History): 中嶋来章と俳諧摺物―義仲寺をめぐる絵師と俳壇 (※)Speaker 3
Ida Taro (Professor, Kindai University):『花月帖』から見える東西のサロンの交流 (※)Speaker 4
Sugimoto Yoshihisa (Professor, Tohoku University): 渡辺南岳と中村芳中の江戸行―俳諧と絵画の交流 (※)Discussant: Alfred Haft (British Museum) 11:05-12:55 Session 2: Osaka, a centre of literati culture Speaker 1
Nakatani Nobuo (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University; online): Kimura Kenkadō and his fellow artistsSpeaker 2
Tsukuda Ikki (Issa-an tea master; online): 煎茶サロンの仕掛け・語らいを生む絵画 (※)Speaker 3
Paul Berry (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University of Foreign Studies): Nature of literati world in OsakaSpeaker 4
Akeo Keizo (Professor, Osaka University of Commerce): 文化サロンとしての蔵屋敷 (※)Discussant: Andrew Gerstle (Professor Emeritus, SOAS University of London) 13:00-14:00 Break 14:00-14:50 Session 3: Independent paper Akama Ryō (Professor, Ritsumeikan University): 幕末明治の京都・大阪における文化サロン人物ネットワークのデータアーカイブと分析システム (※)
Commentator: Matsuba Ryoko (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures)14:50-15:10 Break 15:10-17:00 Session 4: Literary and artistic circles: publications, popularisation and commercial aspects Speaker 1
Xiangming Chen (PhD student, University of Oxford): Guide to literati: Kenkadō, Osaka publishing and reception of Qing artSpeaker 2 John Carpenter (Metropolitan Museum of Art): Collaborative paintings with poetry inscriptions as records of Kyoto salon culture Speaker 3 Yamamoto Yoshitaka (National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL)): Court nobles among renowned masters and friends: The imperial court and albums of calligraphy and painting in the early 19th-century Kyoto-Osaka region Speaker 4 Jingyi Li (Assistant Professor, Occidental College in Los Angeles; online): Commercialized gatherings and commodified literati in 19th-century shogakai Discussant: Ellis Tinios (Professor Emeritus, University of Leeds) Day 2: September 11, 2024 9:30-11:20 Session 5: Connections and networks via art Speaker 1
Iwasa Shin'ichi (Osaka Museum of History): 江戸時代後期の京坂と近隣地域における合作書画の諸相について－制作背景と揮毫者を中心に－(※)Speaker 2
Yamamoto Yukari (Wako University): 春画とサロン―長崎来舶清人との関係を中心に (※)Speaker 3 Hirai Yoshinobu (The National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAK)): 京・大坂における長崎派風の伝播の諸相 (※) Speaker 4 Timothy Clark (Honorary Research Fellow, British Museum): Maruyama-Shijō art at the British Museum Discussant: Rosina Buckland (British Museum) 11:20-12:00 General discussion
