Dr. Yamauchi presents his research on integrating GIS with emerging technologies such as VR and the metaverse to enrich geography education.
He also leads the Technical Support Board of the ARC, supporting researchers in visualizing spatial cultural resources through digitized maps, photogrammetry, and geospatial data.
>> Read interview.
>> About provision of ArcGIS accounts. |
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As part of the "University of Oregon Nōsatsu Digitization and Metadata Cataloging Project" led by Kevin McDowell (Japanese Studies Librarian, University of Oregon) under the ARC-iJAC, we are pleased to share that more than 6,400 senshafuda and nōsatsu votive images from the University of Oregon's Gertrude Bass Warner Collection have been made available online through the ARC's database system.
The University of Oregon Libraries' collection is the largest collection of Japanese shrine and temple votive slips in North America. >> Read more.
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New! ART RESEARCH vol. 26-1 is available
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The ARC held its first public exhibition of the Shuten-dōji Picture Scrolls once owned by William Sturgis Bigelow from June 1-13, 2025. Believed to date to around 1650, the set of five scrolls, returned to Kyoto after 130 years abroad, represent a superb example of Edo-period picture scroll craftsmanship.    |
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To accompany the exhibition, the ARC has launched a Virtual Museum that also includes related works not featured in the physical display.
ARC Virtual Museum
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'The W.S. Bigelow Shuten-dōji Picture Scrolls and Kyoto Folklore around Minamoto no Raikō's Four Heavenly Kings' |
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On June 1, Ritsumeikan University's Kinugasa Campus hosted the Kinugasa Art Village Festival to mark the 125th anniversary of the Ritsumeikan Academy. As part of this event, the ARC held an art dialogue on the global influence of ukiyo-e, featuring Dr. Shugo Asano, President of the International Ukiyo-e Society and Director of both the Abeno Harukas Art Museum (Osaka) and The Museum Yamato Bunkakan (Nara), and Prof. Ryo Akama, Director of the Art Research Center. >> Read more. |
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Upcoming Events
September 17 (Wed), 2025
3rd Joint Colloquium of the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University & Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), University of California, Berkeley
(closed event)
Fall Semester 2025
International ARC Seminars
Information about the seminar series will be made available on the ARC website in due course.
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Previous issues:
Spring 2025, Winter 2024, Autumn 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Winter 2023, Autumn 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Winter 2022, Autumn 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Winter 2021, Autumn 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, Winter 2020, Autumn 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020 |
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With the establishment of the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC) in 2019, the Art Research Center strives to push the internationalization of research activities that transcend disciplines and geographic boundaries.
On June 1, Ritsumeikan University's Kinugasa Campus hosted the Kinugasa Art Village Festival to mark the 125th anniversary of the Ritsumeikan Academy.
