活動報告

バーチャルインスティチュートの一つ「相撲デジタル研究所」の中で、江戸時代の勧進相撲の本場所番付に掲載されたすべての力士名を検索できる「相撲番付 力士名データベース」を公開しました。
　次のURLからアクセスしてみてください。
　https://www.dh-jac.net/db/jinmei/search_sumo.php
　
　2020年からARCの研究プロジェクトとして取り組んできた江戸勧進相撲の本場所番付の翻刻が完成し、それをデータベース化したものです。
　宝暦7年（1757）10月場所から慶応4年（1868）5月場所まで、江戸で行われた本場所の番付に、一度でも名前が載った総ての力士が検索できます。
　ご先祖に力士がいる、地元の郷土史に名前が出ている力士がいる、そんなときはその名前を入れて検索してみてください。思わぬ発見があるかもしれません。
　なお、ARCの「人名・作品名 典拠資料ポータル・データベース」からも他ジャンルを含めて検索することができます。
　なお、相撲デジタル研究所のURLは、下記の通りです。
https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/lib/vm/sumo/

　　令和8年6月25日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　担当：ARC客員協力研究員　安宅望

In April 2026, the College of Arts and Design and a Graduate School of Arts and Designat the Kinugasa Campus in Kyoto.
The Art Research Center has organized a series of seminars featuring faculty members who have recently joined the Faculty.
In this seminar, each faculty member will present their current research topics.

Organized by the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), University of California, Berkeley, and the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, a joint colloquium was held at the University of California, Berkeley, on September 17, 2025.

Date & Time: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, from 3:00 PM
Venue: East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley

Organizer: Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University; Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), University of California, Berkeley
Supported by: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

(This was a closed event.)

Program

The 33rd Special Exhibition "川を描く、川をつくる―古地図で昔の堤をさぐる―" is held at the Lake Biwa Museum, supported by the FY 2024 ARC-iJAC project "Development of a database on traditional river management information in the Echi River, Shiga Prefecture, Japan."

Date: July 19 (Sat) - November 24 (Mon), 2025
Hours: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM (last admission at 4:00 PM)
Venue: Special Exhibition Room, Lake Biwa Museum, Shiga Prefecture

Details: https://www.biwahaku.jp/event/2025/07/33.html

On May 22, 2025, a group of students from Northeastern University visited the Art Research Center (ARC) as part of the university's study abroad program Dialogue: Shoshin Japan: Art, Craft, and Design in Kyoto. The group was led by Associate Teaching Professors Jamal Thorne and Kate Terrado of the College of Arts, Media, and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University.

Besides touring the ARC's building and facilities, discussions and an exchange of ideas on collaboration in digital humanities took place with Dr. Travis Seifman (Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization/ARC Research Manager).

On January 6, 2025, an article in the newspaper "San-in Chuo Shimpo" introduced the initiative led by Prof. Ryo Akama (College of Letters/Director of the ARC) to make the digitized materials in the collection of the Tsukiji Sugoroku Museum available to the public through the ARC database system,.

The database, containing 650 Sugoroku items, representing about 500 different kinds of Sugoroku game boards, dating from the Edo period to the early 1950s, has been collected by Osamu Yoshida, President of the Tsukiji Sugoroku Museum (https://sugoroku.net/).

Tsukiji Sugoroku Museum Database:
■ URL：https://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/search_tkjSG.php

Related article: https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/j/news/pc/023655.html

On December 6, 2024, a group of faculty members and students of Korea University, led by Prof. Byeong-Ho Jeong (Department of Japanese Language and Literature, College of Liberal Arts, Korea University), visited the Art Research Center (ARC).

Besides a tour of the ARC building and facilities, discussions and an exchange of opinions on collaboration in digital humanities took place with Prof. Satoshi Tanaka (College of Information Science and Engineering) and Dr. Travis Seifman (Kinugasa Research Organization/ARC Research Manager).

On October 28, 2024, the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), whose members are affiliated with various art libraries and university libraries in the U.S. and Canada, visited the Art Research Center (ARC) as part of its first study tour to Japan.

Besides a tour of the ARC building and facilities, discussions and an exchange of opinions on collaboration in digital humanities took place with Prof. Ryo Akama (College of Letters/Director of the ARC) and Dr. Travis Seifman (Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization/ARC Research Manager).

On September 8, 2024, Prof. Changgong Meng (President, Dalian University) visited the Art Research Center (ARC).

Besides a tour of the ARC building and digital archiving facilities, Dr. Travis Seifman (ARC Research Manager/Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University) gave an introductory presentation on the DH research activities of the Center.

The 4th online workshop was held on July 30, 2024 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),

The research project--a collaborative scholarly enterprise among researchers and institutions in Japan and the UK--aims to analyse the cultural and social impact of art and literary salons and the collective creation of art (gassaku) in early modern Japan, particularly in the Kyoto-Osaka region during 1780-1880.

Date: July 30 (Tues), 2024, from 18:00 JST/10:00 BST

Venue: Online via ZOOM

※This was a closed workshop.