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About the Event

The Art Research Center (ARC) and Hoosiers Corporation will be holding the Byobu Matsuri, or Folding Screen Festival--a traditional custom of the Gion Matsuri--at the Nagae Family Residence in Kyoto from July 14-16, 2022.

The Nagae Family Residence is a designated tangible cultural property by the City of Kyoto. Under the theme of 'Traveling', folding screens, picture scrolls, and other visual materials selected by students of the College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University, will be showcased at the residence this year.

Date: July 14 - 16, 2022

Venue: Nagae Family Residence, Kyoto

Time: 10:00-19:00 (last admission at 18:30)

*Note: Closed for visitors between 18:00 and 19:00 on July 15 due to a private reservation.

Reservations: Not required

Admission fee: 700 yen (to be used for preservation and repair of the house)

Related website: http://www.nagaeke.jp/

Background

The Nagae family were merchants of the kimono fabric. Their family residence, built between the late Edo period and the Taishō period, served both as a working and living space for many generations.

The ARC has been digital-archiving the collection belonging to the Nagae Family Residence after Ritsumeikan University received it as a donation. Subsequently, the ARC has become involved in planning and managing the Byobu Matsuri held annually at the residence.

This activity is based on an industry-academia collaboration with Hoosiers Corporation, concluded with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in May 2015, to preserve and utilize the Nagae Family Residence for the development and promotion of education and research.

The 105th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, July 13, from 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Yuichi TAKATA (Senior Researcher, Data and Information Section, Department of Planning and Coordination, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)

Topic: SORAN and SORAN GIS as an Integrated Platform for Cultural Heritage Information

Date: Wednesday, July 13, 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate via YouTube.

The Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, is pleased to announce the Ritsumeikan University Saturday Seminar on July 9, 2022. >> Click here to register<<

Date and Time: July 9 (Sat), 2022 10:00 - 11:30 (JST)

Topic: Exhibiting Asia and Japan

Speakers:

Akama Ryo (Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University & Director of the ARC)

Takahiro Nishibayashi (Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

Organized by: Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University

Participation: Online via Zoom (free of charge)

Registration: Advance registration is required (limited capacity of 400)

>> Click here to register<<

Please refer to the website of the Ritsumeikan University Saturday Seminar Series for details (in Japanese).

*Please note that this lecture will be held in Japanese.

(***UPDATE: Please note that the event will be held online only.***)

The Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, is pleased to announce the Commemorative Public Symposium 'The Kyoto News Archive ~Lights of the Past Reflecting the Future~'.

(*This event is held in Japanese)

Date: July 2 (Saturday), 2022

Time: 14:00 - 16:30 Japan Standard Time

Topic: The Kyoto News Archive ~Lights of the Past Reflecting the Future~

Event Venue: online via Zoom

Registration methods:

Click here to register for online participation via ZOOM. (Online: Capacity of 300 seats, first-come-first-served basis)

Background

In collaboration with the Toy Film Museum in Kyoto, the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, has been building a digital archive of Kyoto News--a series of news videos produced by the Kyoto City between 1956 (Showa 31) to 1994 (Heisei 6).

During that period of time, it was shown as a newsreel in movie theaters in Kyoto before the start of the main film. As one of the earliest regional newsreels, the videos are a valuable historical testimony of Kyoto City. They have recorded a wide range of topics in the city, including seasonal customs and festivals.

The Kyoto News Archive has partly been completed and opened to the public, so we are holding a public symposium in commemoration of this video series to report on our research outcomes thus far and to discuss the prospects for regional video archives, including the Kyoto News Archive.

Organizer:

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

Supported by: Kyoto City, Toy Film Museum

Inquiries: Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

E-mail: arc-jimu(at)st.ritsumei.ac.jp (please change "at" to @)

URL: https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/

The 104th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, June 29, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

1. 18:00～18:45

Speaker: Hitomi MOHRI (Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: The Dawn of Video Games in Japan as Viewed from the Toy Industry

2. 18:45～19:30

Speaker: Chitoko KOIDE (Lecturer, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Osaka Shoin Women's University)

Topic: Prospects and Issues of Game Exhibition in Japan

Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

*A YouTube livestream will be available for the second part of the seminar from 18:45 for non-ARC members→via the following link.

The 103rd International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, June 8, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speaker: Chikahiko Suzuki (Associate Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, Gunma Prefectural Women's University)

Topic: "KaoKore" and "edomi" - Examples of using humanities materials based on microcontents method

Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate via YouTube.

The 102nd International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, May 25, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speakers:

1.Kana Tsuneki (Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts (Humanities), National Institute of Technology, Kurume College)

Topic: Shunyodo's Woodblock Print Publications in the Meiji Period: Positioning of Kuchi-e Print Anthologies of Shosetsu souga-shu and Edo nishiki (in Japanese)

2. Biligsaikhan Batjargal (Affiliate Research Professor, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: A trial to classify Mongolian legal documents using deep learning (in English)

Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required for ARC members)

A YouTube livestream will be available for the second part of the seminar from 18:45 for non-ARC members → via the following link.

The 101st International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, May 11, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Topic: Going to War During the Taisho Period: Japan's Siberian Intervention of 1918-1922 as Illustrated by the Pictorial Diaries of Infantryman Takeuchi Tadao

Speaker: Dr. Nadine Willems (Lecturer in Japanese History, School of History, University of East Anglia)

Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate via YouTube.

The 100th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, April 27, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Topic: KOBAYASHI, Ichizo: Social and Cultural Projects as the Two Wheels of his Business

Speaker: Yoshiyuki SENKAI (Executive Board Member and Director, Itsuō Art Museum; Ichizo Kobayashi Memorial Museum; and Ikeda Bunko, Hankyu Culture Foundation)

Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate via YouTube.

The 99th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, April 13, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

1. Speaker: Mayuko Takeshita (Curator, Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex Restorations and Exhibition Dept.)

Topic: Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex--A New Initiative to Protect Cultural Properties

2. Speaker: Kyoko Hasegawa (Associate Professor, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University)

Topic: Digital Archiving and Visualization of Taima-dera Temple by 3D scanning

Date: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 18:00 - 19:30 JST

Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)

*This Webinar is open to everyone, and non-ARC members are also invited to participate via YouTube.