国際共同利用・共同研究拠点関連

The Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, is pleased to announce the release of the Asahi Shimbun Collection of Shibai Banzuke (Kabuki Playbills), held by the Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library, in our Shibai Banzuke (Kabuki Playbills) Portal Database.

Since the Edo Period, flyers, posters, and programs of kabuki and jōruri plays have provided detailed information about actors, names of the cast, and the content of those plays at that time.

The materials, originally cataloged in the Asahi Shimbun bunko mokuroku (「朝日新聞」文庫目録), were published by the Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library in March 1970. With the permission of the library, the Art Research Center has digitized the materials and re-examined the catalog data, making the images online available through the ARC Shibai Banzuke Database System.

By the end of 2017, the ARC had released around 700 un-cataloged items from the library. This time, we added 1,443 banzuke, bringing the total number of items available in our online database to 2,129.

You can either access these materials from the Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library's website under 'Various Catalogs and Databases' or the ARC Shibai Banzuke Portal Database by selecting the holding institution 'Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library'.

Our Shibai Banzuke Portal Database also comprises banzuke held by other institutions, thus allowing you to browse and compare to find supplementary information.

Furthermore, the Shibai Banzuke Catalog of the Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library, published in October 1968, contains approximately 2,500 items other than the above, which will be digitized in our third project next year. We hope to complete a large-scale database with almost 4,600 items within three years.

The ARC Days were held on July 30 (Fri) & 31 (Sat), 2021. It is an annual event where the faculty members of the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, and international collaborative researchers whose projects have been adopted by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC) introduce their research projects in Digital Humanities (DH) in individual presentations.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, this event was held online via Zoom and broadcasted live on YouTube.

Organizer: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University and Program for Supporting Research Center Formation, Ritsumeikan University

Day 1: July 30, 2021 (Friday) 13:00-17:05

Day 2: July 31, 2021 (Saturday) 10:00-16:40 (tentative)

Venue: Online (ZOOM, YouTube)

If you would like to participate via ZOOM, please contact our secretariat and we will provide you with the URL after registration.
Art Research Center Secretariat: arc-jimu@arc.ritsumei.ac.jp

To watch ARC Days 2021 on YouTube, please click here.

Organizer: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University and Program for Supporting Research Center Formation, Ritsumeikan University

　立命館大学アート・リサーチセンターでは、文部科学省国際共同利用共同研究拠点の研究支援活動の一環として、下記の通りARC古典籍ポータル・データ・ベース、ならびに翻刻システムを使った古文献の解読講習会・錬成講座、ならびにくずし字文献プロジェクトの支援を実施しております。
　好評により、この度、第2回目の講習会を実施する運びとなりました。前回、残念ながら抽選に漏れた方はこの機会に是非ご参加ください。
　この講習は前期・後期にわけ、前期は翻刻の基礎知識とシステム利用方法に重点をおいた講習を実施し、前期だけである程度読めるようにすることを目標としています。（今回は前期の再募集となります）
　後期は、初級・中級レベルの方々が、自分が翻刻したい作品を選んで翻刻していきます。翻刻した本文は、翻刻システムを通じて、熟練のサポーターが添削・指導します。
　また、特定のテーマを持った研究プロジェクトとして翻刻を進められる場合も、使用方法を説明の上、システムを利用してもらえます。いずれも参加費無料です。

■参加登録
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Co-hosted with the Japan Art Documentation Society (JADS), the 89th International ARC Seminar will be held on Wednesday, July 14, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Title: The History and Future of the Society of Photographic Techniques for Cultural Properties

Speaker: Tadao INOUE (President, Society of Photographic Techniques for Cultural Properties)

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Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 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.

In cooperation with the College of Letters, the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University is delighted to announce the launch of the Gion Festival Digital Museum 2021--Enjoy the Gion Festival Virtually--.

The site is a renewal of the Gion Festival Digital Museum 2020 ~The Past, Present, and Future of the Gion Festival~ which was released last year.

This year, the Gion Festival has unfortunately been affected again by the global pandemic, leading to the cancellation of many events, including the Yama-hoko Junko.

In response to this, we have launched the Gion Festival Digital Museum 2021 where visitors can experience the charm and history of the Gion Festival online.

<<Gion Festival Digital Museum 2021>>

Highlights of the new contents:

1. 2D and 3D maps of virtual Kyoto by ArcGIS Online　

2. High-resolution images of hanging scrolls, Gion bayashi, and virtual festival parades

3. App Virtual Historical City Kyoto AR (iOS and Android)

TV coverage:

An interview with Prof. Keiji Yano (ARC Deputy Director) on the Gion Festival Digital Museum 2021 has been broadcasted by NHK Kyoto ニュース630京いちにち on July 16 (Fri), 2021.

→ Watch the video below.

The ARC is dedicated to research, analyze, record, organize, preserve and disseminate the tangibles and intangibles of Japanese cultural heritage. By digital archiving traditional events such as the Gion Festival and making them available to the broad public, the center strives to retain their significance for future generations.

Tanabata 2021 is one of the largest cultural exchange events between Cambodia and Japan and will be held online from July 9 (Fri) to July 11 (Sun).

As part of this event, the video of the Japan Foundation "An Evening of Noh and Kyogen 2020"--produced in collaboration with the Art Research Center--will be screened. We warmly invite you to watch this video.

The event has attracted more than 6,000 people in the past, and has introduced Japanese culture from various angles through stage performances and traditional Japanese music.

Due to the spread of Covid-19, the program has been changed to an online format.

Dates: July 9-11

Organizers: Japan Foundation Asia Center Phnom Penh, Embassy of Japan in Cambodia, CJCC (Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center)

＜Related websites＞
Facebook event page
Japan Foundation Asia Center, Phnom Penh

Co-hosted with the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies (RCGS), the 88th International ARC Seminar will be held on Wednesday, July 7, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

Title: Video Game Preservation and Exhibition During COVID-19 at The Strong National Museum of Play

Speaker: Jon-Paul DYSON (Vice President for Exhibits and Director of the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, The Strong National Museum of Play)

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Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 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.

Background

In anticipation of the return of the Takayama float to the Gion Festival in 2022, a symposium was held by Asahi Shimbun, co-organized by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, on June 19, 2021.

The Takayama float boasts a long history of participating in the Yamahoko Junko parade that dates back to the 15th century. However, the float has been absent from the festival since 1826, having suffered from heavy damages caused by natural disasters.

As a result of the continued dedication and determination of the Takayama Preservation Association to revive the Takayama float, the long-cherished wish of the townspeople for the float to return to the Yamahoko Junko after nearly 200 years will finally come true.

The Symposium

At the beginning of the symposium, Mr. Junji Yamada, Head of the Takayama Preservation Association, gave an overview of the reconstruction progress of the float and expressed his joy that it is due to be completed four years earlier than expected.

Then, Prof. Keiji Yano, Deputy Director of the ARC, introduced the center's various activities concerning the digital archiving of the Gion Festival and the Takayama float (→ Gion Festival Digital Museum 2020 and 2021).

He presented CG animation of the rebuilt Takayama float, 2D and 3D maps of festival routes, old videos and photographs from the early Showa era, and 3D see-through visualization models of the festival floats, amongst others.

"As we did last year, the Art Research Center will be making its research results available to the public again from July this year through the Gion Festival Digital Museum 2021, so please look forward to it," expressed Prof. Yano.

Other distinguished guest speakers included Prof. Shoichi Inoue, Director of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies; Mr. Takashi Minamoto, film director and screenwriter; and Ms. Rieko Morita, Nihonga painter and Affiliate Professor at the Kyoto City University of Arts, with each of them sharing stories about his/her connection with the Gion Festival and the Takayama float.

Concluding the symposium, the hayashikata (Gion Festival musicians) of the Takayama Preservation Association performed ohayashi specific to the float.

Anticipation

"Ever since I was a kid, I have seen the festival floats passing by, accompanied by the creaking of wheels while I stood on the roadside listening to the ohayashi," Mr. Yamada reminisced. "None of us has ever experienced playing the ohayashi on the Takayama float during the festival, so we are all more than excited."

*A full video of the event is available online from July 1 - August 31, 2021 (in Japanese). To watch the video, please register via the following link: https://ciy.digital.asahi.com/ciy/11004163.

Co-hosted with the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies (RCGS), the 87th International ARC Seminar will be held on Wednesday, June 30, starting at 18:00 JST.

The program is as follows:

1. Description of Game Resources Using Linked Data (Linked Dataによるゲーム資料の記述)

Speaker: Kazufumi FUKADA (Lecturer, Department of Digital Entertainment, International Professional University of Technology in Osaka)

2. The Essential Problem for the Archiving of "Game Music" (「 ゲーム音楽」の保存にむけての諸問題 )

Speaker: Takashi OBANA (Associate Professor, Department of Digital Entertainment, International Professional University of Technology in Osaka)

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Date: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 18:00 - 19:30 JST

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

*Please note that only the first part of this webinar will be broadcasted via YouTube.