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[イベント情報]May 10, 2023(Wed)
The 117th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, May 10, from 18:00 JST.
The program is as follows:
Speaker: Naoki ISHIBASHI (Professor, Graduate School of Data Science, Musashino University)
Topic: Artizon Cloud: A Multidatabase System Architecture for a Museum and Its Applications
Date: Wednesday, May 10, 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.
[イベント情報]May 1, 2023(Mon)We are pleased to announce that 1,481 ukiyo-e prints from the Mukai Nobuo Collection of Senshu University Library are now available online in the Ukiyo-e Portal Database of the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University.
Ukiyo-e Database of the Mukai Nobuo Collection, Senshu University Library
Note: From the ARC Ukiyo-e Portal Database, you can search for the Mukai Nobuo Collection by entering '向井信夫文庫' in the 'collection'-field.
The late Mukai Nobuo was known as a collector and researcher of Edo-period Japanese books. His collection comprises a wide variety of books from the late Edo period, such as gesaku (戯作)--including sharebon (洒落本), kokkeibon (滑稽本), hanashibon (咄本), and ninjobon (人情本)--kanshibun (漢詩文), kyoshi (狂詩) and kyobun (狂文), kosho zuihitsu (考証随筆), Yoshiwara-and kabuki-related works, picture books, and more.
While collecting these Japanese books, he also collected ukiyo-e prints and ukiyo-e albums of the same period. It is a well-balanced collection of late-Edo period actor prints (役者絵), warrior prints (武者絵), prints of beautiful women (美人画), and caricatures, with a sizeable collection of 690 works by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年).
The Art Research Center (ARC) has collaborated in this project by digitizing the collection and providing detailed metadata.
While the Edo-period Japanese books of the Mukai Nobuo Collection are released sequentially by the National Institute of Japanese Literature, they are also accessible through the ARC database system.
Senshu University Library's Nobuo Mukai Collection Browsing System
Note: From the Early Japanese Books Portal Database, you can search by entering '専修大学' as the owner of the collection.
Regarding the use of rare books and materials of Senshu University Library, please refer to the library website https://library.lib.senshu-u.ac.jp/information/collection.
[イベント情報]April 26, 2023(Wed)The 116th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, April 26, from 18:00 JST.
The program is as follows:
1. Speaker: Simon KANER (Executive Director, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, University of East Anglia)
Topic: Stonehenge and prehistoric Japan--Archaeological exchanges between Japan and the UK: Current and future trends
2. Speakers: Ryoko MATSUBA (Lecturer in Digital Japanese Arts and Humanities, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, University of East Anglia)
Joseph BILLS (MPhil, Japanese Studies, University of Cambridge)
Bori KO (MA Student, History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia, SOAS University of London)
Liam HEAD (MA Student, Interdisciplinary Japanese Studies, University of East Anglia)Topic: Implementing the ARC Model in the UK: Digitising Sword Ornaments at the British Museum
Date: Wednesday, April 26, 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.
[イベント情報]April 20, 2023(Thu)We are pleased to announce the Call for Manuscript Submissions for the Art Research Center's journal ART RESEARCH vol. 24-2.
As an academic journal specializing in arts and culture, the purpose of ART RESEARCH is to widely publicize the results of the research projects and activities conducted by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University, and its partner institutions and collaborative researchers.
Since its establishment in 1998, the Art Research Center (ARC) has been selected for several national grants as a center of excellence for research in culture, art, and information science. In FY2019, the center assumed the role as the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art & Culture (ARC-iJAC) upon its accreditation by the MEXT as an International Joint Usage/Research Center. The ARC is highly regarded as a leading hub for the digital archiving of Japanese art and culture.
Our online journal will be published several times a year, and at the end of the fiscal year, a print booklet compiling all contributions will be distributed, as we hope to increase the submission opportunities for researchers.
We look forward to receiving your manuscript.
Read more>>[イベント情報]April 12, 2023(Wed)The 115th International ARC Seminar will be held as a Webinar on Wednesday, April 12, from 18:00 JST.
The program is as follows:
Speaker: Ryuzo UENO (Professor, College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University)
Topic: The Acceptance of"Sanguozhi" in Japan through Ukiyo-e
Date: Wednesday, April 12, 18:00 - 19:30 JST
Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (no reservation required)
[イベント情報]March 13, 2023(Mon)Supported by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, the training course Generating 3D Model for Museums Collections Using Photo-Scanning Technique was held at the Atun Museum, Egypt, on March 7-9, 2023.
Overview:
Sharing knowledge and capacity building of curators working in the Egyptian museums at the Ministry of Antiquities is one of the important ways that achieve the required development of the policies and means of preserving the Egyptian cultural heritage in a sustainable framework. In this regard, sharing advanced practical know-how and experiences that have been developed with the Art Research Center (ARC) at Ritsumeikan University in Japan achieves this goal with the support of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Objectives:
The photo-scanning technology contributes to preserving the objects of Egyptian museums, especially at the time of crises and disasters, such as the looting and destroying the Mallawi Museum in Egypt in August 2013, in addition to the massive destruction of the Islamic Art Museum after the Cairo Security Directorate bombing on January 24, 2014, the restoration and preservation of museum groups, add to contributing to the combating and recovery of smuggling of cultural heritage assets crimes.
The photo-scanning technique generates 3D modeling for artifacts in Egyptian museums. A digital database can be created and referred to, allowing the artifacts to be identified easily through fabric, components, and elements.
The dependence on the photo-scanning application on cultural heritage assets in Egyptian museums comes as a reflection of its practical and successful implementation on the objects of the Kyoto City Archaeological Museum in Japan under the supervision and support of the ARC. It aims to create 3D modeling of collected objects in a modernist geometric form (X, Y, Z) through precise photography with a special technique, processed with the Agisoft Metashape software v2021.
Date: March 7-9, 2023, 9:00-14:00 EET
Topic: Generating 3D Model for Museums Collections Using Photo-Scanning Technique
Venue: The Atun Museum, Minya Governorate, Egypt
Organizer: The Museums Sector at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt
Supported by: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Please note that this was a non-public event.
[イベント情報]March 6, 2023(Mon)A research project to visualize the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Tamaki Shrine (玉置神社) using the latest 3D scanning technologies, led by Professor Satoshi Tanaka (College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University)--faculty member of the Art Research Center (ARC)--has officially started.
The project is jointly conducted with the Nara Prefectural Government and involves 3D measurement of Tamaki Shrine using drones, terrestrial laser scanners, and 360-degree cameras to take multifaceted measurements.
The beautiful main hall of Tamaki Shrine, the Tamaishi-sha (玉石社), as well as the Jindaisugi (神代杉) cedar tree, said to be 3,000 years old and an object of worship in the precinct, and the shrine office (社務所), designated a national important tangible cultural property, have been digitally preserved. The obtained data will be used to develop visual content as the project continues.
We express our gratitude to the people at Tamaki Shrine for their kind cooperation.
Related links:
Official website of Tamaki Shrine (玉置神社) - in Japanese
Interview with Prof. Satoshi Tanaka on Visualizing Large-Scale Cultural Heritage - in English
[イベント情報]March 1, 2023(Wed)A workshop with the Ukiyo-e Woodblock Engraving and Printmaking Techniques Preservation Society (浮世絵木版画彫摺技術保存協会) was held on February 17, 2023, co-organized by the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center.
There has been a long history of cooperation between the ARC and the society, and workshops have previously been organized in February 2011, February 2015, June 2019, and February 2022.
The purpose of the workshops is to exchange information and opinions with experts, deepen the understanding of the ARC Collection and facilitate the sharing of knowledge concerning ukiyo-e woodblock engraving and printmaking techniques.
Following Article 147 of the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties of Japan, the woodblock printmaking techniques were selected as preservation techniques in 1978, and the Ukiyo-e Woodblock Engraving and Printmaking Techniques Preservation Society (浮世絵木版画彫摺技術保存協会) has been recognized as one of the selected organizations holding this technique.
Date: 17 February (Fri), 2023, 14:00-17:00
Method: Online (Zoom)
Program
1. Speaker: Akama Ryo (Professor and Director of the Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
Topic: 海外の浮世絵コレクション紹介 欧州ドイツ編
2. Speaker: Takaaki Kaneko (Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University)
Topic: 立命館大学アート・リサーチセンターの板木コレクション
3. Speaker: Ryoko Matsuba (Lecturer in Japanese Digital Arts and Humanities, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, University of East Anglia)
Topic: Connecting Present to Past: Re-evaluating Japanese Traditional Printmaking プロジェクト報告および葛飾北斎作品の彫、摺の疑問点
Co-organizers: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center; Ukiyo-e Woodblock Engraving and Printmaking Techniques Preservation Society (浮世絵木版画彫摺技術保存協会)
→ Website of the Ukiyo-e Woodblock Engraving and Printmaking Techniques Preservation Society
For inquiries, please contact:
Office of the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
E-mail: r-darc (at) st.ritsumei.ac.jp (replace "at" with @)
[イベント情報]February 24, 2023(Fri)Date: Friday, February 24, 10:45 -17:45 (JST) and Saturday, February 25, 11:15 -16:15 (JST)
Venue: Online (Zoom, YouTube)Organised by: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC) & "Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures" Project, Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Please click here for the program.
For inquiries, please contact us at r-darc (at) st.ritsumei.ac.jp (change "at" to @).
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