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May 31, 2011

Workshop on the digital archiving of early Japanese printed books at the Freer Gallery of Art

A workshop on the digital archiving of early Japanese printed books was held at the Freer Gallery of Art, a Smithsonian Institution museum. The workshop was led by Professor Akama.

Over the next three months, members will participate in digitally imaging the early Japanese printed books in the Pulverer Collection.

This project is a joint project with the Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative (Getty Foundation).

May 21, 2011

Presentation at the 90th SIG Computers and the Humanities Workshop

The following presentation was made at the 90th SIG Computers and the Humanities Workshop, held at Doshisha University, Muromachi Campus.

 
Presentation Title: “Digital Archive Project to Catalogue Exported Japanese Decorative Arts”
Presenters: Monika Bincsik, Shin’ya Maezaki
 
–Maezaki, PD

May 20, 2011

International symposium: "Shunga - Erotic Art in a Comparative Context"

An international symposium entitled “Shunga – Erotic Art in a Comparative Context” will be held on May 20~21, 2011 at SOAS, University of London.

This will be the 5th symposium regularly held by the Shunga Project (a joint project of SOAS, University of London; the British Museum; Ritsumeikan University; and the International Research Center for Japanese Studies).

Aki Ishigami (PD) of the Japanese Culture Research Group will present at the symposium.

We will add information on the symposium program once it has been finalized.

May 14, 2011

Kyoto Association for Early Modern Literature Monthly Meeting, May 2011

The following presentation was made by a member of the Japanese Culture Research Group at the May 2011 meeting of the Kyoto Association for Early Modern Literature.

“Woodcut Composition as Seen in Hanpon: Paper Quality and Border Lines”

Presenter: Takaaki Kaneko

Date: May 14 (Sat.), 15:00~

Location: Doshisha Women’s University, Imadegawa Campus, Eiko-kan, Room E104

May 14, 2011

Ritsumeikan University 1st JADS Kansai Chapter Meeting of 2011 (108th meeting in total)

The following meeting will be conducted by members of the Japanese Culture Research Group.

“On the Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program (TELDAP)”

Presenters: Monika Bincsik, Shin’ya Maezaki

Date: May 14 (Sun.), 15:00~17:00

Location: Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center, Multipurpose Room (planned)

Participation Fee: Free. Non-members are also welcome to participate.

※ A get-together has been planned for 17:30. It will cost around 3000yen.

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May 6, 2011

Early Modern Enpon Comprehensive Database has been updated

I have updated the Early Modern Enpon Comprehensive Database (Ishigami, PD).

New entries have been added on the Uragami Mitsuru Collection, the Michael Fornitz
Collection, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA).
 
There are currently 2738 entries in the database.
 

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