- Japanese Culture Group
- Akama laboratory
- Akama Lab Archives
- Websites with materials on Japanese culture and art
- Kimura laboratory
- Wada laboratory
- John Carpenter laboratory
- Furukawa laboratory
March 31, 2011
Presentation at AAS Annual Conference
I presented the following paper at the AAS (Association for Asian Studies) Conference, held this year at the Hawaii Convention Center.
Session 158: The Rhetoric of the Real: Representing Nature in Tokugawa-Meiji Writing and Visual Culture
Paper 4: Shinya Maezaki, “Naturalism in Modern Japanese Ceramics: Stoneware Basin with a Crab by Miyagawa Kozan I”
–Maezaki, PD
March 31, 2011
Report by the Kamigata Arts Research Group
The Kamigata Arts Research Group has published a report entitled Gondō Yoshikazu kamigata geinō o kataru – nōgaku, bunraku, kabuki, soshite Takechi Tetsuji (Gondō Yoshikazu on the Kamigata Arts – Noh Drama, Bunraku, Kabuki, and Takechi Tetsuji). This booklet brings together observations on the postwar Kamigata art style made by Mr. Gondō in eleven talks from 2007. PDFs can be downloaded at the address below: https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/oldarc/kamigata/index.html
March 18, 2011
Presentation at the 2011 TELDAP International Conference
The following members presented at the 2011 Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program (TELDAP) International Conference held at Academia Sinica in Taipei.
Presentation Title: “Digital Archive Project to Catalogue Exported Japanese Decorative Arts”
Presenters: Monika Bincsik, Shin’ya Maezaki, (Kenji Hattori)
March 2, 2011
Launch of the Bamboo Basket Database
This is Maezaki (PD). I have launched a database for bamboo art.
https://www.dh-jac.net/db9/bamboo/enter.html
January 15, 2011
Presentation at the English Ceramic Circle
I presented a paper at the English Ceramic Circle.
Place: Kensington Library, Lecture Theatre
Presentation Title: “What happened after Hamada left? The role of Matsubayashi Tsurunosuke in the early stage of the Leach Pottery”
It was apparently the first time a Japanese person had presented at the English Ceramic Circle, which was founded nearly eighty years ago. Information on my presentation will be printed in the Circle’s bulletin.
–Maezaki, PD
December 17, 2010
International Symposium: "Digital Iconography"
An international symposium was held at ARC for two days, from December 17 to December 18, 2010. Details may be found here.
December 12, 2010
Presentation at the Kabuki Academic Society 2010 Autumn Meeting
The Kabuki Academic Society 2010 Autumn Meeting was held at Japan Women’s University on December 11th and 12th. Hidenori Ōnishi gave a presentation entitled “Nipponophone’s Records of Kikugorō VI.”
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December 1, 2010
Exhibition: "See, Read, Learn: Kabuki and the Theater"
The exhibition “See, Read, Learn: Kabuki and the Theater” has been launched.
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ARC Serial Exhibition 5,
in conjunction with the 110th Anniversary of the Founding of Ritsumeikan
“See, Read, Learn: Kabuki and the Theater”
■Period: December 1, 2010 (Wed.) ~ December 21, 2010 (Tues.)
※Closed on weekends and holidays.
■Location: Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center, 1F Exhibition Hall
■Hours: 9:30~17:00
■Sponsor: MEXT Global COE (Center of Excellence), Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Culture (Ritsumeikan); Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center
■Planning: MEXT Global COE (Center of Excellence), Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Culture (Ritsumeikan); Japanese Culture Research Group, Akama Lab
Related Events:
Gallery Talks
■Date: December 3, 16:00~ (approx. 30 minutes). Free admission; no reservation necessary.
■Location: Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center, 1F Exhibition Hall
■Commentator: Masae Kurahashi (Doshisha Women’s College, Adjunct Instructor)
■Date: December 20, 16:00~ (approx. 30 minutes). Free admission; no reservation necessary.
■Location: Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center, 1F Exhibition Hall
■Commentator: Mizuho Kamo (Ritsumeikan University, Graduate School of Letters D2)
■Inquiries
Ritsumeikan University, Art Research Center Office
TEL: 075-465-8476 (Weekdays, 9:00~17:30)
E-Mail: arc-jimu★arc.ritsumei.ac.jp (Please replace ★ with @)
For more information on ARC’s serial exhibitions or lectures by young researchers, please click here.
November 29, 2010
Presentation at the 2010 International Conference of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities
The following members gave a poster presentation at the 2010 International Conference of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities held at National Taiwan University (November 29, 30).
Presenters: Monika Bincsik, Shin’ya Maezaki, Kenji Hattori
Presentation title: “Fostering International Cooperation to Create a Digital Archive of Japanese Decorative Arts”
–Maezaki, PD
November 4, 2010
Presentation at joint workshop: 100th Information Fundamentals and Access Technologies & 39th Digital Libraries Workshop
Okamoto presented at the joint 100th Information Fundamentals and Access Technologies & 39th Digital Libraries Workshop, held on November 4th at Ritsumeikan University [BKC]. The title of his presentation was “Using Historical Materials Focused on Visual Elements.”
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