July 19, 2011
The 110th GCOE Seminar
Program has been updated.
1. "Same But Different Stories in Kamigata and Tokyo Rakugo"
Lecturer：Matthew Shores （Ph.D. candidate, University of Hawai‘i at Mânoa）
2. “Literary Research of the “Outer Territories” and Digital Archives”
Lecturer: Mikami Sōta (RA/Japanese Culture Research Group/Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Letters D3)
3. “Printing blocks in a "white" state"
Lecturer: Kaneko Takaaki (PD/Japanese Culture Research Group)
Time: July 19 (Tues.) 18:00-19:30 (6th Period)
Place: (Kinugasa) Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center Multipurpose Room (BKC) Please use the Internet (Power Live)
Free of charge (no reservation required)
* The general public may also participate in the seminar through the Internet.
* Starting in the afternoon on the day of the event, materials can be viewed at the following link (for a limited time):
http://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/archive01/jimu/GCOESeminar/haifu-index.html
To view presentation abstracts, please click on “more” below.
1. Matthew Shores, "Same But Different Stories in Kamigata and Tokyo Rakugo"
It is often said that Kamigata rakugo is shōnin/shōbai-heavy, or at least contains more to do with that world than does Tokyo rakugo. One reason for this might be that Osaka audiences were traditionally made up of shōnin, had working relationships with them, or depended on them to some degree. Osaka audiences, in the Edo period and later, were likely more interested in hearing narrated the fine details of the shōnin world than people in Edo/Tokyo. Analyzing the rakugo of both regions will allow me to determine whether Kamigata is shōnin-heavy, and identify characteristics of its Tokyo counterpart.
2. Mikami Sōta “Literary Research of the “Outer Territories” and Digital Archives”
In this report, based on databases that are under construction currently, I will consider literature from the “outer territories” that touch upon the opium policies of Taiwan and Manchuria. Up until now, I have thought about “statements of resistance” from authors like Kuroshima Denji, Hotta Shoichi and Takami Jun. While it has been said that there are not many criticisms by the Japanese people of opium policies, that claim should be reexamined. At the same time, how did authors of the “outer territories” (gaichi) such as Lin Yutang, Lai He, Lu Heruo and Jue Quing depict these opium policies? Even if we aside each author’s thoughts and stances, for them as colonized people to take up this matter was not easy. Their literary works were published while dodging the eyes of the authorities. Among them, there are those that have been disguised to the extent that at a glance they might even be considered submissive. In this report, I analyze these literary works based on various contemporaneous materials from databases. Together, they introduce methods of conducting literary research on the “outer territories.”
3. Kaneko Takaaki, “Printing blocks in a "white" state"
The majority of printing blocks are rubbed with one color of ink. As a result, ink accumulates and the printing block becomes a black colored object. This blackness is a shared characteristic among the majority of preserved printing blocks today. However, when consulting publishing records, we can also see cases where printing blocks were handled in a “white” state. In this presentation, I consider the state of “white” printing blocks and why they were handled in that state. Also, I will discuss about the reverse side of these results and what they represent.
