November 29, 2011
The 116th GCOE Seminar
The Program has been updated.
1. "To be announced"
Lecturer: Futama Hitomi (RA/Japanese Culture Research Group)
2. “Mitate of "Suikoden" by Utagawa Kunisada”
Lecturer: Jo Peeng (PD/Japanese Culture Research Group)
3. “Transition of River transportation in modern Kyoto”
Lecturer: Iizuka Takashi (RA/Historical Geography Information Research Group)
Date: November 29 (Tues.) 18:00-19:00 (6th Period)
Place: (Kinugasa) Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center Multipurpose Room (BKC) Please use the Internet (Power Live)
Free admission (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
For presentation abstracts, please click “more” below.
1. Futamata Nozomi: To be announced
To be announced
2. Jo Peeng, “Mitate of "Suikoden" by Utagawa Kunisada”
Many drawings remain from the Bakumatsu period, depicting content and people resembling those in the hakuwa shōsetsu “Suikoden.” Among these many works are mitate of “Suikoden” drawn by Utagawa Kunisada, an artist who specialized in drawings of actors. If we compare Kunisada’s works with Sukoden mitate drawn by other artists, we realize that there are numerous mitate drawn using drawings of actors. Kunisada created actor drawings resembling characters in “Suikoden,” and became a teacher who established this type of drawing. Based on this, I will clarify the special characteristics of Kunisada’s works and the transitions in style and content among them.
3. Iizuka Takashi, “Transition of River transportation in modern Kyoto”
In modern Kyoto, river transportation pathways like Takasegawa, Ōigawa and Yodogawa were used for cargo shipments, which took place since the early modern period. In addition, from Meiji 20 onwards Biwako sosui and Kamogawa Unga were opened, and in Showa 4 Misu kōmon was constructed. Based on these, it is clear that river transportation in modern Kyoto saw large-scale changes in its cargo shipping routes and cargo contents. This presentation uses river transportation GIS database information to shed light on transitions in river transportation in modern Kyoto.
