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[イベント情報]October 18, 2024(Fri)
As part of the FY 2024 ARC-iJAC project 演劇上演記録データベースを活用した、演劇資料画像検索閲覧システムの構築に関る研究 (A Study on the Construction of a Search and Browsing System for Theater Photo Materials using a Database of Theater Performance Records), as of Oct. 18, 2024, the Shochiku Otani Library has released a digital archive of Takemoto yukahon theatrical chanters' books.
Yukahon are theatrical libretto books from which Takemoto gidayu chanters, seated on stage, read and chant. They are used in gidayu kyogen and some other categories of Kabuki plays. In addition to the text to be chanted and markings for the melody, the text also includes notations indicating actors' words or actions that serve as chanters' cues, as well as notation and direction for shamisen players.
The Shochiku Otani Library holds yukahon used by Kabuki chanters from the pre-war through post-war periods, including ones used by chanters Takemoto Kagamidayu I and Toyotake Kotobukidayu I.
Takemoto performers who perform at the Kabuki-za and other theatres still refer to these materials today.
Online public access to the Shochiku Otani Library's Collection of Valuable Materials "Theater Photos Search and Browsing System" is provided by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University based on an agreement with the Shochiku Otani Library.
The digital archive includes 590 yukahon books, which can be viewed online in their entirety (the copyright period has not yet expired for 48 items in the collection; the images for these are not being made public).
We hope that the preservation of the original yukahon manuscripts through digitization and publicly available online database for these materials will be beneficial not only for the needs of active Takemoto performers, but for Kabuki researchers, enthusiasts, and future generations of performers as well.
You can read the Shochiku Otani Library's official press release (in Japanese) → here.
[イベント情報]October 2, 2024(Wed)The 138th International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday, October 2, from 18:00 JST.
The program is as follows:
Speaker: Lani ALDEN (PhD candidate, Japanese Studies, University of California, Berkeley)
Topic: New Approaches to Digital Humanities: Large-Language Models and Large-Scale Tokenized Personal/Public Databases of Primarily Japanese Sources
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 18:00 - 19:30 JST
Participation: online via Zoom, free of charge (affiliated parties only, no reservation required)
*This is a closed event and YouTube livestream is not available.
[イベント情報]September 27, 2024(Fri)On September 10 and 11, 2024, the British Museum and the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, hosted a symposium at SOAS University of London as part of the 3-year international joint research project 'Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880 (上方文化サロン:人的ネットワークから解き明かす文化創造空間 1780-1880),' supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
The research project, led by the Principal Investigators (PI) Prof. Ryo Akama (Director of the ARC/College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University) and Dr. Akiko Yano (Curator, Department of Asia, British Museum), aims to investigate the cultural and social impact of art and literary salons and the collective creation of art (gassaku) in early modern Japan, particularly in the Kyoto-Osaka region circa 1780-1880 by analysing over 5,000 objects in collections at the British Museum and in Japan.
During the course of this project, these works have been digitally archived and their textual inscriptions transcribed into an extensive online research database--the 'Kamigata Bunkajin Sogo Database' (「上方文化人総合データベース」)--established and operated by the ARC, providing a new portal for research on early modern Japanese culture with the possibility of incorporating other collections on different themes in the future.
<ARC Virtual Institute: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka>
The symposium was held in Japanese and English, and open to the public.
The book of abstracts of all the speakers' presentations is available for download →here.
Program
Presentations marked with (※) were held in Japanese.Day 1: September 10, 2024 9:00-9:10 Greetings
Akiko Yano (British Museum)9:10-11:00 Session 1: Poetry (haiku) circles and artists Speaker 1
Scott Johnson (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University): Notes on "A Haiku Journey to Osaka"Speaker 2
Yokoya Ken'ichiro (Otsu City Museum of History): 中嶋来章と俳諧摺物―義仲寺をめぐる絵師と俳壇 (※)Speaker 3
Ida Taro (Professor, Kindai University):『花月帖』から見える東西のサロンの交流 (※)Speaker 4
Sugimoto Yoshihisa (Professor, Tohoku University): 渡辺南岳と中村芳中の江戸行―俳諧と絵画の交流 (※)Discussant: Alfred Haft (British Museum) 11:05-12:55 Session 2: Osaka, a centre of literati culture Speaker 1
Nakatani Nobuo (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University; online): Kimura Kenkadō and his fellow artistsSpeaker 2
Tsukuda Ikki (Issa-an tea master; online): 煎茶サロンの仕掛け・語らいを生む絵画 (※)Speaker 3
Paul Berry (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University of Foreign Studies): Nature of literati world in OsakaSpeaker 4
Akeo Keizo (Professor, Osaka University of Commerce): 文化サロンとしての蔵屋敷 (※)Discussant: Andrew Gerstle (Professor Emeritus, SOAS University of London) 13:00-14:00 Break 14:00-14:50 Session 3: Independent paper Akama Ryō (Professor, Ritsumeikan University): 幕末明治の京都・大阪における文化サロン人物ネットワークのデータアーカイブと分析システム (※)
Commentator: Matsuba Ryoko (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures)14:50-15:10 Break 15:10-17:00 Session 4: Literary and artistic circles: publications, popularisation and commercial aspects Speaker 1
Xiangming Chen (PhD student, University of Oxford): Guide to literati: Kenkadō, Osaka publishing and reception of Qing artSpeaker 2 John Carpenter (Metropolitan Museum of Art): Collaborative paintings with poetry inscriptions as records of Kyoto salon culture Speaker 3 Yamamoto Yoshitaka (National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL)): Court nobles among renowned masters and friends: The imperial court and albums of calligraphy and painting in the early 19th-century Kyoto-Osaka region Speaker 4 Jingyi Li (Assistant Professor, Occidental College in Los Angeles; online): Commercialized gatherings and commodified literati in 19th-century shogakai Discussant: Ellis Tinios (Professor Emeritus, University of Leeds) Day 2: September 11, 2024 9:30-11:20 Session 5: Connections and networks via art Speaker 1
Iwasa Shin'ichi (Osaka Museum of History): 江戸時代後期の京坂と近隣地域における合作書画の諸相について-制作背景と揮毫者を中心に-(※)Speaker 2
Yamamoto Yukari (Wako University): 春画とサロン―長崎来舶清人との関係を中心に (※)Speaker 3 Hirai Yoshinobu (The National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAK)): 京・大坂における長崎派風の伝播の諸相 (※) Speaker 4 Timothy Clark (Honorary Research Fellow, British Museum): Maruyama-Shijō art at the British Museum Discussant: Rosina Buckland (British Museum) 11:20-12:00 General discussion
Symposium 'Creative Collaborations in Kyoto, Osaka and Beyond, 1770-1900'
Date: September 10, 9:00-17:00 & September 11, 9:30-12:00 (BST)
Venue: RG01, SOAS University of London
Organizer (UK): British Museum
Organizer (Japan): International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan UniversityHeader image credit: Tanida Sukenaga (artist, 1748-1825) and six haiku poets, Six poets (imitating the theme of 'Six Immortal Poets'). Surimono, colour woodblock print, 1808. British Museum, 1987,0729,0.2.
[イベント情報]September 25, 2024(Wed)This course will be held online, using the ARC's AI Kuzushiji Transcription Support System and databases of early Japanese books, ukiyo-e, and old documents. Users can practice reading kuzushiji anytime, anywhere, and at their own pace. Japanese Studies researchers who wish to learn to decipher kuzushiji are encouraged to apply, whether they are based in Japan or overseas.
The key features of this course include:
1. Receiving corrections and guidance for your transcriptions from expert tutors
2. The usage of the ARC's AI system to suggest correct transcriptions
3. The ability to select works from the ARC's extensive online databases on which to practice one's skills
4. The ability to upload and work with materials not already in the ARC databases
Differing from one-off courses or systems designed simply for transcription itself, the ARC Transcription System and Training Course is designed to allow researchers to practice their skills and develop their abilities at their own pace, working with the materials they choose.
We welcome applications from beginners as well as intermediate-level participants.
The miwo system, which uses OCR to transcribe text one full page at a time, is also integrated into the ARC system. Transcription projects can be advanced quickly by using the ARC's system to review and correct transcriptions produced by miwo.
Researchers engaged in projects transcribing a particular set of materials, whether working individually or as a research group, are also encouraged to apply.Participation is free of charge. This training course is supported by the Consortium for Global Japanese Studies FY 2024.
If you would like to apply to participate, please submit the form linked below.
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Registration Form
Application deadline: Friday, Oct 4, 2024 (12pm Japan Standard Time)Course Details:
Dates: Oct 14, 2024 - March 15, 2025
Course will be conducted in Japanese. (Japanese language ability is required for learning to transcribe Japanese paleographic texts.)
Modes of participation:
1. Researchers from beginner to intermediate level seeking to decipher works written in kuzushiji. (Participants will receive guidance and corrections from expert tutors; max. 25 participants)
2. Individuals or research groups seeking to use the miwo and ARC transcription support systems to advance their own transcription projects. (Guidance or corrections from expert tutors is not provided.)
We request those looking to only transcribe small sections for the purposes of inserting quotations into a doctoral dissertation or other academic papers to please refrain from applying.
Course Schedule:
Oct 14 (tentative): Participants will be informed of acceptance into the program.
Oct 17 (20:00 JST), Oct 18 (9:00 JST): Overview and introduction to the course and transcription systems (held online; live-streaming at those times, or on-demand afterward)
Nov / Dec : Lectures on early Japanese books (some lectures in English, some in Japanese), and training sessions for the transcription systems (held in Japanese)
Late Mar: Closing meeting.
For questions, please contact:
Office of the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC)
Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University
E-mail: r-darc@st.ritsumei.ac.jp
Tel.: +81 75-465-8476[イベント情報]September 10, 2024(Tue)We are pleased to announce that a symposium will be held as part of the international joint research project 'Creative Collaborations: Salons and Networks in Kyoto and Osaka 1780-1880 (上方文化サロン:人的ネットワークから解き明かす文化創造空間 1780-1880),' supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Date: September 10, 9:00-17:00 & September 11, 9:30-12:00 (BST)
Venue: RG01, SOAS University of London
Organizer (UK): British Museum
Organizer (Japan): International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan UniversityThis symposium is open to the public and will be held both online and in person. It will be held in Japanese and English. Interpretation will be available during the Q&A session.
Registration: Please contact Sophie Gong at (YGong@britishmuseum.org).
Program (tentative)
Presentations marked with (※) are held in Japanese.Day 1: September 10, 2024 9:00-9:10 Greetings
Akiko Yano (British Museum)9:10-11:00 Session 1: Poetry (haiku) circles and artists Speaker 1
Scott Johnson (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University): Notes on "A Haiku Journey to Osaka"Speaker 2
Yokoya Ken'ichiro (Otsu City Museum of History): 中嶋来章と俳諧摺物―義仲寺をめぐる絵師と俳壇 (※)Speaker 3
Ida Taro (Professor, Kindai University):『花月帖』から見える東西のサロンの交流 (※)Speaker 4
Sugimoto Yoshihisa (Professor, Tohoku University): 渡辺南岳と中村芳中の江戸行―俳諧と絵画の交流 (※)Discussant: Alfred Haft (British Museum) 11:05-12:55 Session 2: Osaka, a centre of literati culture Speaker 1
Nakatani Nobuo (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University; online): Kimura Kenkadō and his fellow artistsSpeaker 2
Tsukuda Ikki (Issa-an tea master; online): 煎茶サロンの仕掛け・語らいを生む絵画 (※)Speaker 3
Paul Berry (Professor Emeritus, Kansai University of Foreign Studies): Nature of literati world in OsakaSpeaker 4
Akeo Keizo (Professor, Osaka University of Commerce): 文化サロンとしての蔵屋敷 (※)Discussant: Andrew Gerstle (Professor Emeritus, SOAS University of London) 13:00-14:00 Break 14:00-14:50 Session 3: Independent paper Akama Ryō (Professor, Ritsumeikan University): 幕末明治の京都・大阪における文化サロン人物ネットワークのデータアーカイブと分析システム (※)
Commentator: Matsuba Ryoko (Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures)14:50-15:10 Break 15:10-17:00 Session 4: Literary and artistic circles: publications, popularisation and commercial aspects Speaker 1
Xiangming Chen (PhD student, University of Oxford): Guide to literati: Kenkadō, Osaka publishing and reception of Qing artSpeaker 2 John Carpenter (Metropolitan Museum of Art): Collaborative paintings with poetry inscriptions as records of Kyoto salon culture Speaker 3 Yamamoto Yoshitaka (National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL)): Court nobles among renowned masters and friends: The imperial court and albums of calligraphy and painting in the early 19th-century Kyoto-Osaka region Speaker 4 Jingyi Li (Assistant Professor, Occidental College in Los Angeles; online): Commercialized gatherings and commodified literati in 19th-century shogakai Discussant: Ellis Tinios (Professor Emeritus, University of Leeds) Day 2: September 11, 2024 9:30-11:20 Session 5: Connections and networks via art Speaker 1
Iwasa Shin'ichi (Osaka Museum of History): 江戸時代後期の京坂と近隣地域における合作書画の諸相について-制作背景と揮毫者を中心に-(※)Speaker 2
Yamamoto Yukari (Wako University): 春画とサロン―長崎来舶清人との関係を中心に (※)Speaker 3 Hirai Yoshinobu (The National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAK)): 京・大坂における長崎派風の伝播の諸相 (※) Speaker 4 Timothy Clark (Honorary Research Fellow, British Museum): Maruyama-Shijō art at the British Museum Discussant: Rosina Buckland (British Museum) 11:20-12:00 General discussion [イベント情報]September 10, 2024(Tue)On September 8, 2024, Prof. Changgong Meng (President, Dalian University) visited the Art Research Center (ARC).
Besides a tour of the ARC building and digital archiving facilities, Dr. Travis Seifman (ARC Research Manager/Associate Professor, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University) gave an introductory presentation on the DH research activities of the Center.
[イベント情報]August 27, 2024(Tue)We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Shahon Mokuroku 写本目録/Manuscripts (Bibliographic) Database, which includes over 3,400 bibliographic records for Japanese handwritten manuscripts held by the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley. This database is now available through the Library's Japanese Special Collections portal, provided by the Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University.
For the convenience of users, the same bibliographic records have also been added to the Kotenseki 古典籍/Old and Rare Books database within the same portal. UC Berkeley's Japanese Manuscripts Collection comprises approximately 7,800 volumes and 4,200 single sheets, dating from the 14th to the 20th century, and was originally part of the Mitsui Bunko collection.
Japanese Special Collections at the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley
https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/lib/vm/UCB/A0/As most of these volumes have not yet been cataloged in OCLC WorldCat, scholars interested in this collection previously needed to consult three separate title lists provided by the National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL): 「カリフォルニア大学バークレー校旧三井文庫写本目録稿」,「カリフォルニア大学バークレー校旧三井文庫写本目録稿追加」, and 「カリフォルニア大学バークレー校旧三井文庫御会関係資料細目稿」. Now, an additional tool is offered to facilitate the discovery of items of interest, with each record providing much more detailed information, including titles and creator names in romanization, as well as Naikaku Bunko classification terminology. To browse these titles in the Kotenseki 古典籍/Old and Rare Books database, please enter "ms" in the "object no." or "資料番号" box and click the "search" button.
The bibliographic information for these records was collected through careful examination of each manuscript by many researchers who participated in an extensive research project led by Prof. Motoi Katsumata of Meisei University, with generous funding from the Mitsubishi Foundation (2015), Meisei University (2016), KAKEN grants (2017-2021), and the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University (2023). Frequent participants in the onsite visits to the library over the years included Prof. Takahiro Sasaki of Shidō Bunko, Keiō University, and Prof. Atsushi Satō of Nihon University.
Prof. Katsumata received an honorable mention from NCC's Comprehensive Digitization and Discoverability Program Award in 2021 for his video presentation, "Connecting Books through Stamps." His project of examining seals stamped on these manuscripts has been completed, and the transcribed seal texts are now searchable in these databases (please use the "用語/other term" box for searching).
The integration of the bibliographic data for the Japanese Manuscripts Collection into the "Old and Rare Books" database has been realized through a long-standing collaboration between Prof. Motoi Katsumata (Meisei University), Toshie Marra (University of California, Berkeley), and Prof. Ryo Akama (Ritsumeikan University/Director of the ARC).
With the establishment of the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC) in 2019, the Art Research Center strives to push the internationalization of research activities that transcend disciplines and geographic boundaries.NEWS
Toshie Marra introduces the outcomes of the nearly twenty years of research cooperation in digital archiving between the ARC and the C.V. Starr East Asian Library (EAL), UC Berkeley, which boasts one the world's largest collections of Japanese cultural resources. >> Read more. The colloquium comprised presentations from graduate students associated with each of the two Centers, with some presenting in English and some in Japanese.
The papers explored a range of topics in Japanese Studies related to performing arts, including performing arts in geisha districts (kagai), gender identity among onnagata performers, and the representation of historical figures as heroes or villains in prewar modern theatre, as well as "new approaches to cultural studies," with one using the example of mango production in Miyazaki prefecture in a broader discussion of the establishment of tropical fruit cultivation in Japan. >> Read more.The outcomes of this research project, supported by UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and JSPS, are currently showcased at the British Museum as part of a Special Display.
The research project, led by Prof. Ryo Akama (College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University) and Dr. Akiko Yano (Curator, Department of Asia, British Museum), aims to investigate the cultural and social impact of art and literary salons and the collective creation of art (gassaku) in early modern Japan, particularly in the Kyoto-Osaka region.
As part of this project, the 'Kamigata Bunkajin Sogo Database' (「上方文化人総合データベース」) has been established by the ARC, providing a new portal for research on early modern Japanese culture. >> Read more.To support international joint research, we provide free accounts for ArcGIS Online, a web-based mapping software of Esri, Inc., to members of the International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC). >> Read more. Database News! The Shuichi Kato Collection held by the Ritsumeikan University Library is available
Shuichi Kato (1919-2008) was one of the leading international intellectuals in post-war Japan. Established in 2015, Ritsumeikan University's Research Center for Shuichi Kato and the Japanese Contemporary Thoughts aims to research the vast number of books and manuscripts in the Shuichi Kato Collection of the university library.
The ARC is pleased to announce the release of the digitally archived collection as follows:We were delighted to welcome Prof. Giovanni Molari (Rector, Bologna University) and Prof. Raffaella Campaner (Vice Rector for International Relations, Bologna University) to the ARC.
Dr. Travis Seifman (ARC Research Manager) gave a tour of the ARC facilities to a group of faculty and students of National Chengchi University, Taiwan.Upcoming Events
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You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.[イベント情報]August 6, 2024(Tue)Background:
Toshie Marra joined the C. V. Starr East Asian Library (EAL), University of California, Berkeley in 2012 as the Librarian for the Japanese Collection. Her areas of responsibilities include developing EAL's Japanese language collections and providing instruction and reference services for Japanese studies. Previously, she worked at the Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for 22 years. She holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from UCLA with specialization in cataloging and preservation.Thank you very much for your time today. What sparked your interest in becoming a librarian?
Marra: Marrying a scholar of Japanese literature brought me to UCLA in the late 1980s. At that time, UCLA East Asian Library had just begun cataloging Chinese, Japanese, and Korean materials in the OCLC CJK system. I was hired as their first copy-cataloger for Japanese materials. Soon I discovered a shortage of librarians in North America with expertise in the Japanese language, especially those knowledgeable about handling Japanese pre-modern books, or kotenseki. As a result, many unique holdings remained uncatalogued in library storages. This unfortunate situation motivated me to pursue a career as Japanese Studies librarian in the U. S.
Read more>>Day 1: Thursday, August 1, 2024 13:00-17:10(tentative)
Day 2: Friday, August 2, 2024 10:00-15:00(tentative)Hybrid event (ARC, ZOOM, YouTube)
ARC members will be informed of the ZOOM URL via e-mail.
Non-ARC members can participate von YouTube via the following link.(※一部配信出来ないプログラムもございます)
For inquiries, please contact the Office of the Art Research Center: arc-jimu@arc.ritsumei.ac.jp
Organizer: International Joint Digital Archiving Center for Japanese Art and Culture (ARC-iJAC), Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University and Program for Supporting Research Center Formation, Ritsumeikan University
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