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Ako City Chushingura Digital Exhibition Room:
https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/lib/vm/akochushingura/

The fifth online exhibition of Chushingura Ukiyo-e co-organized by the Art Research Center and Ako City, entitled "Chushingura Ukiyo-e by the lyrical artist Hiroshige and by the fantastical artist Kuniyoshi," is now open online.

Prior to this, Ako City has held four digital exhibitions using the Art Research Center's electronic exhibition systems. This fifth exhibit introduces Chushingura-themed works by two of the representative Utagawa school artists of the world of late Edo period Ukiyo-e, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.

Hiroshige, known for his lyrical landscapes and images of famous places, also designed numerous prints of narrative scenes that display his refined skills in the depictions of the background. Meanwhile, Kuniyoshi demonstrated his excellent illustrative skills in producing not only the images of warriors for which he is famous, but also images of beauties, actors, comedic scenes, and other works incorporating a modern sensibility; with his enterprising spirit and rich imagination, he also designed numerous works on the theme of Chushingura.

Please enjoy lyricism and fantasy, stillness and movement, in the world of Chushingura as depicted by Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi, two contrasting Utagawa artists.

 
Ako City Chushingura Ukiyo-e Digital Exhibition:
https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/lib/vm/akochushingura/
Ako City Chushingura Ukiyo-e Database:
https://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/search_ako.php
Entrance through Ako City's website:
https://www.city.ako.lg.jp/edu/shougai/akoukiyoedatebase.html

Ritsumeikan University will establish a College of Arts and Design and a Graduate School of Arts and Design at its Kinugasa Campus in Kyoto from April 2026.
The Art Research Center has organised a series of seminars centred on the faculty members who will be joining this new faculty. In these seminars, each faculty member will introduce their current research themes.
This seminar is open to the public, including those considering enrolment in the College of Arts and Design or its Graduate School, as well as anyone interested in the research activities.

We look forward to having you join us! 

 ＜Participation＞Free of charge・No booking required・Open to all.

・Zoom webinars:
・YouTube live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/@studioarc504

 ＜Seminar＞
All Days: 18:30～20:00 (For completed seminars, clicking the title will take you to the archived video.)

• October 22 ,        Topic: "Archaeology × Design & Art: A Challenge"  (Streaming video)
                              Sp:　Oki　NAKAMURA（Specialty: Design, Art, and History）

• October 29 ,        Topic: "Design in the Connected World"(Streaming video)
                               Sp: Yo OSHIMA （Specialty: Digital Design Expression）

• November 19 ,    Topic: "Cultural heritage video mapping and Manga AI"  (Streaming video)　　
                              Sp: Kazushi Mukaiyama (Specialty: Digital Art)

• November 26 ,    Topic: "Digital Archive of Past Urban Landscape Using Photogrammetry"　 (Streaming video)
    　　　　　　　Sp: Takashi Kirimura (Specialty:Geographic Information Science, Historical GIS, 3D GIS)
  

• December 10,     Topic: "From Exhibition to Exhibition: A Case Study of Ota Kijiro"
                               Sp: Sayoko Ueda (Professor, Institute for General Education, Ritsumeikan University / Professor, College of Arts and Design, Ritsumeikan University)
  

• December 17,      Topic: "Designing Connectives-- Time, People, Skills, and Materials as Seen in Japanese Traditional Woodblock Printing"
                                Sp: Ryoko Matsuba (Professor, College of Letters Japanese Literature, Ritsumeikan University / Professor, College of Arts and Design, Ritsumeikan University)

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The Art Research Center (ARC) at Ritsumeikan University is pleased to announce that more than 2,600 ukiyo-e prints in the collection of the Tobacco & Salt Museum in Tokyo have now been made publicly available in the ARC Database System.
These works can be found by searching for "tsm" in the "Owner" field in the ARC Japanese Prints (Ukiyo-e) and Paintings Portal Database.
https://www.dh-jac.net/db/nishikie/search_tsm.php

The Tobacco & Salt Museum's collection of ukiyo-e chiefly consists of materials collected by the Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, Japan, beginning in 1932, for the purposes of understanding the history and development of smoking culture. It is valuable not only for learning about the cultural history of tobacco, but also as a fascinating resource for industrial and commercial history. The collection includes materials spanning from the early Edo period to the Meiji period, and features works by a diversity of artists.

The Museum published a catalog in 2010 entitled "Ukiyo-e hanga," complete with color plates. Now, nearly the entire collection is made available to view online.

Please enjoy and make use of this newly-available resource.

The 33rd Special Exhibition "川を描く、川をつくる―古地図で昔の堤をさぐる―" is held at the Lake Biwa Museum, supported by the FY 2024 ARC-iJAC project "Development of a database on traditional river management information in the Echi River, Shiga Prefecture, Japan."

Date: July 19 (Sat) - November 24 (Mon), 2025
Hours: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM (last admission at 4:00 PM)
Venue: Special Exhibition Room, Lake Biwa Museum, Shiga Prefecture

Details: https://www.biwahaku.jp/event/2025/07/33.html

京都市指定有形文化財 長江家住宅で開催される屏風祭を下記の通りお知らせします。

【屏風祭とは】
祇園祭では、宵山の期間に山鉾町周辺の旧家や老舗がミセの間を屏風や嗜好品などで飾りたてる習慣があり、屏風祭と呼ばれています。
2025年に行われる長江家住宅の屏風祭では、「昭和100年」を今回のテーマとして、屏風や掛け軸、デジタルコンテンツ、日用品などの展示を行います。

【開催概要】 
2025年7月13日(日) 　　　　　 午後 1時から午後6時迄（午後5時30分受付終了）
2025年7月14日(月)～16日(水)　午前10時から午後8時迄（午後7時30分受付終了）
※16日 午後1時から午後2時の間は貸切予約のためご見学いただけません。

予約は不要ですが、団体見学の方は事前にご予約ください。

ご見学料　お一人様1,000円（ノベルティ付）
（キャッシュレス対応有）

主催：（株）フージャースホールディングス
共催：立命館大学アート・リサーチセンター

【お問合せ】
メール　nagaeke@hoosiers.co.jp
電話　　075-353-7512（不在の場合もございます）

長江家住宅　http://www.nagaeke.jp/
長江家住宅2025年屏風祭　http://www.nagaeke.jp/misc_news/index.html?id=U23433461064071

We are holding a workshop that will visit Japan's historic washi production centers and delve into woodblock-printing techniques.
By learning directly at each site, the program aims to nurture the "next generation of woodblock artists," inspiring participants to channel these experiences into fresh creative expression.

 ※Please see the PDF for full application requirements.

 【Who We Are Looking For】

・Artists who create works using woodblock-printing techniques

・Artists who employ traditional Japanese woodblock skills (carving and printing) in their work

・No restrictions on nationality or age

 

【Number of Participants】

10 artists

 

【Workshop Outline】

・Travel to Kōchi, Mino, and Echizen to study the specific features of their respective washi papermaking traditions and explore new expressive possibilities arising from different raw materials.

・Share new insights that will support future creative practice.

 

【Schedule】

12-19 Oct 2025: Fieldwork workshop visiting production sites (Kyoto; Ino (Kōchi); Mino

 (Gifu); Echizen (Fukui) [planned])

Mid-Dec 2025: Workshop results presentation (Hybrid)
Feb 2026: International symposium (Hybrid)

【Financial Support】

Domestic travel within Japan only (for workshops, reporting sessions, and the symposium).
※Please note that travel costs from overseas to Japan are not eligible for funding.

 【How to Apply】

Recruitment Closed

Fill in the required information on the application form .
Send your CV to Akama Laboratory（E‑mail：cyanagihara.8918@gmail.com）.

・ The application form： deadline has passed

・Deadline: 31 July 2025, 23:59 (JST)　　deadline has passed

※ Notification of results: by 10 August 2025

 

【Enquiries】

Akama Laboratory,Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

E-mail：cyanagihara.8918@gmail.com

The 149th International ARC Seminar will be held as a webinar on Wednesday,June 11, from 18:30 JST.

The program is as follows:

Speakers: Osamu YOSHIDA (President, Tsukiji Sugoroku Museum)

Topic: 'Playing the Sugoroku of the Forest of Knowledge: Fun, Database, and History'

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Date: Wednesday, June 11 , 2025, 18:30 - 20:00 JST

Participation: free of charge

Zoom webinar 　https://ritsumei-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/92428160002

Live streaming on YouTube　 https://www.youtube.com/@studioarc504

 The seminar has been changed to a seminar open to all.

Please invite anyone who is interested.

The Art Research Center (ARC) at Ritsumeikan University and its Director, Professor Ryo Akama, have been selected as recipients of the 19th (FY 2025) Nogami Hiroko Memorial Award by the Japan Art Documentation Society (JADS).

This honor recognizes the long-standing contributions of Professor Akama and the Center in leading the digitization and dissemination of cultural resources related to Japanese art and traditional performing arts.

The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 14, 2025, as part of the Annual Conference of the JADS.

Award details:  https://www.jads.org/award/NOGAMI2025.pdf

Website of the Japan Art Documentation Society (JADS): https://www.jads.org/index.html

https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/kinugasaartfes/