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2020
○ 2020 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: NARUSAWA Katsushi
Date/time: January 23 (Sat.) 2021, starts at 14:00
Location: Online meeting via Zoom (prior reservations required)
For reservations: Please fill in the form below and submit by E-mail jahsereikai@gmail.com.
The URL for the meeting, your participant ID and password will be sent to you right before the meeting.
Application deadline: January 20 (Wed.), 2021, 23:59

Application form
E-mail Address:
Name:
Affiliation:
□Eastern Division
□Western Division
Registration date: 2020/  /

Research Reports (presented in Japanese with links to Japanese abstracts available on the Japanese announcement page)
"Okuni-kabuki and Yūjo-kabuki Depicted in Japanese Seventeenth-century Genre Paintings"
TATENO Marimi
  “A Consideration of Yasuda Raishū’s Western Ships in the Japan Folk Crafts Museum and Its Source Imagery”
    UCHIDA Takeshi (Suntory Museum of Art)

(28/12/2020 update)
○ 2020 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: ISHII Yuko, ECHIZEN Toshiya
Date/time: January 23 (Sat.) 2021, starts at 13:00
Location: Online meeting via Zoom (prior reservations required)
For reservations: Please fill in the Google form at this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4t2_LsB9zVWeLmaNTQkpbpG321PAWCwsQkYhJZVSW2Ksp-g/viewform

The URL for the meeting, your participant ID and password will be sent to you right before the meeting.
Application deadline: January 15 (Wed.), 2021, 23:59

*Once the deadline is passed, automatic settings will not allow applications to be sent. Please ensure you apply early enough to avoid this automatic blocking.
Research Reports (presented in Japanese with links to Japanese abstracts available on the Japanese announcement page)
"Gong Kai's Artistic Production and Its Acceptance: Focusing on Emaciated Horse at the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts"
MORIHASHI Natsumi (Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts)
“A Study of the Seated Amitabha at Seigan-ji, Imazu”
IGATA Susumu (Kyushu Historical Museum)

(28/12/2020 update)  
○ 2020 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: MATSUDA Seiichirô
Date/time: November 28 (Sat.) 2020, starts at 13:00
Location: Online meeting via Zoom (prior reservations required)
For reservations: Please fill in the form below and submit by E-mail jahsereikai@gmail.com. The URL for the meeting, your participant ID and password will be sent to you right before the meeting.
Application deadline: November 25 (Wed.), 2020, 23:59

Application form
E-mail Address:
Name:
Affiliation:
□Eastern Division
□Western Division
Registration date: 2020/  /
Research Reports (presented in Japanese with links to Japanese abstracts available on the Japanese announcement page)
“J. M. Whistler’s Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink: Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland: Focusing on its Posing, Format and Exhibition”
KONO Midori (Tokyo University of the Arts)
  Jūichimen Kannon at Daianji: Considering its Historical Positioning via a Comparison with the Jinpukuji Jūichimen Kannon
    YAN Zhixiang (Tokyo University of the Arts)
  “Research on Nara Period Clay Modeling Skills and Structure via the Shukongô-jin Reproduction in the Hokke-dô, Tôdai-ji” 
    SHIGEMATSU Yushi (Conservation Graduate Course, Tokyo University of the Arts)
The sponsoring institution, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, will hold an exhibition:
  Exhibition in Commemoration of the Retirement of Yabuuchi Satoshi: "What I Wanted to Pass On" -- Activities of the Conservation Course Sculpture Laboratory, 2004-2020.

For details, see: https://www.geidai.ac.jp/museum/exhibit/current_exhibitions_ja.htm
 

(9/11/2020update)
○ 2020 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: NAMIKI Seishi, YOSHIDA Tomoko
Date/time: November 21 (Sat.) 2020, starts at 13:30
Location: Online meeting via Zoom (prior reservations required)
For reservations: Please fill in and submit the GOOGLE FORM here. The URL for the meeting, your participant ID and password will be sent to you right before the meeting.
Application deadline: November 13 (Fri.), 2020, 23:59

*Once the deadline is passed, automatic settings will not allow applications to be sent. Please ensure you apply early enough to avoid this automatic blocking.
Research Reports (presented in Japanese with links to Japanese abstracts available on the Japanese announcement page)
“The Representation of Eyes in the Works of Murakami Kagaku : Focusing on Early Period Kokuten Exhibitions”
FUJIMOTO Manami (The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama)
“Tsuchida Bakusen : A Study on the Expression of Gold”
UEDA Aya (Kwansei Gakuin Daigaku)

(9/11/2020 update)  
○ 2020 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: SASAKI Moritoshi, TSUTSUI Tadahito
Date/time: September 19 (Sat.) 2020, starts at 13:30
Location: Online meeting via Zoom (prior reservations required)
For reservations: Please fill in and submit the GOOGLE FORM here. The URL for the meeting, your participant ID and password will be sent to you right before the meeting.
Application deadline: July 11 (Fri.), 2020, 23:59

*Once the deadline is passed, automatic settings will not allow applications to be sent. Please ensure you apply early enough to avoid this automatic blocking.
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
František Kupka's Planes by Colors. Winter Reminiscences in Terms of his Early 1920s and Earlier Formative Approaches
TAKENO Jun (Kyoto University)
Agnes Martin's Reception of Rothko as Seen in her Grid Paintings
ASHIDA Aki(Kobe University)

(20/8/2020 update)  
○ 2020 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: KITAZAKI Chikashi
Date/time: July 25 (Sat.) 2020, starts at 14:00
Location: Online meeting via Zoom (prior reservations required)
For reservations: Please fill in and e-mail the form below to jahsereikai@gmail.com. The URL for the meeting,your participant ID and password will be sent to you on a later date.
Application deadline: July 22 (Weds.), 2020, 23:59

Reservation Form
Application to Participate in the JAHS Eastern Division July 2020 Meeting (July 25 (Sat.), 2020, starts at 14:00)

Name:
JAHS division affiliation: ___ Eastern Division, ___ Western Division
Application date: July ___, 2020

Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
L’atelier in Arcadia: l’autorappresentazione di Carlo Maratti in tarda età e il suo ambiente
TAKAHASHI Kenichi (Seijo University)

(7/7/2020update)
○ 2020 JAHS Western Division Meeting
[Note: This meeting announcement includes two reports that were scheduled to have been presented in the March Western Division Meeting that was canceled due to the efforts to stop the spread of Covid-19. The titles and abstracts of those reports are unchanged.]

Chairs: IGARASHI Koichi, TAKI Asako, YOSHIDA Tomoko and TSUTSUI Tadahito
Date/time: Date/Time: July 18 (Sat.), starts at 12:30
Location: Location: Online via Zoom, prior reservations required
For reservations: Please complete and return this Google Form application. The meeting URL, participant ID information and password will be sent to you later.

Reservation application deadline: July 10 (Fri.), 2020, 23:59

*Please note that automated settings prevent sending links after the deadline time, so please allow ample time for your application to be received and responded to.
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
"The Theme and Architecture of Hasegawa Tôhaku's Landscapes at Rinka'in -- The Relationship between the North Panels' Theme and the Worship of Tôtô Tenjin"
   HASEGAWA Takanobu ( Kyoto University)
  "A Reconsideration of Courbet’s Young Ladies of the Banks of the Seine, with Reference to the Painter’s Notion of Gender"
   TENNOJIYA Chihiro ( Kyoto University)
"Reconsidering the Relationship Between Itô Jakuchû's White Elephant and Animals and Shô-e Preparatory Designs for Nishijin Textiles
OTA Risako (Kobe University)
  "The Chinese Literati (Shidafu) Figure in the Ten Kings of Hell by the Workshop of Lu Xinzhong: Zhang Dadi’s Appearance as the God of Land"
    SHEN Honglin (Kyushu University)

(22/6/2020 update)  

○ 2020 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Special Notice:
As part of the efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus, this event has been canceled. Information regarding future division meetings will be provided at a later date. Please forgive any inconvenience caused by this cancellation.
Chair: TAKAGISHI Akira
Date/time: Date/Time: March 28 (Sat.), 2020, starts at 14:00
Location: Location: Large Classroom 3, 1st Floor, International Academic Research Bldg., Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo
Access: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/campus-guide/map01_02.html
Campus Map: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_01_07_j.html
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Abstract Expressionism and Evolutionary Biology: Barnett Newman’s Systematic Turn in the Late 1950s”
YOSHIDA Yuri (Rice University)
  “Two Presentations of the Bronx Floors by Gordon Matta-Clark”
    HIRANO Chieko (University of Yamanashi)

(8/3/2020 update)

○ 2020 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: YAMAMOTO Satomi
Date/time: February 1 (Sat.), 2020, starts at 14:00
Location: Classroom 681, Building No. 36,
Toyama Campus, Waseda University
Access: https://www.waseda.jp/top/access/toyama-campus
Campus Map: https://waseda.app.box.com/s/rjr9co01i8y1kuzr0wqnuyjbdx1n3pww
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
"The ex-Ii Family Collection Kamen-seimo: A consideration of other paintings of Noh masks"
OTANI Yuki (Waseda University)
  "Regarding the Painter of theHokkekyo Mandara-zu at Honpo-ji Temple"
    KARINO Kayoko (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Restart Postdoctral Fellowship)

(8/3/2020update)

○ 2020 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Special Notice:
As part of the efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus, this event has been canceled. Information regarding future division meetings will be provided at a later date. Please forgive any inconvenience caused by this cancellation.

Chairs: YOSHIDA Tomoko and TSUTSUI Tadahito
Date/time: March 21,2020 (Sat.), starts at 13:30
Location: Classroom E401, Eugenia Hall,
Kyoto Notre Dame University
Access: https://www.notredame.ac.jp/english/access.html
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
"The Chinese Literati (Shidafu) Figure in the Ten Kings of Hell by the Workshop of Lu Xinzhong: Zhang Dadi’s Appearance as the God of Land"
SHEN Honglin (Kyushu University)
"Reconsidering the Relationship Between Itô Jakuchû's White Elephant and Animals and Shô-e Preparatory Designs for Nishijin Textiles
OTA Risako (Kobe University)
  The Battle of Lepanto Screen (Kosetsu Museum):Reconsidering Its Theme and Production Environment
    OKADA Hiroshige (Osaka University)

(1/3/2020 update)  
○ 2020 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: IDE Seinosuke and SASAKI Moritoshi
Date/time: January 25, 2020 (Sat.), starts at 13:30
Location: Jonathan KS Choi Cultural Center, Ito Campus,
Kyushu University
Access: https://cs.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/secu-talk2019-access/
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
"Yano Kyôson's Innovations as Seen in His 1st Shuchôsha Exhibition Work 'Temptation of Mara' -- Focusing on his Color and Realism Research"
TANIOKA Aya (Osaka University)
"A Chronological Study of Qing Dynasty Single-Sheet Prints "
AOKI Takayuki (Umi-Mori Art Museum)

(23/12/2019 update)  

2019
○ 2019 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: SUGA Miho
Date/time: November 23, 2019 (Sat.), starts at 14:00
Location: Lecture Hall, 2nd Floor, Main Building, Fine Arts Faculty, Tokyo University of the Arts
Access: https://www.geidai.ac.jp/english/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ueno_map_guide_en_dl2018.pdf
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
"Cosmological Buddha Sculptures Produced in Hebei"
YI Danyun (Waseda University)
  "A Study of the Reception History of John Ruskin in Modern Japan: Ernest Fenollosa's Lectures on Aesthetics, 1890"
    MIKI Haruka (The Graduate School of Humanities, Gakushuin University)
  The Rerpresentation of Supreme Grace: The Meaning and Intentions of Tosa Mitsuoki's Honchô Gahô Taiden"
    ONO Mayumi (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)

(29/10/2019 update)
○ JAHS Western Division General Meeting
Thanks to the sponsorship of JAHS and the Sen-oku Hakukokan, the JAHS Western Division will hold the following symposium. We look forward to seeing you there. Prior reservations not required.
Chairman: TSUTSUI Tadahito
Symposium: The Round Trip Travels of East Asian Bird-and-Flower Painting
Date/time: November 2, 2019 (Sat.)
13:00 - 16:00 (exhibition viewing from 10:00 - 17:00)
Location: Lecture Hall, Sen-oku Hakukokan
Access: See maps at https://www.sen-oku.or.jp/kyoto/access.html
Audience: 80 seats for JAHS members (20 for the general public)
Organized by: JAHS, Sen-oku Hakukokan
Related exhibition: The Flowers and Birds in Japanese and Chinese Painting
https://www.sen-oku.or.jp/kyoto/program/index.htm
Overview: Bird and flower subjects were one of the major East Asian painting themes in the pre-modern era, with many of those works extant today. The styles of these works predominantly developed in China and then influenced painters in various surrounding countries. Research on determining the detailed state of those works has advanced in recent years, and while we have realized the magnitude of Chinese stylistic influence all the more than previously understood, on the other hand, we now also realize that the relationship between the center and periphery should not be seen as simply one-dimensional.
This symposium is being held in tandem with the Sen-oku Hakukokan's Sumitomo Collection bird-and-flower paintings exhibition, and will present the research of various scholars working in the bird-and-flower field. We hope you will take this opportunity to encounter the cutting edge research being conducted today on the bird-and-flower paintings of East Asia.
Program: "Circulation and Transformation of Bird-and-Flower Paintings in East Asia."

12: 30 Registration desk opens

13:00 --13:10 Introductory Messages
HIROKAWA Mamoru (Director, Sen-oku HakukokanMuseum) and NEDACHI Kensuke (Chairman, JAHS Western Division)

Symposium Overview and Order of Proceedings TSUTSUI Tadahito (Kyoto University)

13:10 --13:40 Report 1
"Bird-and-Flower Paintings of the Sumitomo Collection"
SANEKATA Yoko (Chief Curator, Sen-oku Hakukokan Museum)

13:40 -- 14:10 Report 2
"Lu Ji and Shen Quan in the History of Bird-and-Flower Paintings"
TAKENAMI Haruka (Associate Professor, Kyoto City University of Arts)

14:10 -- 14:20 Break

14:20 -- 14:50 Report 3
"Shen Quan's Impact on Japanese Paintings in the Edo Period"
WATADA Minoru (Senior Researcher, Agency for Cultural Affairs)

14:50 -- 15:20 Report 4
"Circulation of the Shen Quan Style between Japan and Korea"
IDO Misato (Junior Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology)

15:20 -- 15:30 Break

15:30 --16:00 Discussion between Speakers and Participants
How to attend the symposium:
Please visit the Reception Desk in front of the Lecture Hall, Sen-oku Hakukokan, which opens at 12:30 on the day of the symposium. Please show the e-mail previously sent by the JAHS West Division either in paper or smartphone form to receive materials. If there are more attendees than seats, please be aware that it may be a case of standing room only.
How to view the exhibition:
Please view The Flowers and Birds in Japanese and Chinese Painting exhibition on the day of the symposium. Please pick up a free ticket to the exhibition by showing the e-mail previously sent by the JAHS West Division either in paper or smartphone form at the Reception Desk in front of the Ticket Desk, Sen-oku Hakukokan.
For further information, please contact:
Sen-oku Hakukokan
24 Shimomiyanomae-cho, Shishigatani, Sakyo-ku Kyoto, Japan 606-8431
Tel. +81-75-771-6411 / Fax. +81-75-771-6099
Email: info@sen-oku.or.jp

Western Division Office, JAHS
Art History Department, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University
1-5 Machikaneyamacho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8532, Japan
Email: gakkaiwest@gmail.com

(29/10/2019 update)

○ 2019 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: SUGAHARA Mayumi and MIYASHITA Kikurô
Date/time: November 16, 2019 (Sat.), starts at 13:30
Location: 1st Floor, Osaka City University Media Center, Osaka City University
Access: https://libweb.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/?page_id=112
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
"The Tales of Ise World as Represented by the Scenes from the Tales of Ise Screens in the Metropolitan Museum of Art ”
ADACHI Keiko (Kyoto Prefectural University)
KAMEI Wakana (University of Shiga Prefecture)
"The Standing Bishamonten at Ishiyama-dera"
WANG Jueren (Osaka University)

(21/10/2019 update)
○ 2019 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: HIRAI Shoichi, ECHIZEN Toshiya
Date/time: September 21, 2019 (Sat.), starts at 13:30
Location: E402, Area 1, Bldg. 5, Senriyama Campus, Kansai University
Access: http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/English/about_ku/location.html
Campus Map: http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/English/about_ku/senri_map.html
(bldg. shown as 1-5 in yellow area on map left)
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“The Fresco Cycle in the San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral (1447–1504): The Political Context of the Piccolomini and Monaldeschi Families’ Involvement in the Municipal Government and the Fresco Cycle Project”
MORI Yui (Kyushu University/Fukuoka Prefecture Cultural Promotion Division)
“A Study of the Amitabha Triad by Puyue”
IZUMI Takeo (Tohoku University)

(11/9/2019 update)
○ 2019 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: AIZAWA Masahiko
Date/time: July 27 (Sat.), 2019, starts at 14:00
Location: Classroom 321, 2nd Floor, University Bldg. 3, Seijo University
Access and Campus Map:
http://www.seijo.ac.jp/en/about/contact/access.html
http://www.seijo.ac.jp/en/about/contact/campus.html
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Série de La Femme à Paris de James Tissot (1883–1885) : les interactions entre peinture et gravure (lithographie/ eau-forte)”
YOSHIDA Noriko (Gakushuin University)
  “Study for Jackson Pollock, Number 29, 1950: From the Point of View of a Cross-Genres Effect”
    IRIE Ayami (ART TOWER MITO)

(3/7/2019 update)
○ 2019 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: ECHIZEN Toshiya, TAKANAMI Haruka
Date/time: July 20 (Sat.), 2019, starts at 13:30
Location: Classroom 305, Ryôshinkan, Imadagawa Campus, Doshisha University
Access: https://www.doshisha.ac.jp/en/information/campus/access/imadegawa.html
Campus Map: https://www.doshisha.ac.jp/en/information/campus/imadegawa/overview.html
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Representations of Prayer in the Grandes Heures of Anne de Brittany (BnF. ms. lat. 9747)”
TANABE Megumi (Tezukayamagakuin University)
“The Realm of Maitreya’s Thrice Preaching Represented in the North Cave, North Xiangtangshan Caves”
SHIMIZU Masumi (Doshisha University)

(21/6/2019 update)
○ Sahoko Tsuji Memorial Lecture Series ―Seventh Lecture
Constance Stuart’s War: Women and Documentary’s Excess
—Tamar Garb (Durning Lawrence Professor in History of Art, Director of UCL Institute of Advanced Studies and a Fellow of the British Academy)

*Lecture in English, consecutive interpreting into Japanese provided.

Date/time: May 25 (Sat.), 2019, 14:00 - 17:30
Location: Classroom 701, 7th Floor, Faculty of Science, Building 3, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo
Access:
http://www.ocha.ac.jp/access/index_en.html
http://www.ocha.ac.jp/access/ochacampusmap_en.html
Organizer: Japan Art History Society
Further information, please contact:
Professor Amano Chika’s Office, Ochanomizu University,
E-mail: tetugaku@cc.ocha.ac.jp


○ 2019 JAHS Museum Committee Symposium
Considering the “Utilization” of Cultural Properties in Museums and Art Museums 
Date/time: 10 March 2019 (Sun.), 13:00–16:30
Location: Lecture Hall, Nezu Museum
Minami-Aoyama 6-5-1, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062
Access: http://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/en/access/index.html
Organizer: Museum Committee, JAHS
With the support of: The Japanese Council of Art Museums, Japan Association for Arts Management and the Association for the Study of Cultural Resources
Overview: Today attention has turned to how cultural properties can contribute to creativity and regional economics as part of efforts to revitalize regional areas and spur on tourism. This has led mainly government entities to hope for a further deepening of the “utilization” of cultural properties to meet those aims. We hope that this symposium will provide an opportunity to consider the meaning of “utilization” as it occurs in museums and art museums. Indeed, what did “utilization” suited to museums and art museums originally mean? We look forward to a gathering of diverse opinions and the development of a lively discussion on this topic.
Program: 13:00–13:10 Symposium Overview and Order of Proceedings
NAITÔ Masato (Keio University) and ARAKAWA Masaaki (Gakushuin University)

13:10–13:30 Report 1
“Trends in Cultural Policies“
ENOMOTO Takeshi (Director, Planning and Coordination Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs)

13:30–13:50 Report 2
“Looking for the Conservation of and New Utilization of Historical Buildings”
SANO Chie (Director, Center for Conservation Science, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)

13:50–14:10 Report 3
“The Formation and Use of Collections in Art Museums”
YAMADA Satoshi (Chief Curator, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art)

14:10–14:30 Report 4
“Research, Surveys, Restoration and Reconstruction as Utilization”
KAMII Monsho (Head Priest, Byôdôin)

14:30–15:00 Break

15:00–16:30 Discussion between Speakers and Participants regarding “Utilization”
Moderator: HIRAI Shoichi (Kansai University)
How to participate in the symposium: A reception desk will be set up at the Nezu Museum entrance at 10:00 am on the day of the symposium. Please bring this announcement in either paper or digital form to receive a symposium ticket and free admission to the museum for the day.

For further information, please contact: JAHS Office, Mainichi Academic Forum
Tel: 03-6267-4550
FAX: 03-6267-4555
E-mail: maf-jahs@mynavi.jp

(5/3/2019 update)
○ 2019 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: TSUKAMOTO Maromitsu
Date/time: March 23 (Sat.), 2019, starts at 14:00
Location: Large Classroom 3, 1st Floor, International Academic Research Bldg., Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo
Access and Campus Map:
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020133.pdf
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf

(26/2/2019 update)
○ 2019 JAHS Western Division General Meeting
Thanks to the sponsorship of JAHS and the Hankyu Culture Foundation, the JAHS Western Division will hold the following symposium. We look forward to seeing you there. Prior reservations not required.
Chairman: SENKAI Yoshiyuki
Symposium: Art Interactions between Japan and the West during the 1930s
Date/time: March 3, 2019 (Sun.), 11:00–17:00 (exhibition viewing from 10:00–17:00)
Location: Magnolia Hall, Itsuo Art Museum
Access: See maps at http://www.hankyu-bunka.or.jp/access/
Audience: 120, open to the general public
Organized by: JAHS, Hankyu Culture Foundation
Related exhibition: Western Antique Journey: Along with KOBAYASHI Ichizo’s Travel Note, 1935–36
http://www.hankyu-bunka.or.jp/itsuo-museum/exhibition/1869/
Overview: The 1920s marked a decade when numerous Japanese artists traveled to Europe to immerse themselves in the art trends of the day. The new cultural information they brought back to Japan then set off what a stellar art period known as Showa Modern that reached its peak in the early 1930s. Longings for Western culture meant that the Japanese of the day built a modern civilian society and lived Western style everyday lives. So what did they think of Western arts at this time? Then Japan’s international relations changed in the latter half of the 1930s, a time when diplomatic efforts led to cooperation with some Western countries and antagonism with others. Did this give Japan a relatively autonomous viewpoint regarding Western society?

This symposium takes as its starting point the Itsuo Art Museum’s display of the travel diaries and art works purchased by Kobayashi Ichizô (1873–1957), the museum’s founder, during his travels in Europe and America. The various speakers will present their approaches to the 1930s as we consider the cultural exchange between Japan and the West during that period as seen in terms of art.
Program: (All presentations will be in Japanese only)

10:00 Reception desk opens

11:00–12:00 Exhibition overview
“Kobayashi Ichizô’s Travels in Europe and America in 1935–1936“
  SENKAI Yoshiyuki (President/Director, Hankyu Culture Foundation)

12:00–13:00 Lunch (exhibition viewing)

13:00–14:00 Keynote Lecture
“Between the Wars: Artistic Movements and Japan during the 1920s and 1930s“
  OKA Yasumasa (Director, Kobe City Koiso Memorial Art Museum and Kobe Artists Museum)

14:00–15:00 Research Report
“Trends among the Japanese Painters who Traveled to France in the 1920s to 1930s: Focusing on Oguiss Takanori“
  KAWAI Shiho (Curator, Inazawa City Oguiss Memorial Art Museum)

15:00–15:10 Break

15:10–16:10 Research Report
“The Boundary between Art and Industry: The Role of Europe in Modern Japanese Ceramics“
  MAEZAKI Shinya (Associate Professor, Kyoto Women's University)

16:10–16:15 Short Break

16:15–17:00 Discussion (Exchange between speakers)

How to attend the symposium:
Please visit the Reception Desk in front of the Magnolia Hall, Itsuo Art Museum, which opens at 10:00 on the day of the symposium. Please show this email either in paper or smartphone form to receive materials. If there are more attendees than seats, please be aware that it may be a case of standing room only.
How to view the exhibition:
  Please view the exhibition on the day of the symposium. Please pick up a free ticket to the exhibition at the Reception Desk in front of the Magnolia Hall, Itsuo Art Museum.
For further information, please contact:
Itsuo Art Museum, Hankyu Culture Foundation
Sakaehon-machi 12-27, Ikeda-shi, Osaka 563-0058
Tel: 072-751-3865, Fax: 072-751-2427

(20/3/2019 update)
○ 2019 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: MIYASHITA Kikurô and HIRAI Shôichi
Date/time: March 16 (Sat.), 2019, starts at 13:30
Location: Classroom E402, 4F, Bldg. 5, Senriyama Campus, Kansai University
Access: http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/English/about_ku/location_senri.html
Campus Map: http://www.kansai-u.ac.jp/English/about_ku/senri_map.html
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“A Study of Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s Heroes of the Suikoden Prints and Chinese paintings”
WU Songlin (Kobe University)
“Gold and Silver Underpaintings in the Inadome School of Gun Shooting Manual
IZUMI Mari (The Museum Yamato Bunkakan)

(15/2/2019 update)
○ The 72nd JAHS General Assembly
Date/time: Dates: May 17 (Fri.)–19 (Sun.), 2019
Location: Matsugasaki Campus, Kyoto Institute of Technology
Access: https://www.kit.ac.jp/en/location/
For further information,
Organizing institution: Kyoto Institute of Technology
General Meeting Organizing Committee:
Museum Studies/Art History Studies Department,
Design and Architecture Division, Kyoto Institute of Technology
Tel: 075-724-7924 (Art History Museum Office)
E-mail: bijutsushi.taikai72@gmail.com
Program (Japanese only):
  coming soon
(All presentations will be in Japanese only.)

(15/2/2019 update)

○ 2019 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: MASUDA Tomoyuki
Date/time: January 26 (Sat.), 2019, starts at 14:00
Location: Art Studio, 2nd Floor, Building 39, Toyama Campus, Waseda University
Access: https://www.waseda.jp/top/en/access
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“The ‘Nohmen-no-zu’ in the Imperial Household Agency Archives: A Consideration in Terms of Connections with the Sagi School of Kyogen”
OHTANI Yuki (Waseda University)
  “Tosa Yukihiro’s Portrait of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu at Rokuonji: Analysis of Its Ashikaga Yoshimochi Inscription and Its Display at Buddhist Rituals”
    KAYABA Mayumi (Waseda University)
  “La représentation de l’énergie nucléaire dans l’exposition The Family of Man
    TSUCHIYAMA Yoko (Waseda University)

(29/12/2018 update)
○ 2019 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: KYÔTANI Yoshinori and SASAKI Moriyoshi
Date/time: January 26 (Sat.), 2019, starts at 13:30
Location: Nishijin Plaza, Kyushu University
Access: http://nishijinplaza.kyushu-u.ac.jp/english/index.php
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Heron among Willows and Flock of Birds: A Consideration of Goshun’s Intentions”
NIGATAGOSHI Hiroki (Kyoto University)
“Xia Gui’s Eight Views of the Xiao-Xiang and Muromachi Period Ink Paintings: Various Issues Regarding Chinese Paintings in the Ashikaga Shogunal Family Collection as Benchmark Works”
HATA Yasunori (Kyushu National Museum)

(29/12/2018 update)
2018
○ 2018 JAHS Eastern Division General Meeting
The JAHS Eastern Division will hold the following symposium in conjunction with the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum. We look forward to seeing you there.
Chairman: ARAKAWA Masaaki
Symposium: New Views on the History of Early Meiji Period Decorative Arts
Date/time: December 8, 2018 (Sun.), 13:00 – 16:00 (exhibition open 9:30 – 16:30)
Location: Basement Lecture Hall, Main Building, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
Access: See maps at http://www.pref.aichi.jp/touji/english/index.html
Audience: Limited to 200 people, open to the general public
Organized by: JAHS and the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
Program: Reception opens at 12:30, program begins at 13:00

Symposium Overview by ARAKAWA Masaaki (Gakushuin University)
“The Current State of Early Meiji Period Decorative Arts History Research and Relevant Issues“

Report 1
“Seto Underglaze Blue Porcelain and Ôide Tôkô“
NAKANO Yasuhiro (Formerly Deputy Director, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum)

Report 2
“Export Ceramics and Design: The Morimura Gumi and Old Noritake Albums as Examples“
MORIYA Miho (Adjunct Lecturer, Jissen Women's University)

Report 3
“Differences between Meiji Painting and Decorative Art Designs: Ôkura Magobei as an Example“
TSUNODA Takuro (Curator, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History)
How to attend the symposium: If you would like to attend the symposium, the reception desk in front of the Basement Lecture Hall, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum will open at 12:30. Please bring your symposium announcement with you, either in paper or on your smart phone.
How to view the exhibition: Thanks to the generosity of the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, JAHS members will be admitted to the concurrent Seto, Hongyo and Shinse ware: Lasting Ceramic Industry in Edo Period exhibition at the Museum from 9:30 to 16:30 on the day of the symposium. Please pick up a Discount Viewing Ticket from a museum staff member in the Museum’s 1st Floor Lobby.
For details, please see: https://www.pref.aichi.jp/touji/exhibition/2018/t_honshin/index.html

(4/12/2018 update)
○ 2018 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: SUGA Miho
Date/time: November 24 (Sat.), 2018, starts at 14:00
Location: Lecture Hall No. 2, 1st Floor, Main Building, Fine Arts Campus, Ueno Campus, Tokyo University of the Arts
Access: https://www.geidai.ac.jp/english/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ueno_map_guide_en_dl2018.pdf
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Ludovico Carracci’s Fortitude and Temperance: An Iconographic Interpretation”
YAMAMOTO Itsuki (Tokyo University of the Arts)
  “Transitions in and Stylized Depictions of the Tōshō Daigongen Image”
    URAKI Kenji (Seikado Bunko Art Museum)

(24/10/2018 update)
○ 2018 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: OKADA Hiroshige and INAMOTO Yasuo
Date/time: Date/Time: September 15 (Sat.), 2018, starts at 13:30
Location: Large Lecture Hall, 2nd Floor, Main Bldg. (Graduate School of Letters), Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University
Access: https://www.let.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/access
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Francis Picabia’s ‘Transparencies’: His Image Sources”
TAKEHANA Aiko (Osaka University)
“A Reconsideration of Botticelli’s Del Lama Altarpiece
EJIRI Ikuyo (Kyoto University)

(7/10/2018 update)
○ 2018 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
(combined with the July meeting, which was postponed due to typhoon weather conditions)
Chairs: AIZAWA Masahiko and NAITÔ Masato
Date/time: Date/Time: September 22 (Sat.), 2018, starts at 14:00
Location: Room 441, 4F, South School Building, Mita Campus, Keio University
Access: https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/maps/mita.html
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Portraits by Kanô Motonobu and his Students: In Terms of their Connection with the Hosokawa Family”
IKEDA Fumi (Suntory Museum of Art)
Gathering of Daoist Immortals by Soga Shôhaku and the Joshi and Tanabata Seasonal Festivals: Reasons for his Selection of the Eight Immortals and its Purpose”
HARUKI Shoko (Edo-Tokyo Museum)
  “Tribal Carpet Collections in Japan: A Comparison with European and American Collections”
    KAMADA Yumiko (Keio University)

(29/8/2018 update)
○ 2018 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: HIRAKAWA Kayo and SUGAWARA Mayumi
Date/time: Date/Time: September 15 (Sat.), 2018, starts at 13:30
Location: No. 3 Lecture Hall, Faculty of Letters, Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University
Access: https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/main-campus-map.html
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
The Massacre of the Innocents by Poussin (Musée Condé, Chantilly): A Consideration of Its Production Based on Aretino’s Texts”
KURAMOCHI Miki (Kyoto Sangyo University)
Naniwa Hyakkei: Focusing on the Artist’s Study of Utagawa Hiroshige”
SUGAWARA Mayumi (Osaka City University)

(28/8/2018 update)

○ 2018 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: SASAKI Moritoshi, FUJIOKA Yutaka
Date/time: July 21 (Sat.), 2018, starts at 13:30
Location: No. 12 Lecture Hall, 1F, Faculty of Letters, Law and Economics Bldg. 1, Tsushima Campus, Okayama University
Access:
https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/up_load_files/freetext/en__Tsushima_Campus/file/map_tsushima.pdf
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Material and Technical Innovation in Sanuki Lacquer Art: A Study of Joshin Isoi’s Artworks Presented in Japanese Government Exhibitions”
SASAKI Chihiro (Kanazawa College of Art)
“Grattage by Pablo Picasso: Transparency and Tactility in the Layers of his Painting”
TAKAOKA Chikako (Ohara Museum of Art)

(22/6/2018 update)
○ 2018 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: AIZAWA Masahiko
Date/time: July 28 (Sat.), 2018, starts at 14:00
Location: Classroom 321, No. 3 Bldg, Seijo University
Access: http://www.seijo.ac.jp/en/about/contact/access.html
Campus Map: http://www.seijo.ac.jp/en/about/contact/campus.html
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Portraits by Kanô Motonobu and his Students: In Terms of their Connection with the Hosokawa Family”
IKEDA Fumi (Suntory Museum of Art)
Gathering of Daoist Immortals by Soga Shôhaku and the Joshi and Tanabata Seasonal Festivals: Reasons for his Selection of the Eight Immortals and its Purpose”
HARUKI Shoko (Edo-Tokyo Museum)

(21/6/2018 update)
○ Sahoko Tsuji Memorial Lecture Series ―Sixth Lecture
Cézanne : l'Événement
—Denis Coutagne (Président de la Société Cézanne, ancien directeur du musée des beaux-arts de Besançon et du musée Granet d’Aix-en-Provence)

*Lecture is delivered in French with consecutive interpretation into Japanese.


Date/time: 1 December 2018 (Sat.), 15:00 – 18:00
Location: First Floor Lecture Hall, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Access: http://www.momak.go.jp/English/directions.html
Organizer: Japan Art History Society
Further information, please contact:
Kyoto Institute of Technology, Faculty of Design and Architecture
E-mail: t-nagai@kit.ac.jp

(14/6/2018 update)
○ 2018 JAHS Western Division General Meeting
The JAHS Western Division will hold the following symposium in conjunction with the Ryukoku Museum-Ryukoku University. No prior application is required for attendance.
Chairman: ISHIKAWA Tomohiko
Symposium: Visualizations of Founder’s Life and Ritual Space
Date/time: April 28, 2018 (Sat.), 13:30 - 17:00
Location: 3F Hall, Seiwakan, Omiya Campus, Ryukoku University (5 minute walk to the southwest of Ryukoku Museum)
Access: See maps at
http://www.ryukoku.ac.jp/english2/about/access/omiya.html
Audience: Limited to 200 (including JAHS members)
Organized by: JAHS and Ryukoku Museum-Ryukoku University
Program: 13:30–13:40 Opening Messages
IRISAWA Takashi (President, Ryukoku University) and NEDACHI Kensuke (JAHS Western Division representative)

13:40–13:45 Symposium Overview
IWAI Shumpei (Associate Curator, Ryukoku Museum)

13:45–14:30 Keynote Lecture
“Ceremonies Honoring Shakyamuni and the Ritual Space”
NISHITANI Isao (Curator, Museum of Sennyuji Temple)

14:50–15:10 Report 1
“Imaging the Life of Christ: From Topographic Reproduction to Visualisation”
OHNO Yoko (Associate Professor, Gunma Prefectural Women’s University)

15:10–15:30 Report 2
“The Formation of Biographies of the Buddha and Narrative Art”
OKAMOTO Kensuke (Associate Professor, Ryukoku University)

15:30–15:50 Report 3
“Narrative Art of Shakyamuni’s Life before Tang Period in China”
TANAKA Ken’ichi (Senior Specialist (Fine Arts), Agency for Cultural Affairs)

15:50–16:10 Report 4
“Buddhist Service of Parinirvana and Chant Composed of Four Formulas”
MORIZANE Kumiko (Curator, Kyushu National Museum)

16:30–17:00 Panel Discussion
Moderator: IWAI Shumpei
Panelists: Five speakers

Master of Ceremonies: ISHIKAWA Tomohiko (Curator, Ryukoku Museum)
How to attend the symposium:
If a JAHS member, please bring your symposium announcement to the venue. The symposium is also open to the general public, and admission will be on a first-come, first-in basis. The entrance will be closed when audience size limits are reached. JAHS members may also present their symposium announcements to gain entrance to the exhibition at the Ryukoku Museum. Please be aware that the Museum and symposium venue are in different locations.
For further information, please contact:
JAHS Western Division Office:
E-mail: gakkaiwest@gmail.com
Art History Office, Faculty of Letters, Osaka University
1-5, Machikaneyamachô, Toyonaka-shi, Osaka-fu 562-8532

Ryukoku Museum, Ryukoku University
Horikawa-dori shomen sagaru (Nishi-Honganji mae), Simogyo-ku, Kyoto-fu 600-8268
Tel: 075-351-2500

(23/4/2018 update)
○ The 71st JAHS General Assembly
Date/time: Dates: May 18 (Fri.)–20 (Sun.), 2018
Location: Tohoku University
Access: https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/about/map_directions.html
Program (Japanese only):
   Click Here  【 Day 1  Day 2  Day 3 All Days
( All presentations will be in Japanese only.)

○ Sahoko Tsuji Memorial Lecture Series ―Fifth Lecture
The Art of Containment: On Vessels and Vases in a Transcultural Perspective
—Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wolf (Director, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz/Max-Planck Institut, Florence, Italy)

* Lecture is delivered in English with consecutive interpretation into Japanese.
Date/time: 28 April 2018 (Sat.), 14:00 – 16:00 (doors open at 13:30)
Location: 3rd Auditorium, Fist Floor, International Academic Research Building, Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo
Access: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400027115.pdf
Campus: click
Organizer: Japan Art History Society
Further information, please contact:
JAHS Staff, Mainichi Academic Forum
Palace Side Building, 9F, Hitotsubashi 1-1-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0003
Tel: 03-6267-4550
FAX: 03-6267-4555
E-mail: maf-jahs@mynavi.jp

(6/4/2018 update)

○ 2018 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: KAWAKAMI Shigeki and MASUKI Ryusuke
Date/time: March 17 (Sat.), 2018, starts at 13:30
Location: Room B132, Faculty of Letters & Graduate School of Humanities, Building B,
Rokkodai Campus 2, Kobe University
Access:http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/campuslife/campus_guide/campus/rokkodai2.html
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Aodo Denzen and European Prints”
SAKAMOTO Atsushi (Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art)
“Seventeenth Century Kanô School Paintings Depicting the Sacred Beast ‘Hakutaku’”
OKABE Misako (Kansai University)

(28/2/2018 update)
○ 2018 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: SATÔ Yasuhiro
Date/time: March 24 (Sat.), 2018, starts at 14:00
Location: First Floor Large Classroom 3, International Academic Research Building, Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo
Access: http://www.pp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/GraSPP-affiliated-building-placement-map-20170912-1.pdf
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Representations of ‘Otani’ in the Illustrated Biography of Priest Kakunyo (Bokie): The People and Religious Spaces of Early Period Hongwanji”
IKEDA Shinobu (Chiba University) and OZAWA Asae (Tokai University)
“The Exegetical Meaning of Nicolas Poussin’s Christ Healing the Blind (The Blind of Jericho) (Musée du Louvre)”
MOCHIZUKI Noriko (Keio University)
  “A Study of Tower of the Sun: The influence of Mircea Eliade”
    SASAKI Hidenori (Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki)

(21/2/2018 update)
○ 2018 JAHS Museum Committee Symposium
The Current State and Future Prospects of University Museums
Date/time: February 17 (Sat.), 2018, 14:00–16:30 (venue opens at 13:30)
Location: Classroom 102, F Building, Nishinomiya Uegahara Campus, Kwansei Gakuin University
Uegahara Ichibanchô 1-155, Nishinomiya, Hyogo
Access: https://global.kwansei.ac.jp/about/about_203240.html
With the support of (TBC): The Japanese Council of Art Museums, Japan Association for Arts Management, The Association for the Study of Cultural Resources
* Symposium is open to the general public.
Overview: The Scholarly Materials Department, the Academic Council of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture presented a mid-term report titled “Regarding the Establishment of University Museums” in January 1998. Now, twenty years later, university museum establishment is advancing, resulting in an increased number of museums that are unique due to their positioning within universities. Thus said, however, the scale of such museums differs and there are quite a few such museums whose budgetary limitations hinder their operations. To ameliorate such conditions, in recent years university museums have joined together to enrich their activities.
This symposium will provide an understanding of the current and recent state of university museums, and examine what issues and hopes are involved in working in conjunction, while also considering how these museums can work in tandem with JAHS.
Program: 14:00–14:05 Message
NEDACHI Kensuke (Western Division representative, JAHS)

14:05–14:10 Symposium Overview/Proceedings
KAWAKAMI Shigeki (Director, University Museum, Kwansei Gakuin University)

14:10–14:30 Report 1
“University Museums and Diversity: Opening collections, staff and venues”
HOMMA Yu (Staff, Keio University Art Center)

14:30–14:50 Report 2
“What Occurs in Exhibitions Co-organized by University Museums and Private Museums”
YAMAMORI Yayoi (Guest Researcher, Kosetsu Memorial Archives, Jissen Women’s University)

14:50–15:10 Report 3
“Activities of the University Museum Association of Kyoto: With an introduction of the international forum held in Taiwan”
NAMIKI Seishi, (Director, Kyoto Institute of Technology Museum and Archives)

15:10–15:30 Report 4
“The Workings of the University Museum Network of Kansai as Seen from an Administration Standpoint”
ISHIDATE Yaoko (Chief administrator and curator, Kansai University Museum)

15:40-16:30 Discussion and Question/Answer Session
For further information, please contact: JAHS Staff, Mainichi Academic Forum
Tel: 03-6267-4550
FAX: 03-6267-4555
E-mail: jahs@univcoop.or.jp

(21/2/2018 update)
 ○ 2018 JAHS Eastern Division Meeting
Chair: MASUDA Tomoyuki
Date/time: January 27 (Sat.), 2018, starts at 14:00
Location: Classroom 2206 (Art Practicum Room), Building No. 39,
Toyama Campus, Waseda University
Access: https://www.waseda.jp/top/en/access/toyama-campus
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“The Use of Perspective in Giovanni Bellini’s San Zaccaria Altarpiece
KITA Ikumi (Kanazawa University)
“Rediscovering the Shin-hanga Artist Elizabeth Keith: Identifying Her Style that Transcended the East-West Cultural Divide”
NAGATANI Yuko (Keio University)

(16/1/2018 update)
○ 2018 JAHS Western Division Meeting
Chairs: IDE Seinosuke and NAKATANI Nobuo
Date/time: January 20 (Sat.), 2018, starts at 13:30
Location: School of Letters Meeting Room (4th Floor, School of Letters Building), Hakozaki Campus, Kyushu University
Access:http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/campus/hakozaki/
Research Reports(presented in Japanese):
“Sesshû Tôyô’s Fan-shaped Paintings in Ancient Chinese Styles
EGAITSU Michihiko (Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum)
“The Chinese Art Market and Art History Research in the 1920s: An Analysis of Omura Seigai’s China Trip Diaries”
GOTO Ryoko (Independent scholar)

(16/1/2018 update)

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