Events

Location: Korean Auditorium (Panel I and II) and Art Auditorium (Panel III)
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Date: October 12th, 2010, 9:00 am – 6:20 pm

Location: Korean Auditorium (Panel I and II) and Art Auditorium (Panel III)
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Mini-Exhibition “Porcelain Kendi as Transcultural Trade Goods” is shown at the John Young Museum of Art in conjunction with the Utsushi symposium

Symposium Schedule
(30 min. lectures followed by panel/audience discussions 20min.)

9:00 – 9:20 Registration/ Opening Remarks
Panel I: Copying as Agency of Transculturation
Moderator: Leslie Benji Nerio (John Young Museum, Curator)

9:20 – 9:50
Utsushi: the Korean Roots of Kana Syllabic Script
Speaker: Alexander Vovin (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Professor)

9:50 – 10:20
Literati Irony: Utsushi of the Orchid Pavilion Scroll and Nakabayashi Chikutô’s Ideology
Speaker: Kazuko Kameda-Madar (University of British Columbia, PhD Candidate)

10:20 – 10:40 Tea/Coffee and Cookies at Moore 319

10:40 – 11:10
Three Generations of Seif? Yohei: Ways of Copying Japanese Ceramics in Transition
Speaker: Shinya Maezaki (Ritsumeikan University, Post Doctoral Fellow)

11:10 – 11:40
Copies in the Art of Qiu Ying (c. 1495–1551/2)
Speaker: Stephen Little (Independent Scholar)

11:40 – 12:00 Panel and Audience Discussion

12:00 – 1:20 Lunch

1:20 - 2:10 Keynote Lecture

Iconography and Copying: The Ise Stories and Sôtatsu
Speaker: Joshua Mostow (University of British Columbia, Professor)

Panel II: Copying as Iconographical Transmission
Moderator: Kate Lingley (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Assistant Professor)

2:10 – 2:40
Iconographic Transmission and Transformation of the Kiko Shôki
Speaker: Nagata Maki (Tama Art University, PhD Candidate)

2:40 – 3:10
“Utsushi” in Muromachi Ink Paintings: Issues of Designs and Expressions
Speaker: Yasunori Hata (Kyushu National Museum, Curator)
(Language: Japanese)

3:10 – 3:40
Pictorial Diffusion of The Views of Mt. Fuji and Miho Pine Grove: On the Kano School Paintings
Speaker: Yoshiya Yamashita (Kyoto National Museum, Curator)
(Language: Japanese)

3:40 – 4:00 Panel and Audience Discussion
Moving to Art Auditorium

4:00 – 4:30 Tea/Coffee and Cookies

Panel III: Copying as Strategic Adaptation and Pedagogy
Moderator: Jerome Feldman (Hawaii Pacific University, Professor)

4:30 – 5:00
Copying on the Stage: Visual Conversation between Kabuki Acting Patterns and Print Culture
Speaker: Matsuba Ryoko (Ritsumeikan University, Post Doctoral Fellow)

5:00 – 5:30
Hôryû-ji Mural Paintings in the West: Creating Copies for Non-Japanese Audience
Speaker: Princess Akiko of Mikasa (Ritsumeikan University, Post Doctoral Fellow)

5:30 – 6:00
Culture of Utsushi: Rethinking “Originalism”
Speaker: Arata Shimao (Tama Art University, Professor/Kokka Art Journal)
(Language: Japanese)

6:00 – 6:20 Panel and Audience Discussion

6:20 Epilogue: Gay Satsuma (University of Hawaii at Manoa, CJS Vice Director)

Sponsored by:
Art and Art History Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu

Digital Humanities Center for Japanese Arts and Cultures, Ritsumeikan University

Japan-America Society of Hawaii

Japan Foundation

John Young Museum of Art, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu Foundation

Tetsuko S. Ho, CPA., Inc.

Pre-registration is required for this free and public event. Please send your name, affiliation, contact information and email to Kazuko Kameda-Madar (symposium organizer) at kazukokameda@msn.com no later than October 2nd. Should you have any questions regarding this symposium, please email or call Kazuko’s cell at 808 688 7473.