Friday 15 June, 2018
10:30am BST - 6:00pm BST
Sainsbury Institute, 64 The Close, Norwich NR1 4DH
Speaker
Dr Jungeun Lee (Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow)
About the Symposium
This international symposium brings together scholars in the field of Japanese history, art history, architectural history, and religious studies to explore new directions for the critical examination of spatial and interior display from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. The presentations explore a variety of settings and contexts in medieval and early-modern Japan—from large urban spaces to religious sites of ritual performance, residential interiors, and social gatherings—focusing on the use of space through paintings and other objects. An integrated yet deliberately diverse set of presentations and discussions will highlight the significance of varied methodological frameworks in approaching display as an ensemble.
The symposium is free and open to interested students and scholars. Registration is required as seats are limited.
Organised by Dr. Jungeun Lee (Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow)
Programme
10:30 Registration and Coffee
10:50 Welcome and Opening Remarks: Simon Kaner (Sainsbury Institute and University of East Anglia)
11:00-12:00 I. Religion and Ritual Display
Matthew Stavros (University of Sydney)
The Mandalisation of Urban Space in Medieval Japan
Nishitani Isao (Museum of Sennyūji Temple)
Buddhist Patriarch Portrait Rituals and their Adorned Spaces: The Sennyū-ji Temple as One Example
Chair and Discussant: Lucia Dolce (SOAS, University of London)
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 II. The Ashikaga Shoguns and Kaisho Display
Shimao Arata (Gakushuin University)
Kazari as a Value System
Jungeun Lee (Sainsbury Institute)
Displaying Authority: 1437 Imperial Visit to Ashikaga Yoshinori
Yukio Lippit (Harvard University)
The Ashikaga Treasury: Display, Value, and Kingship in the Karamono Collections of Japan’s Medieval Shoguns
Chair and Discussant: Timon Screech (SOAS, University of London)
15:00-15:20 Coffee and Tea Break
15:20-16:50 III. Objects and Display
Ido Misato (Kyoto Institute of Technology)
Depicting Nature: Screen Paintings for Meeting HallsJ
ang Namwon (Ewha Womans University)
Celadon Wares and the Sinan Shipwreck
Fukunaga Ai (SOAS, University of London)
Materialise Scholar’s Utopia: Rethinking the Display for Sencha in Late Edo Period
Chair and Discussant: Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere (British Museum and Sainsbury Institute)
16:50-17:50 Roundtable Discussion: Chaired by Timon Screech (SOAS, University of London)
17:50-18:00 Closing Remarks: Jungeun Lee (Sainsbury Institute)
Admission is free and all are welcome. Booking required. The symposium will be held at the Sainsbury Institute, 64 The Close, Norwich NR1 4DH.
Organised by Dr. Jungeun Lee (Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Fellow)
The symposium is free to attend and is open to students and scholars interested in the subject.
Registration is required as seats are limited.
This event is funded by the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Art and Cultures and the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
