Report of 2nd Research Meeting of Research Approach (4) of 2012
Report of 2nd Research Meeting of Research Approach (4) of 2012
Date: 18th July 2012
Time: 18:30-20:30
Venue: Hosei University Ichigaya Campus, ’58 Building 2F Research Center for International Japanese Studies Seminar Room
Co-host: Japan Research Promotion Project Based on International Cooperation: Complete Survey of Japanese Buddhist Art Material Housed in European Museums and its Use in Research of Japan and the Japanese View
Speaker: Helena Gaudekova (Curator, Naprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures)
Theme: Japanese Collection of the Naprstek Museum, Prague – Central European View of Traditional Japanese Art
Translator: Yusuke Suzumura (Visiting Academic Researcher, Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies)
Chair: Shin Abiko (Director, Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies; Professor, Hosei University)
Executive Summary
First, Ms. Gaudekova gave a brief overview of the Japanese Collection of the Naprstek Museum in Prague. Then she focused on our Museum’s research of Japanese Edo and early Meiji art from our Japanese Collection. She introduced lately published CD/ROM catalogues with themes like Osaka woodblock prints, Joe Hloucha´s Japanese Collection, Tsukiyoka Yoshitoshi´s woodblock prints etc. Ms. Gaudekova would also like to say a few words about the late 19th century Czech collectors who travelled to Japan and briefly analyze why they decided to collect Japanese art and what was their perspective of what Japanese art is.
