Report of Debrief Session of International Symposium “Japanese Buddhist Objects in European Collections and Their Impact on the European Image of Japan”
Date
17th November 2012
Time
10:00-18:00
Venue
Hosei University Boissonade Tower 26th Floor Conference Room B, Hosei University Ichigaya Campus
Program
10:00-10:10
Opening Speech / Yoshiro Fukuda (Vice President, Hosei University)
10:10-10:30
Shin Abiko (Hosei University)
A Meaning of a Research of Collections of Japanese Buddhist Objects in Overseas Contries
10:30-10:50
Masashi Oguchi (Hosei University)
Object and Method of the International Collaborative Research on Japanese Buddhist Objects in European Collections
10:50-11:10
Masahiro Taguchi (Hosei University)
Generating and Operation of JBAE Database
11:10-11:20
Intermission
11:20-11:40
Josef Kreiner (Hosei University)
History and Current Condition of Collections of Japanese Art in Europe
11:40-12:00
Josef Kyburz (French National Centre for Scientific Research / Hosei University)
Image of Buddha in Europe from the 17th Century to the 19th Century
12:00-13:00
Lunch Break
13:00-13:40
Hiroyuki Shimatani (Tokyo National Museum)
Buddhist Calligraphies in Europe
13:40-14:10
Shiro Maruyama (Tokyo National Museum)
Buddhist Sculpture in Europe」
14:10-14:30
Kazuto Sawada (National Museum of Japanese History)
Collection of Buddhist Robe in Turin Museum of Oriental Art
14:30-14:50
Yusuke Takahashi (Kanagawa Prefectual Kanazawabunko Museum / Hosei University)
“Shaka no Honji” of National Gallery in Prague Text
14:50-15:20
Intermission
15:20-15:40
Tomoko Kuchii (Tama University of Fine Art / Hosei University)
Research Report: Collections of Japanese Buddhist Paintings in Europe
15:40-16:00
Yuta Jinno (Hosei University)
Gigaku Masks Collected by the Bavarian State Museum of Ethnology
16:00-16:30
Masatomo Kawai (Keio University / Chiba City Museum of Art)
Buddhist Paintings as Private Collections in Europe: Focusing on Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Rangen and Gregorios Manos
16:30-16:50
Helena Honcoopova (National Gallery in Prague)
NAZO of Japanese Buddhist Sculpture in the National Gallery, Prague and the West-Bohemian Museum, Pilsen
16:50-17:10
Josef Kreiner
Unexpected Encounter with Japanese Buddhist Art
17:10-17:30
General Discussion
Executive Summary
Hosei University Research Center for International Japanese Studies held a Debrief Session of International Symposium “Japanese Buddhist Objects in European Collections and Their Impact on the European Image of Japan” on 17th November. This meeting was very meaningful, because it showed conducting such survey was benefitial to understand the consciousness of people in European countries toward Japan through lens of buddhist objects.
