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Exhibit - Feb. 7 (Thursday) - Feb. 22 (Friday) 2013 @ UHM Art Gallery

Picturing the Ryukyus: Images of Okinawa in Japanese Artworks from the UH Sakamaki/Hawley Collection

Curators - Dr. John Szostak and Mr. Travis Seifman


Public Lecture - Feb. 10 (Sunday) 2013, 1:00 - 4:30 Admission free, open to all, free parking Campus Map (CKS) @ UHM Center for Korean Studies Auditorium

Discovering Historical Parades and Processions from China, Korea, and Ryukyu during the Edo Period

Public Lecture Schedule

Speakers:
Dr. Hiroshi Kurushima, Professor, National Museum of Japanese History, Japan
Early Modern Japan through Parades
Dr. Manabu Yokoyama, Professor, Notre Dame Seishin University, Japan
Relations between Japan & Kingdom of the Ryukyus: Roles of Ryukyuan Envoys
Dr. Gregory Smits, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Ryukyu and its Geo-cultural Context
Dr. John Szostak, Associate Professor, UHM Art Department & Mr. Travis Seifman, PhD student, University of California Santa Barbara
Views of Ryukyu: Paintings and Prints in the Hamilton Library Collection

 

Symposium - Feb. 11 (Monday) 2013, 9:00 -4:30, Admission free, open to all @ UHM Center for Korean Studies Auditorium Campus Map (CKS)

Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan: History, Culture, and Foreign Relations

Symposium Schedule

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Symposium Speaker Profiles & Abstracts

Dr. Hiroshi Kurushima, Professor, National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Profile / Abstract

Interpreting Early Modern Japanese Society as eThe Age of Paradesf Yields a New Image of Early Modern Society

Dr. Gregory Smits, Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University

Profile / Abstract

Making a Good Impression: Cultural Drama in the Ryukyu-China Relationship

Dr. Manabu Yokoyama, Professor, Notre Dame Seishin University, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Profile / Abstract

Two kinds of Ryukyuan Embassy Procession Scrolls from the Sakamaki/Hawley Collection

Mr. Travis Seifman, PhD student, University of California Santa Barbara

Profile / Abstract

Ryukyuan Embassy Processions: A 1710 Edo Nobori Scroll from the Sakamaki/Hawley Collection

Dr. John Szostak, Associate Professor, UHM Art History Department

Profile / Abstract

Picturing the Ryukyus: Ideas Behind the Exhibition

Dr. Mark McNally, Associate Professor, UHM History Department

Profile / Abstract

Edo on the Move: Parades and Processions in Early Mordern Japan

Sponsored by

UHM Outreach College, Center for Okinawan Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, Department of Art & Art History, Department of History,

National Museum of Japanese History (Japan), The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Japan), UHM Library and Consulate General of Japan at Honolulu

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