Symposium: Mapping in Japanese Literary and Visual Culture

International Symposium/Workshop in Japanese Literary and Visual Studies

Symposium: Mapping in Japanese Literary and Visual Culture

Session 1: 9:30 AM – 11:15 AM

Kazuaki Komine (Rikkyo U. Emeritus) (keynote speech), “Woman Who Became
A Dragon: Zenmyō in East Asia: from Kōsōden (Biography of High Priest) to Kegon engi”
Yukari Tanaka (Nihon U.), “App for Strolling around Edo/Tokyo: Two Smartphone Apps—’Edo/Tokyo Monogatari’ and ‘Chiyo-Dash’—Based on the Website ‘WebGIS’”
Ryūichi Kodama (Waseda U.), “Yōkai Hikimaku Kabuki Theatre Curtain by Kawanabe Kyōsai”

Session 2: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Satomi Yamamoto (Waseda U.), “Ruins as a Moment for Religious Awakening:
Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan, Disease, War, and Disaster”
Hiroki Takezaki (MFA, Boston, Ishibashi Curator for Japanese Art; U. Tokyo), “Gyokuen’s Orchids and the Desire to Retire: Reading the Inscription of Orchids, Bamboo, and Rock in MFA”
Matthew McKelway (Columbia U.), “After Rosetsu: Multiples, Fakes, and Questions of Authorship”