symposium 10/24 (in person and online) + Kuzushiji workshop: Cultural Pursuits, Sociality, and Print Culture in Edo to Meiji Japan

[Chelsea Foxwell]

Dear Colleagues,

I have just joined this group and look forward to being in touch.

Today I'm writing to announce a small symposium and Kuzushiji workshop at the University of Chicago, 10/24-10/25, featuring Professor Takahashi Akinori of Tōhoku University.

Details & Registration:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reading-kuzushiji-symposium-workshop-tickets-1999809785903?aff=oddtdtcreator

As the Sunday Kuzushiji workshop will only be offered in person (for logistical reasons), we are offering modest financial aid to grad students. Application deadline: Sept. 29.

https://ceas.wufoo.com/forms/fall-2026-two-day-kuzushiji-intensive-program/

I've pasted further details about Saturday's symposium below. Please register and join if you are interested.

Warm regards,

Chelsea

Chelsea Foxwell
Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages & Civilizations, and the College

University of Chicago

fox...@uchicago.edu

 

Cultural Pursuits, Sociality, and Print Culture in Edo to Meiji Japan

Saturday, October 24th
10:00 am-4:00 pm
Department of Art History, Cochrane-Woods Art Center (5540 S. Greenwood Avenue)
This event will have a livestream Zoom option.
To register to attend virtually:

https://uchicago.zoom.us/meeting/register/B_TJgMHCTiOfh7w2qr6N6A#/registration

Keynote Lecture
Takahashi Akinori, Professor Emeritus, Tōhoku University
高橋章則 （東北大学, 文学研究科, 名誉教授）
The Fusion of Ikebana and Kyōka: The World of A Selection of Haikaika Poems of the Thirty-Six Flowers: With Illustrations from the Enshū School of Ikebana

「いけばな」と「狂歌」の融合 ー『遠州流活花図 俳諧歌三十六花撰』の世界ー

In the latter half of the Edo period, as a range of cultural pursuits became integrated into daily life, publications that merged multiple genres in a single book began to appear with greater frequency. Different cultural pursuits were not merely combined or juxtaposed ; rather, they approached a state of true fusion. This talk will examine the Edo cultural phenomeon of “fusion” (yūgō) through the case of the Haikaika sanjūrokkasen (A Selection of Haikaika Poems of the Thirty-Six Flowers, Tenpō 7 [1836]).

様々な学芸が日常化した江戸時代後半期には、複数のジャンルを結びつける出版物が盛んに刊行された。そうした出版物を検討すると、学芸は横断や結合の域を飛び越え、融合の境地に至っていた。『俳諧歌三十六花撰』（天保 7(1836)年）を例にして江戸文化を特徴付ける学芸ジャンル「融合」を論じる。

The keynote will be delivered in Japanese with English summary. The remainder of the talks will be delivered in English.

Additional presenters:

Adam L. Kern, Professor of Japanese Literature & Visual Culture, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Susan L. Burns, James Westfall Thompson Professor of History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College; History Department Chair, University of Chicago

Chelsea Foxwell, Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages & Civilizations, and the College, University of Chicago

Melissa Van Wyk, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages & Civilizations and the College, University of Chicago

Janice Katz, Roger L. Weston Curator of Japanese Art, Art Institute of Chicago

Tina Tan, Conservator of Works on Paper, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Tina Tan,