Montag | 18.15 Uhr | The folding screen of »Scenes Along the Shijo Riverbank« in the Grassi Museum of Ethnology, Leipzig Emura Tomoko, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo (Japan) Japanese artworks in overseas collections have played a significant role as Japanese cultural ambassadors outside of Japan. When I go abroad, visit museums and see Japanese paintings in collections, it makes me feel as though I was meeting an old friend. Generally, cultural properties are fragile but their vitality as art is strong even though their condition is oftentimes not good. I have been in charge of “The Cooperative Program for the Conservation of Japanese Art Objects Overseas” at the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties for over fifteen years. In this capacity, I visited not only the US and European countries, but also Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Cuba to see Japanese painting collections. In this lecture, I will introduce the fascination of overseas collections of Japanese art, focusing on the folding screen of “Scenes Along the Shijo Riverbank” in the Grassi Museum of Ethnology, Leipzig. It is one of the most important works of genre paintings of the Edo period. The miraculous provenance and unique aspect of this artwork will be revealed. Adresse CATS – Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies, Gebäude 4400 Raum: R.400.02.12 Voßstraße 2 69115 Heidelberg Veranstalter Institut für Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens Homepage Veranstalter Kontakt Institut für Kunstgeschichte Ostasiens Kontakt URL |