OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

04s-08
ARTS IN/FROM/TO JAPAN

Kazumi NEGISHI, et al. (Graduate School of Letters)

Objective
A variety of arts created and/or performed in Japan from the distant past through the recent past up to the present will be presented. In addition, discussion will be made as to how foreign influences were, have been, and are being seen. Furthermore, Japanese influences over foreign countries will be dealt with. The art forms discussed will cover paintings, sculpture, literature, theater and music. All the staff members (professors and associate professors) belonging to the departments of art history and the science of arts will take turns in giving the lectures.

Textbooks and Reference Materials
Week 1. Orientation to the class; introduction to the arts in/from/to Japan (FUJITA Haruhiko)
Week 2. Japanese and Western aesthetics in comparison (N.N.)
Week 3. Cinemas in/from/to Japan (KAMIKURA Tsuneyuki)
Week 4. Literary theories introduced to Japan (KATO Hiroshi)
Week 5. Reception of Western music in Japan (NEGISHI Kazumi)
Week 6. Art in environment (FUJITA Haruhiko)
Week 7. Reception of ancient Greek arts in Japan (KATO Hiroshi)
Week 8. A brief history of performing arts in Japan (AMANO Fumio)
Week 9. Reception of Western theatre in Japan (NAGATA Yasushi)
Week 10. Japanese understanding of visual arts of India (KOEZUKA Takashi)
Week 11. A brief history of Japanese fine arts (OKUDAIRA Shunroku)
Week 12. Japanese understanding of Italian art (WAKAYAMA Eiko)
Week 13. Japanese understanding of Western art (KODERA Tsukasa)
Week 14. A history of Japanese Buddhist sculpture (FUJIOKA Yutaka)
Week 15. Music in/from/to Japan (NEGISHI Kazumi)
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Grading
Class participation 50%
Term paper 50%