INSIDE JAPANESE ARTS

Hiroshige Okada, 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 the 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 turn for the lectures.
   Textbooks and reference materials: None particular; however, some reading materials will be provided in the classroom.

Lecture outline
   Apr. 13: Art of the People�@�iHaruhiko Fujita�j
   Apr. 20: Japanese contemporary art, Yasumasa Morimura and others (Tsukasa Koudera)
   Apr. 27: Let�fs go to the Kofuku-ji Temple! (Yutaka Fujioka)
   May 11: Kabukimono and Kabuki in genre paintings at the early modern age (Syunroku Okudaira)
   May 18: Modernizing Japanese Traditional Theatre�|in the case of Nose Joruri Theatre(Yasushi Nagata )
   May 25: Kyoto,�@A Face Unknown of The Japanese Films (Tsuneyuki Kamikura)
   Jun. 01: Ten-nen no bi and Eurasia: Journey of a melody to Japan and from Japan (Ito Nobuhiro)
   Jun. 08: Namban Art in the Global Context (Hiroshige Okada) Jun. 15: Jan-‚Šan-opera�@and Osaka-rap -- Brechts echoes in the theatre ISHINHA (Akira Ichikawa)
   Jun. 22: Osaka, One of the �gThree Capitals�h in Kansai, and Its Art Scene (Setsuya Hashizume)
   Jun. 29: Chatting about the Masterpieces of Japanese Art (Hiroshige Okada)
   Jul. 06: What is the novel? (Hiroshi Kato)
   Jul. 13: Greek Myth and Japanese Manga (T‚“ugunobu Uchida)
   Jul. 20: (Sachio Miyake)
  

Grading
   Class participation 50%; term paper 50%