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General Research of Theatrical Paintings and Prints |
> Director
Ryo Akama
> Research Organization
| Researcher |
Affiliation |
| Ryo Akama |
Ritsumeikan University |
| Reiko Oe |
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum |
| Hideyuki Iwata |
Atomi University |
| Ryuichi Kodama |
National Research Institute for Cultural Properties,
Tokyo |
| Kyohei Hayashi |
The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum |
| Masae Kurahashi |
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| Shotaro Koiki |
Atomi University |
| Yaeko Kimura |
Kinjo Gakuin University |
| Kentaro Imaoka |
Musashino Art University |
| Chie Saito |
Ritsumeikan University |
| Jun Fumata |
Meiji University School of Arts and Letters
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| Megumi Nakamura |
Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya Library |
| Noriko Matsumura |
Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library |
| Tomoko Ukai |
Waseda university |
| Ayako Suzuki |
National Diet Library |
> Studies for This Year
The goal of this project is to verify and expand
the basic data included in the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum’s
online “Ukiyoe Image Database.” The results of our research
are constantly being uploaded onto this public database, which has
garnered an increasing amount of positive attention worldwide. As
we continue to accumulate data, we also work to better understand
the meaning and value of using actor prints in theater studies, and
to address methodological issues. We also publish articles on our
research and develop new research tools. This year, as last year,
we plan to continue surveying materials in affiliated institutions
(we will be focusing on institutions in Kyoto), to present and then
write up the results of our research, and accept requests for analysis
of actor prints in the collections of non-affiliated institutions.
We will continue to hold regular meetings to work through the collection
of ukiyoe at the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, and keep updating
the information in the online database. In 2006-2007, we will begin
focusing in particular on prints by Kunisada I, in addition to those
of Toyokuni I, who has been the main focus of our research for the
past decade. The incorporation of Kunisada into our research will
finally allow us to gain an understanding of the genre of actor prints
in the Bunsei-Bunka and Tempo periods.
> Research Plans for This Year
April: Monthly Meeting (works by Toyokuni I at
the Theater Museum, prints in Portland)
May: Monthly Meeting (works by Toyokuni I at the Theater Museum, prints
in Portland)
June: Monthly Meeting (works by Toyokuni I and Kunisada I at the Theater
Museum, prints in Portland)
July: Monthly Meeting (works by Toyokuni I and Kunisada I at the Theater
Museum, prints in Portland)
August: Monthly Meeting (works by Toyokuni I and Kunisada I at the
Theater Museum, prints in Portland); concentrated survey of Toyokuni
and Kunisada collections in Kyoto
September: Monthly Meeting (works by Toyokuni I and Kunisada I at
the Theater Museum, prints in Portland)
October: Monthly Meeting (works by Toyokuni I and Kunisada I at the
Theater Museum); conference on methods for researching actor prints.
November: Monthly Meeting (works by Toyokuni I and Kunisada I at the
Theater Museum)
December: Monthly Meeting (works by Toyokuni I and Kunisada I at the
Theater Museum)
> Activity Report
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