Online International Symposium
“More Insights into the Heinrich von Siebold Collection”

Title “More Insights into the Heinrich von Siebold Collection”
Date and Time

14 March 2022 (Monday)  9:30 – 13:00 (MEZ) /17:30 – 21:00 (JST)

Venue National Museum of Japanese History (Held online)
Participation Fee None
Maximum Number of Participants 500 (advance registration required, first-come-first-serve basis)
Eligible Individuals Researchers, students, general public
Languages Used Japanese and German (simultaneous interpretation)
Organizers National Museum of Japanese History, Weltmuseum Wien
  

*This symposium was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP17H02296.
* This symposium will be held in Japanese and German. The German program is available here.

Online symposium program

Online symposium flyer

Free participation

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Online International Symposium
“An Invitation to a New Siebold Studies: Wisdom Gained from a Project on Philipp Franz von Siebold-related Materials ”

Date and Time 15 January 2022 (Saturday)
18:00 – 21:00 (Japan)/11:00 – 14:00 (Germany)
Venue National Museum of Japanese History (Held online)
Participation Fee

None

Maximum Number of Participants 500 (advance registration required, first-come-first-serve basis)
Eligible Individuals Researchers, students, general public
Languages Used Japanese and German (simultaneous interpretation)
Organizers

National Museum of Japanese History

*This symposium was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP17H02296.
* This symposium will be held in Japanese and German. The German program is available here.
Online symposium program

Free participation
*Presentations will be held in Japanese.
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_abW2tGahTZ6VW4EIhgYxEw

 

 

Online International Symposium
“Japanese Ceramics That Arrived in Switzerland:
Discovery of the Musée Ariana Collection”

The Musée Ariana in Geneva, Switzerland, is one of Europe’s leading ceramics museums and features pieces from around the world. Although not well known in Japan, the museum has a collection of over 780 valuable Japanese ceramics from the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries, making it one of the largest collections of its kind in Switzerland.

In collaboration with the University of Zurich’s East Asian Art History Department, the National Museum of History began surveying this collection in 2016, helping to enrich the Musée Ariana’s database and put together basic data for exhibitions.

This led to a large exhibition of Japanese ceramics, “Chrysanthèmes, dragons et samouraïs: La céramique japonaise du Musée Ariana,” which is currently underway (11 December 2020 – 9 January 2022).

In this symposium, researchers and students involved in the survey and exhibition will introduce this wonderful collection that has been treasured overseas in Switzerland, as well as present the characteristics and significance of the Japanese ceramics therein revealed through the project’s activities.

Title “Japanese Ceramics That Arrived in Switzerland:
Discovery of the Musée Ariana Collection”
Organizers National Museum of Japanese History (National Institutes for the Humanities) and the University of Zurich’s East Asian Art History Department
Date and Time

17:30–20:10 (Japan time) / 9:30–12:10 (Switzerland time) on 6 January 2022 (Thursday)

How to register Please register here.

Program

 
17:30–17:35 (Japan)
9:30–9:35 (Switzerland)

Opening Address
HIDAKA Kaori (National Museum of Japanese History)

17:35–18:00 (Japan)
9:35–10:00 (Switzerland)

The Japanese Ceramics Collection at the Ariana Museum of Art
Hans Bjarne Thomsen (University of Zurich)

18:00–18:25 (Japan)
10:00–10:25 (Switzerland)
About Arita Porcelain with Ka Inscriptions
OHASHI Koji (The Kyushu Ceramic Museum)
18:25–18:50 (Japan)
10:25–10:50 (Switzerland)
From Satsuma-yaki to “Satsuma”
WATANABE Yoshiro (Kagoshima University)
18:50–19:15 (Japan)
10:50–11:15 (Switzerland)
Changing Designs in Japanese Ceramics: From Early Modern to Modern Times
ARAKAWA Masaaki (Gakushuin University)
19:15–20:05 (Japan)
11:15–12:05 (Switzerland)
The Musée Ariana Ceramics Survey
University of Zurich’s East Asian Art History Department & Musée Ariana
20:05–20:10 (Japan)
12:05–12:10 (Switzerland)
Closing words
OKUBO Jun’ichi (National Museum of Japanese History)
(Facilitator: SAWADA Kazuto, National Museum of Japanese History)

*Presentations will be held in Japanese.