CJS Recorded Event

Harnessing the Afterlife: The Cross-Cultural Iconography and Funerary Significance of the Fujinoki Tomb’s Gilt-Bronze Saddle (6th Century CE)

April 26, 2021

April 26 | 4-4:30 p.m. | Online - Zoom WebinarCarl Gellert

Speaker: Carl Gellert, Lecturer, Seattle Central College

The research presented in this talk approaches the examination of archaeological remains from an art historical perspective, relying on a combination of material, iconographic, and textual analyses as a means of exploring the mortuary traditions of Japan’s...

Re-imagining the Lost Written Culture of the Ōmi Capital: Insights from Mokkan

March 30, 2021

March 30, 2021 | 5-5:30 p.m. | Online - Zoom WebinarMarjorie Burge

Speaker: Marjorie Burge, Assistant Professor of Japanese, Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Colorado Boulder

The existence of the short-lived seventh century capital at Ōmi (667-672) has long been the subject of intense...

The Evolution of Kabuki to the Traditional Performing Arts

April 14, 2021

April 14, 2021 | 5-5:30 p.m. | Online - Zoom WebinarKabukiza

Speaker: Jihye Kim, Visiting Graduate Student Researcher, Osaka University

In spite of its 400-year history, it has been only a short time since kabuki has come to be considered a traditional performing art. During the early years of the Meiji period, a number of kabuki plays portrayed the blooming of modern civilization...

The Spiritual Foundation for Settler Life: Generational Consciousness and Japanese American Literature, 1917-1925

February 24, 2021

February 24, 2021 | 5-5:30 p.m. | Online - Zoom WebinarLeong Lecture Picture

Speaker: Andrew Leong, Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, UC Berkeley

Generational terms such as “Issei” (first-generation) and “Nisei” (second-generation) did not appear to be in common use in Japanese American immigrant society...

Archaeology and Landscape in Japan's Kofun Period: Examining the Past to Protect the Future

February 17, 2021

KofunFebruary 17, 2021 | 5-5:30 p.m. | Online - Zoom Webinar

Speaker: Anna Nielsen, Graduate Student, Dept. of Anthropology, Anthropology, UC Berkeley

The Japanese archipelago, with its rugged landscapes of mountains and rivers, is prone to many unexpected catastrophes involving water,...