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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Junzo Uchiyama - Surviving the Apocalypse: Catastrophe Archaeology in Ancient Japan
DESCRIPTION:This online event is hosted by the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. To register for the event\, please visit this page. This event is part of the Japanese Studies series organised in collaboration with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) and The Courtauld Institute of Art. \n— \nAbout the Talk\nRecent disasters are often remembered as moments of sudden and total destruction—cities buried\, societies erased\, and lives swept away in an instant. Yet a longer view of human history reveals more complex stories\, in which survival\, adaptation\, and recovery play central roles. How have people lived with repeated disasters over long periods of time? Did catastrophes bring only ruin\, or did they also foster new forms of creativity\, culture\, and community? \nThis public lecture explores these questions through archaeology and history\, using the Japanese archipelago as a long-term case study. Drawing on ongoing collaborative research within the Nordic–Japan research programme CALDERA\, it examines how societies have responded to earthquakes\, volcanic eruptions\, and tsunamis across deep time. Marking the 15th anniversary of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami\, the lecture focuses on three case studies: Mount Fuji and its long history of human engagement with volcanic risk; the Kikai-Akahoya super-eruption 7\,300 years ago\, which reshaped regional networks rather than causing total societal collapse; and the 2011 disaster\, which prompted both profound loss and remarkable efforts at community rebuilding. \nBy placing these cases in comparative perspective\, the lecture invites a broad audience to reflect on disasters not only as moments of tragedy\, but also as forces that can reshape social networks\, cultural practices\, and future possibilities. \n  \nAbout the Speaker\nJunzo Uchiyama was a former Handa Japanese Archaeology Fellow at SISJAC from 2018 to 2020. He is Affiliated Researcher of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Lund University\, Sweden\, and Visiting Professor at Kanazawa University\, Japan. Together with colleagues in Nordic countries and Japan\, he launched a new research programme called “CALDERA” for “catastrophe archaeology” in 2021\, aiming to investigate long-term cultural responses to major natural disasters and to understand processes of survival\, adjustment and eventual recovery. In June 2024 he was awarded the Ben Cullen Prize for “outstanding contributions” to World Archaeology. In November 2024\, the project “Surviving the Apocalypse: multidimensional modelling of the impact of a prehistoric megadisaster on people’s lifeworlds\, technologies and demography” was approved and got funded by Swedish Research Council (VR)\, in which he is working as a co-project leader with Professor Peter D. Jordan at Lund University. \n— \nImage: Sanriku coast (Minamisanriku Town\, NE Honshu) taken two months after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami\, where the harbour was destroyed and parts of the land subsided below sea level as a result of the earthquake and tsunami. Photograph: Junzo Uchiyama.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-junzo-uchiyama-surviving-the-apocalypse-catastrophe-archaeology-in-ancient-japan/
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Kitazawa Hideta - Noh theatre masks: demonstration and discussion
DESCRIPTION:Renowned mask-carver Kitazawa Hideta will be joined by author and producer of English-language noh Jannette Cheong\, to explore the process of designing\, carving and working with noh masks. Kitazawa is unique in the noh world in making new masks for innovative and experimental noh pieces\, including English-language noh\, as well as producing classical noh and kyogen (nohgaku) masks. He will demonstrate the different stages of carving\, offering a rare opportunity to understand how iconic noh masks are made for both traditional and contemporary noh. \nThis event is part of the Japanese Studies series organised in collaboration with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) and The Courtauld Institute of Art. \nKITAZAWA HIDETA is a wood sculptor and noh mask maker based in Tokyo. He learned traditional wood carving of Buddhist and Shinto statuary from his father\, Kitazawa Ikkyo\, and later studied noh mask carving. He currently produces classical noh and kyogen masks and has been designated a master craftsman by the Tokyo Metropolitan government. Kitazawa has also created numerous shinsaku “new” masks for foreign language noh productions\, notably those of Theatre Nohgaku\, as well as for other noh influenced plays. \nAUTHOR\, JANNETTE CHEONG is a poet\, playwright\, designer and Theatre Nohgaku-affiliated artist. London born\, she has been involved with education and artistic collaborations internationally for almost 40 years. She is the author of the English noh Pagoda\, and her ballet-noh-opera collaborative piece\, Opposites-InVerse\, was performed for Matsui Akira’s tribute programme: Noh Time Like the Present\, London (2017). Her English noh Between the Stones (Europe\, 2020) was again toured by Oshima Noh Theatre/Theatre Nohgaku. \nAUTHOR\, RICHARD EMMERT is professor emeritus at Musashino University\, Tokyo\, where he taught classical noh and Japanese and Asian traditional performing arts. Born in Ohio (USA)\, he is a certified Kita school noh instructor and led noh performance workshops worldwide. Founder of Theatre Nohgaku\, he has composed noh music for numerous English noh productions. He is the co-author of a series of seven noh performance guides and author of the six-volume The Guide to Noh of the National Noh Theatre. \nDr MARGARET COLIDRON is a theatre director\, performer\, teacher and a specialist in Asian performance and masks. She is the author of Trance and Transformation of the Masked Actor in Japanese Noh and Balinese Dance Drama (Mellen Press 2004) and has published widely on masks\, Asian and intercultural performance and actor training.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-kitazawa-hideta-no-theatre-masks-demonstration-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:(Japan Series) Peter Kornicki - Hidden knowledge: why Edo-period Japan was not a print society
DESCRIPTION:Event details to follow. \nThis event is part of the Japanese Studies series organised in collaboration with the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) and The Courtauld Institute of Art.
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/japan-series-peter-kornicki-hidden-knowledge-why-edo-period-japan-was-not-a-print-society/
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SUMMARY:(AGM + Japan Series Closing Lecture) Prof Simon Kaner - Towards 150 years of Japanese archaeology and its broader Asian connections
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URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/agm-japan-series-closing-lecture-prof-simon-kaner-towards-150-years-of-japanese-archaeology-and-its-broader-asian-connections/
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