Open Seminar

Vol. 118

English Romanticism and Ukiyo-e: A Cross-cultural Perspective on Art and Poetry

  • Date & Time:
    3 Sep. 2024, 13:00 - 17:30(JST)
    9 Sep. 2024, 13:00 - 17:30(JST)
  • Venue:
  • Language: English
  • Host: The University of Tokyo Humanities Center
  • Programme
    • 13:00 - 14:00 Plenary Lecture:
      • Ian Haywood (University of Roehampton)
        Landscapes of Labour in Romantic-era British and Japanese art
    • 14:10 - 15:40 Romantic Landscapes via Ukiyo-e
      • Nahoko Alvey (The University of Tokyo)
        "Still, snowy, and serene": Hokusai and Romantic Waves and Mountains
      • Saeko Yoshikawa (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies)
        Wordsworth and Hiroshige: Travellers under the Skiey Influences
      • Kaz Oishi (The University of Tokyo)
        Turner and Ukiyo-e: Bridges over the Thames and the Sumida in Comparison
    • 16:00 - 17:00 Romantic Resonances in the Victorian and Modern Ages
      • Hiroki Iwamoto (Ibaraki University),
        The Stranger in the Floating World: Romantic Resonances in the Modernist Ekphrasis of Ukiyo-e
      • Masao Morishige (King's College, London)
        Stevenson and De Quincey's "East": Ukiyo-e, Opium, and Nightmare in Jekyll and Hyde
    • 17:00-17:30
      • Discussion
        Commentator: Ayako Ono (Sinshu University)