IN WAR AND LOVE: JAPANESE UKIYO-E PRINTS IN THE DESIGN MUSEUM DENMARK COLLECTION
Thursday, 16th May 2024, 12:00 PM (CEST)
Gunhild Borggreen: “Samurai Ideals in Modern Warfare? Prints of the Sino-Japanese war (1894-95) and the Russo-Japanese war (1904-05)”
Throughout the history of Japan, war and internal strife have been a part of visual culture. In the Meiji period, Japan quickly modernized and Westernized. New interpretations of samurai ethics and moral code, bushidō, “the way of the warrior,” became propaganda tools for the Japanese government and military in the formation of the nation-state Japan. In this presentation, I will present examples of nishiki-e, color woodblock prints, from the collection of the Design Museum Denmark in which the imaginary samurai are turned into soldiers in the modern Japanese army and navy.
Asato Ikeda: "Beautiful Women or Indentured Laborers? Visual Culture and Prostitution in Early Modern and Modern Japan"
One of the prominent themes in Edo-period woodblock prints is the portrayal of beautiful women who worked as prostitutes in legalized prostitution districts. After Japan opened its doors in 1868, legal prostitution continued, and prostitutes, became subjects of photography for souvenir art.
In discussing the upcoming exhibition, which I co-curate with Gunhild Borggreen, this presentation examines the visual representations of prostitutes in early modern prints and modern photographs, contemplating on the lives of the impoverished young women.
In person participation is possible at Sala Morelli (Malcanton Marcorà) without reservation and is subject to availability.
Registration online is available until May 15th 2024 at 8 p.m. (CEST) through the link: https://lnkd.in/eK-2sGQF
You will receive a participation link on May 15th 2024 at 8 p.m. (CEST). If you do not receive the link, please send an email to gesshin@unive.it
Organized by Silvia Vesco (Associate Professor at Ca' Foscari University), Alessandro Colombo, Alexandra Varlamova, Sara Visani, Student Association GESSHIN, Ca' Foscari University Venice
- L'iniziativa è stata finanziata con i fondi per le attività studentesche dell'Università Ca' Foscari -