Ted Boyle of Nichibunken, all things border-related in Japan, the Asia-Pacific & India’s Northeast. Editor of Japan Review. Opinions my own; RTs≠endorsements
Kyoto, Japan
Joined May 2015
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A little different from our usual fare, but delighted to moderate David Wolff and Yasu Izumikawa 泉川泰博 this Thursday, on "Placing War in Ukraine".
In-person up at @NICHIBUNKENkoho, or register online here forms.office.com/r/VXVeMAGCx…
Shiraishi's wonderful article asks us to recontextualize the production of these late-18C paintings, and to reflect upon how these images have circulated since, both within and beyond Japan's borders.
In “Fictitious Images of the Ainu: Ishū Retsuzō and Its Back Story,” Shiraishi Eri exposes the intent behind a famous series of paintings commissioned by the Matsumae domain of its Ainu subjects doi.org/10.15055/00007772
Patricia Fister's look at the history of one imperial convent is cut through with borders being imposed and erased, as Zuiryūji lost imperial patronage and was opened up to popular revenance after the Meiji period, propagating itself well beyond the boundaries of Japan today.
Patricia Fister deepens our understanding of the history of imperial convents through her study of “The Auspicious Dragon Temple: Kyoto’s “Forgotten” Imperial Buddhist Convent, Zuiryūji” doi.org/10.15055/00007770
I worried how this account would fit the new day job editing Japan Review, but needn't have. Latest issue out, contents set before I arrived, but borders crucial. For instance, Tim Screech's provocative piece argues for Hokusai's Great Wave as a cross-border symbolic adaptation.
Tim Screech, who recently joined Nichibunken from @SOAS, examines “Maritime Disasters and Auspicious Images: A New Look at Hokusai’s Great Wave,” prompting us to reflect anew on the work’s symbolism doi.org/10.15055/00007769
Video from our Contesting Memorial Spaces in the Asia-Pacific Conference last month is now coming online. You can find the Film Roundtable that we held at the end of Day 1, featuring a conversation with @redbear70 @David_Leheny and Jung-Sun Han, here: youtube.com/watch?v=5KUCiRWd…
On 6-7 November 2020, Kyushu University Border Studies will host an international conference devoted to the operation and conceptualization of contested memorial spaces.
For further details, see borderthinkingcom.files.word…
Latest piece with @mirzalibra10 , focussing on connectivity and labour in Arunachal Pradesh, has just come out in @road_sides, please take a peek at roadsides.net/boyle-rahman-0…. While you're there, read the rest of a fascinating theme issue!
