【美術史】英セインズベリー日本藝術研究所 渡辺俊夫先生に特別講演をしていただきました。
特別講演『英米ジャポニスム研究の表と裏』
2018年12月6日（木）3限（12：15－13：30）
筑波大学 芸術系棟 B203会議室
講師：渡辺俊夫先生 Professor Toshio Watanabe（Ph. D.)
上智大学卒業、バーゼル大学で博士号取得。ロンドン芸術大学（UAL)チェルシー・カレッジ教授の後、現在セインズベリー日本藝術研究所教授。著書にHigh Victorian Japonisme (1991), Japan and Britain: An Aesthetic Dialogue 1850-1930 (1991), Ruskin in Japan 1890-1940: Nature for art, art for life (1997) ほか。英国美術史学会会長、テート・ブリテン評議員等を歴任。2004年ロンドン芸術大学（UAL)に Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN)
を設立。
芸術系教員、人文社会系教員、博士前期・後期課程学生、学群生、科目等履修生など本学からの参加者に加え、学外からは東京藝術大学からも大学院生が参加し、約３５名の出席がありました。
特別講演の内容は、英米ジャポニスム研究の「研究史」を1960年代以前、1960年代、1970年代、1980年代、1990年代、2001年以後と丹念にたどり、英独仏語の必読書を挙げながら先行研究の優れた論点を解説するものでした。一方でベストセラーでも内容に問題のある研究書に言及するなど踏み込んだ発言もあり、研究の裏側を知ることにもなりました。ジャポニスムは美術にとどまらないこと、洋の東西だけでなくトランス・ナショナルな視点が必要であること、国境の境目に穴があって行き来しているイメージのボーダー（境界）を意識すること、など講師が自らの研究歴に重ねてジャポニスム研究の理論と手法を詳述する本講演は、参加者が自らの研究を振り返りつつ最新の研究動向を知るまたとない機会となりました。
【Art History】Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures Special Lecture by Professor Toshio Watanabe
Special lecture “The two sides of British and American Japonisme Research”
Thursday, December 6, 2018 3rdperiod (12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m.)
University of Tsukuba Institute of Art and Design B203 Conference Room
Speaker: Professor Toshio Watanabe (Ph. D.)
Professor Watanabe is a graduate from Sophia University who received his doctorate from the University of Basel. After teaching at the University of the Arts London (UAL) Chelsea College of Arts, he became a professor at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, where he still teaches today. Books written by Professor Watanabe include High Victorian Japonisme (1991); Japan and Britain: An Aesthetic Dialogue 1850–1930 (1991); and Ruskin in Japan 1890–1940: Nature for art, art for life (1997). He was formerly the Chairman of the Japan Art History Society and a Council Member of Tate Britain. In 2004, he established the Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) at the University of the Arts London (UAL).
In addition to attendees from this university, including Art and Design faculty members, Humanities and Social Sciences faculty members, students from the Master’s and doctoral programs, college students, and non-degree students, we were joined by graduate students from the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. In total, around 35 people were present on the day.
The special lecture elaborated the “history of research” with regard to British and American Japonisme research, starting from the pre-1960s’ era to the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2001 onward. With reference to important English, German, and French books, he spoke about the prominent issues of previous research. He also offered in-depth commentary, including references to studies that were problematic in terms of content, despite being best-seller books. This taught us about the other side of research. This lecture detailed the theories and techniques of Japonisme research on top of Professor Watanabe’s own research history, as we learned that Japonisme is not limited to fine art; that we need not only an East and West perspective, but a transnational one; and that we must become conscious of the image of a porous national border as it comes and goes. This was a unique opportunity where those present were able to learn about new research trends as they reflected on their own research.
