Japan - Premodern, Modern and Contemporary

4-6 September 2017, Bucharest

JAPAN - PREMODERN, MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY

4-6 September 2017
Venue: Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University
Splaiul Unirii 176, Bucharest, Romania

Conference Program
September 4, Day 1

12:30 -12:45 Opening remarks (Auditorium)

12:45 - 13:45 Keynote Lecture:

Yoshikazu Suzuki (Kobe University)
(Chair: Carmen Spunaru Tma)

(15 coffee break)

14:00 - 14:50 Guest lecture:

Ningy: The Unexpected World of Japanese Dolls
Alan Scott Pate (specialist in Japanese dolls)
(Chair: Roman Paca)

15:00 - 16:30 Parallel sessions

Session 1, Room A Session 2, Room B

Modern Literature Philosophy, Architecture, Aesthetics
Chair: Irina Holca Chair: Oana-Loredana Scoru
(20+10) x 3 (20+10) x 3

Adrian Bercea Anna Kato

(Kansai University) (Tokyo University)

The Kitsuneken Game in Miyazawa Kenjis

"The Bears of Mount Nametoko" and the Concept
of Environment [JP]

Andreea-Larisa Avram Dana Milea

(University of Bucharest)
A Depiction of Japanese Women in a Cultural
Translation: Womens Image in Etsu Sugimotos A
Daughter of the Samurai
(Ion Mincu University of Architecture and
Urban Planning, Bucharest)
The Anatomy of the Place Where Children Play

Kyoko Kinoshita Roman Paca

(Kansai University) (Kanda University of International Studies)

Yoshiya Nobuko and the Occidentalism: Focusing Philosophy as a Method

on "To the Limit of the Sea" [JP] of Spiritual Progress

(15 break)
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16:45 - 18:15 Parallel sessions

Session 3, Room A Session 4, Room B

Manga, Anime, Visual Kei Romania and Japan
Chair: Oana-Loredana Scoru Chair: Irina Holca
(20+10) x 3 (20+10) x 3

Laura Paszkowski (Heidelberg University) Angela Drgan

Arisa Prestat (Copenhagen University) (Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University)

Behind the Curtains of the Visual Kei Discovering Japan in 1915s "Universul literar"
Music Industry Romanian Magazine

Olga Ilina Radu Leca

(Tsukuba University) (IIAS, Leiden)

Book covers of James Clavells Shgun:

A Case Study for the History of Japonisme in
[JP][Skype] Romania

Tau Prestat Viviana Iacob

(Copenhagen University) (New Europe College, Bucharest)

The New Generation of Doujin: Changes in Doujin Friendship Societies and Cultural Diplomacy
Distribution and Fan Culture during the Cold War:
The Romanian - Japanese Case

19:00 Conference Dinner

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4-6 September 2017, Bucharest

September 5, Day 2

9:00 - 12:00 Workshops for students

Workshop 1
(Room A)
The Japanese Body as Project in Literature
Coordinator: Irina Holca
Assistant: Monica Tama
Workshop 2
(Room B)
The Universality of Adolescence
From the Eradication of Adolescence to the
Pursuit of Joy as the Core of Adolescent Identity in
Makoto Shinkais Animation Works
Maria Grjdian
(Nagasaki University)

(12:00 - 13:30 lunch)

13:30 - 14:30 Keynote lecture:

The Battle of Imphal and Hino Ashiheis Literature
Chikako Masuda
(Kansai University)
(Chair: Irina Holca)
(15 break)

14:45 - 15:45 Parallel sessions

Session 5, Room A Session 6, Room B

Postwar Literature Anthropology and Religion
Chair: Andreea-Larisa Avram Chair: Roman Paca
(20+10) x 2 (20+10) x 3

Alexandra Bnic Mihaela Sighina

(University of Bucharest) (Kobe University)

Learning from Japan: Haruki Murakamis Closed Saikoku Pilgrimage and

Circuit Terrorism the Tradition of Omiyage [Skype]

Makiko Kitani Hironori Arakawa

(Doshisha University) (National Institute of Technology, Akashi College
Japan)
Yukio Mishima's "Bishin" and His Encounter with
European Sculpture A Consideration of Japanese Festivals in Urban
Areas: From Historical Changes in the Toka-Ebisu
"Open Gate" Ceremony at Nishinomiya Shrine [JP]

(15 break)
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16:00 - 17:00 Parallel sessions

Session 7, Room A Session 8, Room B

Gender, Identity, Sexuality Travels and Travelogues
Chair: Roman Paca Chair: Adrian Bercea
(20+10) x 3 (20+10) x 3

Ioana Fotache Marcos Centeno Martin

(Nagoya University) (SOAS, London)

Negotiating Discourse and Identities in the Ainu People of Japan in 1910s Travelogues
Japanese LGBT Boom

Yuhei Yambe Stefano Romagnoli

(Kyoto University of Art and Design) (Sapienza University, Rome)

Shouts from Hell: Hino Ashihei, the Troubled Traveler:

Countermoves from Inside Brothels Journeys to China and America
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September 6, Day 3
9:00 - 10:30 Parallel sessions
Session 9, Room A Session 10, Room B
Japanese Literature in the World Pop Culture and Performing Arts
Chair: Roman Paca Chair: Angela Drgan
(20+10) x 3 (20+10) x 3

Katarzyna Deja Alice Teodorescu

(Jagellonian University) (Independent researcher)

Japonism in Polish Literature at the Beginning of Beyond Borders of Meaning:

20th Century The Transcultural Vampire in Japanese Animation

Saida Khalmirzaeva Makiko Yamanashi

(Hosei University) (Hosei University)

On the Formation of the Tale about Homecoming Revue as a Liminal Theatre Genre:
Husband [Skype] Its Characteristics and Socio-cultural Meanings

Irina Holca Maria Grjdian

(Kyoto University) (Nagasaki University)

Why Literature? Shimazaki Tson's Works and Modernity Revisited: The Dialectics of Revolution
National Language Education and the Nostalgia for Intellectual Activism in
Takarazuka Revues 1789: "The Lovers of Bastille"
(10 break)

10:40 - 12:10 Parallel sessions

Session 11, Room A Session 12, Room B
Visual Arts, Aesthetics War, Peace, and Nuclear Energy
Chair: Irina Holca Chair: Andreea-Larisa Avram
(20+10) x 3 (20+10) x 3

Deborah Levy Dick Stegewerns

(University of Vincennes-Saint-Denis Paris 8) (University of Oslo)

Mitate and Quotation in Japanese Visual Arts: The Depiction of the National Self and the Asian Other
Spread of Imagination in Art History in Postwar Japanese War Films, 1945-1965

Oana Loredana Scoru Miia Huttunen

(Kyoto University) (University of Jyvskyl, Finland)

The Influence of the English Landscape Garden on Japan and Cinematic Peace Propaganda in
the Meiji Stroll Garden: Fact or Speculation? UNESCOs Orient Project 1957-1959

Monika Kiss Ryuji Yorioka

(ELTE University, Budapest) (Tokushima University)

Esoteric Iconography as Curiosum: A Comparative Study about Literature and

What Sells a Buddhist Art Exhibition Today? Nuclear Energy in Japan and Germany
(12:10 - 13:30 lunch)
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13:30 - 14:00 Poster presentations (Day 2 workshop projects)

14:00 - 15:00 Parallel sessions

Session 13, Room A Session 14, Room B
Society and Economy Teaching and Education
Chair: Maria Crbune Chair: Roman Paca
(20+10) x 2 (20+10) x 2

Irina Grigorovici John Rucynski

(Kyushu University) (Okayama University)

Socioeconomic Views on Japans 80s Boom and

Focusing on Japanese Culture in English Classes
Subsequent Recession [Skype]
for Japanese Students

Martha Chaiklin Manami Fujihira

(Independent scholar) (Osaka University)

The March Forward: The Mechanization of On Constructing Models of Japanese Teaching

Shoe Production in Meiji Japan Training Programmes: Cooperation among
Universities

(10 break)

15:10 - 16:10 Parallel sessions

Session 15, Room A Session 16, Room B
Japan and Europe Premodern Interactions
Chair: Adrian Bercea Chair: Angela Drgan
(20+10) x 2 (20+10) x 2

Carlo Pelliccia Jonathan Lopez-Vera

(CLEPUL- Universidade de Lisboa) (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)

Japan Meets the West: New Documents about the Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Diplomacy with Manila in
First Japanese Embassy to Italy (1585) [Skype] Castilian Documents (1592-1598) [Skype]

Maria Crbune Kiyoyuki Tsuta

(University of Tbingen) (Osaka University)

Urashima Tar and the School of Archetypal Chinese Anecdotes in the Mgy-sh (the
Criticism Commentaries Written in Kana on Meng-qui
(Beginner's Guide)

16:10 - 16:30 Closing remarks (Room A)