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SUMMARY:Open Edo: Diverse\, Ecological\, and Global Perspectives on Japanes
 e Art\, 1603–1868\, Conference 2: Eco Edo: Ecological Perspectives on Ea
 rly Modern Japanese Art
DESCRIPTION:Conference organized by Kristopher W. Kersey\, University of Ca
 lifornia\, Los Angeles\n\nThe highly urbanized nature of the Edo period—
 with its three metropolises of Osaka\, Kyoto\, and Edo—resulted in massi
 ve changes to the natural and built environments. The bustling economies o
 f these cities fueled wide-reaching networks of production\, trade\, and e
 nvironmental exploitation. The concept of nature itself\, as well as the i
 conography of natural history\, were likewise in flux. Accordingly\, this 
 conference seeks papers that will contribute to the emergent discourse of 
 ecological art history by directing attention to the material and ecologic
 al horizons of early modern Japanese art. What were the aesthetics of envi
 ronmental exploitation? How were industry and labor depicted? What were th
 e religious perspectives on ecological manipulation? How were materiality 
 and ecology themselves conceived? Where is the intersection of ecological 
 ethics and artistic production?\n\nSpeakers\nKit Brooks\, National Museum 
 of Asian Art\, Smithsonian Institution\nChelsea Foxwell\, University of Ch
 icago\nGreg Levine\, University of California\, Berkeley\nRachel Saunders\
 , Harvard Art Museums\nChristian Tagsold\, Heinrich Heine University Düss
 eldorf\nNobuko Toyosawa\, Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Scien
 ces\n\n\n\nAbout Open Edo: Diverse\, Ecological\, and Global Perspectives 
 on Japanese Art\, 1603–1868\nThe art of Japan’s Edo period (1603–186
 8) presents a paradox. On the one hand\, the nineteenth-century proliferat
 ion of ukiyo-e—polychrome woodblock prints of the “floating words” o
 f theater and sex work—made the popular visual culture of this city a fa
 miliar component of modern art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 
 Yet the outsize fascination with ukiyo-e outside Japan has sorely obscured
  Edo’s far more diverse social\, material\, and artistic landscapes. In 
 an effort to countervail the enduring stereotypes of early modern Japanese
  art\, Open Edo will present a suite of conferences addressing three inter
 linked themes: the representation and agency of marginalized groups\, the 
 ecological horizons of artistic production\, and the ongoing need to count
 er the myth that Japan in early modernity was somehow disconnected from th
 e rest of the world. Throughout the year-long series\, the focus will be b
 oth historical and historiographical inasmuch as Open Edo asks how Japanes
 e art history might challenge the discourse of early modernity writ large.
 \n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n\n9:30 a.m.\nMorning Coffee and Registration\n\n
 10:00 a.m.\nDirector’s Welcome\nBronwen Wilson\, University of Californi
 a\, Los Angeles\n\nOpening Remarks\nKristopher W. Kersey\, University of C
 alifornia\, Los Angeles\n\n10:15 a.m.\nPanel 1\nModerator: Kristopher W. K
 ersey\, University of California\, Los Angeles\n\nGreg Levine\, University
  of California\, Berkeley\n“‘Close Looking\,’ but at What? Hasegawa 
 Tōhaku’s Pine Grove and ‘Attentional Deviance’”\n\n10:45 a.m.\nRa
 chel Saunders\, Harvard Art Museums\n“The Birds\, Flowers\, and Botany o
 f Edo Rinpa”\n\n11:15 a.m.\nDiscussion\n\n11:45 a.m.\nLunch\nDisplay of 
 Clark Library materials in the North Book Room\n\n1:00 p.m.\nPanel 2\nMode
 rator: William Marotti\, University of California\, Los Angeles\n\nChelsea
  Foxwell\, University of Chicago\n“What Are Bugs Doing in Edo-Period Pai
 ntings?”\n\n1:30 p.m.\nKit Brooks\, National Museum of Asian Art\, Smith
 sonian Institution\n“Morphing into Madness: Shifting Perceptions of the 
 Japanese Wolf”\n\n2:00 p.m.\nDiscussion\n\n2:30 p.m.\nCoffee break\n\n3:
 00 p.m.\nPanel 3\nModerator: Kendall Brown\, California State University L
 ong Beach\n\nChristian Tagsold\, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf\n
 “The Thousand Gardens of Edo: Exploring the Nature of the Cultivated Env
 ironment”\n\n3:30 p.m.\nNobuko Toyosawa\, Oriental Institute of the Czec
 h Academy of Sciences\n“The Place of Ecology in Matsudaira Sadanobu's Ga
 rdens”\n\n4:00 p.m.\nDiscussion\n\n4:30 p.m.\nBreak\n\n4:40 p.m.\nPlenar
 y Discussion (all speakers)\n\n5:30 p.m.\nReception\n\n\n\nThe conference 
 is free to attend with advance registration\, and will be held in-person a
 t the Clark Library. Registration will close on Monday\, January 29 at 5:0
 0 p.m. Seating is limited at the Clark Library\; walk-in registrants are w
 elcome as space permits.\nLoading…\n\n\n\nImage: Panoramic Map of the T
 ōkaidō Highway. Shōtei Kinsui\, drawn by Kuwagata (better known as Keis
 ai). Published by Sanoya Ichigorō\, Izumiya Hanbei\, and Izumoji Manjirō
 \, n.d. (likely 1810). Polychrome xylography\, 52 x 24 inches. Richard C. 
 Rudolph Collection of Japanese Maps\, Special Collections\, UCLA Library.
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