Tuition fee is free

Lecturer: Higuchi Miwako (Joint Research Fellow, Institute of Arts and Culture)

Since modern times, exhibitions and concerts on Ryukyu and Okinawan arts and culture have been held in Okinawa, and awareness and research on various fields of art have greatly deepened and progressed through this. Also, various fields of art have participated in all Okinawan cultural events, leading to the prosperity of the art field. In this course, we will consider how these various events that have an impact on arts and culture were held, and what kind of impact they had on various fields of art and culture thereafter.

2025/4/9 to 7/16 every Wednesday 18:30 to 20:00
No classes on 4/30 (Wed)

Session 1 4/9 (Wed)
Yaeyama performing arts performance at the “3rd Local Dance and Folk Song Association” in 1928
Speaker: KUMADA Susumu (Professor, Institute of Arts and Culture)

Session 2 4/16 (Wed)
1936 “Ryukyu Classical Performing Arts Tournament (Tokyo)” and the revival of group dance
Speaker: SUZUKI Kota Associate Professor, Institute of Arts and Culture)

Session 3 4/23 (Wed)
1956 - “Koza City All Island Eisa folk dance Competition” held and Eisa folk dance's development
Speaker: KUMADA Susumu (Professor, Institute of Arts and Culture)

Session 4 5/7 (Wed)
1954 - “Art Festival (Okinawa Times)” held and Ryukyu performing arts competition
Lecturer: Higuchi Miwako (Joint Research Fellow, Institute of Arts and Culture)

Session 5 5/14 (Wed)
1974 “Ryukyu Festival” held and Shimauta (Okinawan music) recorded
Lecturer: Takahashi Miki (Kochi University Professor)

Session 6 5/21 (Wed)
1978: Influence of Isaiho Kudaka Island on Okinawan and Japanese folklore research
Speaker: Akamine Masanobu (Professor Emeritus, University of the Ryukyus)

Session 7 5/28 (Wed)
1979- Significance that the publication of “Minamishima Kayo Taisei Complete Volumes” gave to the study of Ryukyu literature
Lecturer: Teruya Osamu (Professor, Meio University)

Session 8 6/4 (Wed)
<沖縄館>Significance of the 1975 “Okinawa International Ocean Exposition”
Lecturer: Aguni Kyoko (Joint Research Fellow, Institute of Arts and Culture)

Session 9 6/11 (Wed)
Exhibition of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum Okinawa Dyed and Woven Products as seen in the 1981 “Okinawa Beauty Japan Folk Crafts Museum Collection Exhibition”
Dialogue: Nitta Setsuko (Associate Professor, Institute of Arts and Culture) /Liu Etsuzhou (Visiting Professor, Okinawa University of Arts)

Session 10 6/18 (Wed)
1982 - The meaning of holding the “Hawaii Okinawa Festival” on Okinawan culture
Speaker: Seiya Sawada (Specially Appointed Researcher, Tokyo University of the Arts)

Session 11 6/25 (Wed)
Significance the 1992 “Heisei Shuri Castle Restoration” gave to Ryukyu history research
Speaker: Hiroyo Yamada (Associate Professor, Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts)

Session 12 7/2 (Wed)
Exhibition of Okinawan cultural property materials in Europe as seen in the 1992 “World-Class Ryukyu Dynasty Cultural Heritage Exhibition”
Speaker: Nitta Setsuko (Associate Professor, Institute of Arts and Culture)

Session 13 7/9 (Wed)
Disclosure of materials on the Shoke Family as seen in the 1993 “Ryukyu Dynasty Cultural Heritage Exhibition”
Lecturer: Yamada Yoko (Joint Research Fellow, Institute of Arts and Culture)

Session 14 7/16 (Wed)
2009 “Ryukyu Painting Exhibition” The beginning of post-war Ryukyu painting research
Lecturer: Hirakawa Nobuyuki (Joint Research Fellow, Institute of Arts and Culture)

Capacity：50 participants each time at the venue

Advance applications are required

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