Admission fee free

Lecturers: TAKARA Kurayoshi (Professor Emeritus, University of the Ryukyus) /Kleiner Joseph (Professor Emeritus, University of Bonn, Germany) /Toshikazu Sasaki (Hokkaido Prefecture University Ainu and Indigenous Studies Center Guest Professor) /Kyoko Shukimine (Important Intangible Cultural Property “Shuri's Textiles” certification holder certification, Professor Emeritus, Okinawa Prefectural University of Art)

Four experts will give lectures focusing on cultural properties related to Ryukyu collected in Europe. A panel exhibition will also be held.

●Program
13:30 Doors open (reception start/materials distributed)
14:00 Greetings from the organizer Okinawa Churashima Foundation

14:05 Prologue
“History and historical background of collecting materials related to Ryukyu overseas”
TAKARA Kurayoshi (Professor Emeritus, University of the Ryukyus)

14:25 Lecture 1
“Crafts of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the formation of images of Ryukyu in Europe”
Kleiner Joseph (Professor Emeritus, University of Bonn, Germany)

15:05 Break

15:20 Lecture 2
“Ryukyu materials from the Tokyo National Museum and the Berlin National Museum of Ethnology”
Sasaki Toshikazu (Visiting Professor, Hokkaido Prefecture University Ainu and Indigenous Studies Center)

16:05 Lecture 3
“Reuniting with Ryukyu Dynasty Culture - Touching the Handicrafts of Our Ancestors”
Kyoko Hoshimine (certified as an important intangible cultural property “Shuri textile” as an individual certification holder, professor emeritus Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts)

16:50 Viewing works
Appreciate Kyoko Iwaimine's restored works and fill out a questionnaire

●Panel Exhibitions
9/17 (Wed) to 9/28 (Sun)
Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum 1st floor entrance
gratis

• TAKARA Kurayoshi

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