This winter, the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in Leiden hosts a solo exhibition dedicated to Kawase Hasui, master of the 20th-century landscape print — marking the first exhibition of its kind in Europe. Following an exclusive SJA viewing of the exhibition on Friday, the symposium will continue on Saturday with four lectures in the Wereldmuseum. The event concludes with a cocktail party and optional dinner.

We are delighted to announce an exciting list of speakers: Gennifer Weisenfeld, Alicia Volk, Kendall Brown and Monika Hinkel. Their lectures will explore how Japanese artists such as Hasui navigated the turbulent first half of the twentieth century.

• Monika Hinkel (School of Oriental and Asian Studies): Branding Japan: Late Meiji Visual Culture and the Construction of National Identity
• Gennifer Weisenfeld (Duke University): Selling Japan: Tourism and The Fine Art of Persuasion
• Alica Volk (University of Maryland): A Nation of Art and Culture: Soft Power, Democracy, and Contested Visions for Printmaking in Occupied Japan
• Kendall Brown (California State University, Long Beach): Echoes of Nature and Culture: A Proposed Exhibition of the Landscape Prints of Henri Rivière & Kawase Hasui

Meer informatie: www.societyforjapaneseart.org