The Art of Reopening the ‘Opening of Japan’
Panel 1 – The Art of Reopening the ‘Opening of Japan’

Christopher Bush
“The Highest Political Art”: Japonisme’s Geopolitical Aesthetic
Maki Fukuoka
Squaring the Experiences with the Opening
Toshio Watanabe
The Birth of a Modern, Alternative and Transnational View of Landscape in Meiji Japan
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This talk is part of the “Reopening the ‘Opening of Japan’” Two-day international graduate conference to mark the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Ishin at the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford. For our full list of speakers, please see reopeningtheopening.wordpress.com
Date: 10 May 2019, 11:15
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Nissan Institute Lecture Theatre
Speakers: Professor Christopher Bush (Northwestern University), Dr Maki Fukuoka (University of Leeds), Professor Toshio Watanabe (The University of the Arts London)
Organising department: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Part of: CONFERENCE: 'Reopening the "Opening of Japan"' - 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Restoration
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Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Manimporok Dotulong