The Society for the Study of Japonisme has held the annual Society for the Study of Japonisme International Symposium since 2019, previously called the Hatakeyama Symposium from 2011 until 2018.
The Organizing Committee welcomes proposals from members for the theme of the upcoming 2025 symposium to be held as follows:
Organizer: Society for the Study of Japonisme
Co-organizer: Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Foundation
Date: November, 2025 (tentative)
Venue: Tokyo / Online (tentative)
The program and the abstracts for papers will be uploaded on the Society’s homepage and will also be published in the 2025 issue of Studies in Japonisme(no. 45). Presenters are also encouraged to submit an expanded version of their presentation for the peer-reviewed Studies in Japonisme, and if accepted for publication, are expected to acknowledge that the paper was originally presented at the 2025 Society for the Study of Japonisme International Symposium, co-organized with the Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Foundation.
Organizing Committee (until the theme is selected):
ISHII Motoaki (Managing Director), TANAKA Atsuko (Secretary General), INOUE Hitomi (Member of the Board of Directors in charge of the Symposium), KISHI Yu (Member of the Board of Directors in charge of the Symposium), THOELEN, Saskia (Member of the Board of Directors in charge of Public Relation), KUME Kazusa (Member of the Board of Directors in charge of Accountant)
Call for Themes for the Society for the Study of Japonisme International Symposium 2025
We hereby call for themes for the Society for the Study of Japonisme International Symposium 2025. While previously one theme was selected each year, starting from 2025, multiple themes will be selected and will be adopted for future symposia. Please send your name and the summary of your proposed theme for the symposium (max. 150 words) as an email attachment to the email address specified below. You can find the list of past symposia for your reference below.
The Organizing Committee will select the theme, and the Board of Directors will approve the selection in June. If your proposal is selected, you may be asked to assist the planning and execution of the symposium itself. Please note that all communication within and between the Committee and the Board will be held in Japanese only.
Proposal submission is limited to regular and student members of the Society for the Study of Japonisme. Non-members must become a member of the Society when submitting their proposal in order for their proposal to be considered. All membership must be approved by the Board of Directors. For information on how to become a member, please visit the Society’s homepage.
Submission deadline: Sunday, April 20, 2025
Please send your proposal to: Society for the Study of Japonisme
(Email: japonisme@world-meeting.co.jp)
List of Themes from the Past Hatakeyama Symposiums:
2011 China and Japan in the West: Chinoiserie and Japonisme between the 17th and the 19th centuries (11/5, Nezu Museum, Tokyo)
2012 Japonisme in the United States: the evolution of the cultural exchange between Japan and America and the unknown great- SHUGYO Hiromichi (11/17, Toyo Bunko Museum, Tokyo)
2013 Japonisme in ink wash painting: transboundary ink painting and drawing (10/19, Teikyo University, Tokyo)
2014 Complete sight of Japonisme: what happened from Whistler? (10/3, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; 10/4, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art)
2015 KOGEI and Japonisme: modern era revised through industry and art (11/28, Teikyo University, Tokyo)
2016 Human networks in Japonisme (10/22-23, Takushoku University, Tokyo)
2017 Japonisme in the twentieth century (11/25-26, Teikyo University, Tokyo)
2018 Japonisme and women (10/6, Takushoku University, Tokyo)
2019 Japonisme on the move: travel, migration, and other movements of people across places (10/5, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo)
2020 Japonisme in architecture and space: from the late 19th century to today (10/10, held online)
2021 Japonisme and Eastern thoughts (religion, philosophy, aesthetics) (12/4, held online)
2022 Graphic design and Japonisme: 19th – 20th century, (11/12, held online)
2023 Performative Japonisme (11/26, Musashino Art University/online)
2024 Japonisme and Colour (12/1, Musashino Art University/online)