Seminars and
Symposia
The Meiji Jingu Intercultural Research Institute holds seminars, symposia and other events.
In addition to planning projects that concern Meiji Jingu and the enshrined deities, the Institute’s events cover a broad range that includes Shinto and Japanese culture examined from an international perspective.
| Date | Title | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/11/26 | Traditional Landscape in the Context of Meiji Jingu / Meiji Jingu in the Context of Traditional Landscape | Hasegawa Kaori Hirasawa Tsuyoshi Nakajima Naoto Aoi Akihito |
| 2022/10/29 | Symposium Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Iwakura Mission to the U.S. and Europe “The World as Seen by the Iwakura Mission: Pioneers of Meiji Japan and Their Lessons” |
Hirakawa Sukehiro Kawai Atsushi Muraki Run Imaizumi Yoshiko Izumi Saburo （Iwakura Mission Society） |
| 2022/07/16 | Symposium Commemorating the 110th Memorial Ceremony of Emperor Meiji Meiji Tenno no Seiseki wo Aruku: Tracing the Sacred Sites in Japan Visited by Emperor Meiji |
Oguchi Hiroko Hoshihara Daisuke Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2022/06/15 /06/20 /06/22 |
Lecture about the book “Meiji Tenno no Seiseki wo Aruku” | Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2022/04/02 | Commemoration of the 110th Anniversary of the Empress Shoken Fund Symposium at Yoyogi no Mori: Peace, Humanitarian Assistance, and SDGs |
Palanovics Norbert Matsunami Yasuo Tsujita Gaku Funabashi Masatoshi Ito Satoko Onishi Tomoko Makabe Hitomi Imaizumi Yoshiko |
| 2022/03/09 | Horse Culture in the Meiji Imperial Household and the Imperial Household Ministry |
Tsujioka Takeshi Shinozaki Yuta |
| 2021/7/11 | Commemorative Symposium on the Occasion of the Centennial Celebration of the Establishment of Meiji Jingu “M” Forum Series: Discussing the Future in a 100-year-old Forest Part 2: Mori & Magokoro Eternal Forest: Academic Thoughts for the Future – in collaboration with experts involved in the Comprehensive Survey of the Meiji Jingu Precinct |
Shinji Isoya Yoro Takeshi Hamano Chikayasu Niisato Tatsuya Ito Yasuhiko Hosoya Tsuyoshi Ono Hirotsugu Ueda Hirofumi |
| 2021/7/11 | Commemorative Symposium on the Occasion of the Centennial Celebration of the Establishment of Meiji Jingu “M” Forum Series: Discussing the Future in a 100-year-old Forest Part 2: Mori & Magokoro Analyzing the Future of Meiji Jingu’s Forest through Reading The Forestry Design for the Meiji Jingu Inner Precinct – in collaboration with the Society for Meiji Jingu and Landscape Studies |
Ueda Hirofumi Mizuuchi Yusuke Kobayashi Kunitaka Tanaka Nobuhiko Takeuchi Tomoko |
| 2021/7/10 | Commemorative Symposium on the Occasion of the Centennial Celebration of the Establishment of Meiji Jingu “M” Forum Series: Discussing the Future in a 100-year-old Forest Part 2: Mori & Magokoro Fostering Eyes and Buds in the Forest of Life – in collaboration with NPO HIBIKI |
Funabashi Masatoshi Goda Makoto Sato Shun Odachi Aiko |
| 2021/6/24 | Arthur Lloyd, the Inaugural President of St. Paul's College (Rikkyo Gakuin） - Behind the Publication of Imperial Songs |
Toyoda Masayuki |
| 2021/3/11 | Learning about the Dynamic Figures of the Iwakura Mission from DVD Iwakura Mission to the United States and Europe | Izumi Saburo Members of The Iwakura Mission Society |
| 2020/11/25 | On “Anecdotes” from the Imperial Household Archives: The Other “Record of Emperor Meiji” Vol. 7 | Iwakabe Yoshimitsu Hirai Seiji Hoshihara Daisuke Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2020/11/21 | Seminar on the History of Meiji Jingu: Before & After—Perspectives and Outlook on and from the Centennial of the Establishment of Meiji Jingu | Kawamura Tadanobu Hasegawa Kaoru Mizuuchi Yusuke Fudita Hiromasa Azegami Naoki Aoi Akihito |
| 2020/10/25 | Commemorative Symposium on the Occasion of the Centennial Celebration of the Establishment of Meiji Jingu “M” Forum Series: Discussing the Future in a 100-year-old Forest Part 1: Meiji & Matsuri Meiji Jingu’s Aspirations: The Significance of the Centennial of Its Establishment |
Kuma Kengo Hara Kenya Asai Macate Tezuka Yuji Nakajima Seitaro Kuroda Taizo |
| 2020/10/24 | Commemorative Symposium on the Occasion of the Centennial Celebration of the Establishment of Meiji Jingu “M” Forum Series: Discussing the Future in a 100-year-old Forest Part 1: Meiji & Matsuri Passing on the Beautiful: Stories of the Meiji Empress’s Gown |
Takii Kazuhiro Fukai Akiko Monica Bethe Matsui Hiroe Imaizumi Yoshiko |
| 2020/3/11 | On “Anecdotes” from the Imperial Household Archives: The Other “Record of Emperor Meiji” Vol. 6 | Iwakabe Yoshimitsu Hirai Seiji Hoshihara Daisuke Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2019/11/27 | On “Anecdotes” from the Imperial Household Archives: The Other “Record of Emperor Meiji” Vol. 5 | Iwakabe Yoshimitsu Hirai Seiji Hoshihara Daisuke Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2019/10/26 | Cultural continuity and discontinuity in the Forest of Yoyogi: thinking and rethinking the relationship between shrine, forest and nature | Azegami Naoki Okamoto Kikuko Tamura Yoshiya |
| 2019/7/4 | On “Anecdotes” from the Imperial Household Archives: The Other “Record of Emperor Meiji” Vol. 4 | Iwakabe Yoshimitsu Hirai Seiji Hoshihara Daisuke Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2019/4/20 | Meiji Jingu and landscaping beyond 2020 | Ueda Hirofumi Mizuuchi Yusuke Kobayashi Kunitaka Takahashi Seiichiro Takeuchi Tomoko |
| 2019/3/27 | On “Anecdotes” from the Imperial Household Archives: The Other “Record of Emperor Meiji” Vol. 3 | Iwakabe Yoshimitsu Hirai Seiji Hoshihara Daisuke Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2018/11/28 | On “Anecdotes” from the Imperial Household Archives: The Other “Record of Emperor Meiji” Vol. 2 | Iwakabe Yoshimitsu Hirai Seiji Hoshihara Daisuke Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2018/11/21 | Retracing the Footsteps of Emperor Meiji: Holy Sites in Western Japan | Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2018/10/29 | Special Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Restoration: Gallery Talk (3) Meji Japan through the eyes of diplomat Ernest Satow: from the talks to surrender Edo Castle to the Treaty Revision |
Ian Ruxton |
| 2018/10/27 | The design of shrines in the modern era and its “endemism” | Aoi Akihito Simizu Shigeatsu Tomiyama Daiki |
| 2018/10/20 | Special Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Restoration: International Symposium “Meiji Japan in the World” | |
| 150 Years of Japanology Seen through the History of The Asiatic Society of Japan (established in 1872) | Sarah Moate | |
| A View on the World History: The End of Pax Tokugawa, and the Meiji Restoration | Yamauchi Masayuki | |
| 2018/10/15 | Special Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Restoration: Gallery Talk (2) Claude Monet and Meiji Japan: the Impressionists and Japan-France exchange |
Matthieu Séguéla |
| 2018/10/9 | Special Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Restoration: Gallery Talk (1) Tsuda Umeko and Oyama Sutematsu: female students abroad who helped forge Japan-US relations |
Takahashi Yuko Kuno Akiko |
| 2018/7/23 | The Spaces Symbolically Depicting Modern Japan: A History of the Edifices in the Inner and Outer Sanctuaries of Meiji Jingu | Fujioka Hiroyasu Fukao Seiichi |
| 2017/12/8 | On “Anecdotes” from the Imperial Household Archives: The Other “Record of Emperor Meiji” | Iwakabe Yoshimitsu Hirai Seiji Hoshihara Daisuke Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2017/11/6 | Meiji Kinenkan 70th Anniversary Commemorative Special Event The Dining Hall of the Meiji Imperial Court: The Revival of the Modern Banquet |
Yamazaki Taisuke Mary Redfern Imaizumi Yoshiko |
| 2017/10/21 | Sports Under Imperial Japan and Meiji Jingu: Developments Before and After the Missing Tokyo Olympics | Fudita Hiromasa Sasaki Hiroo Kin Makoto Takashima Ko Sakaue Yasuhiro Wada Koichi |
| 2017/7/8 | Philadelphia and Meiji Japan: Through the Prism of Tatsui Baba and the Philadelphia Japanese Community | Frederick Dickinson |
| 2017/6/3 | Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Japan-Ireland Diplomatic Relations Japan, the Land of the Kami as Perceived by Lafcadio Hearn |
Hirakawa Sukehiro Makino Yoko |
| 2016/10/29 | The “Acceptance” of Meiji Jingu and Imperial Japan: Imperial Capital, Holy Place, and Tourism |
Azegami Naoki Takagi Hiroshi Nagae Masakazu Sand Jordan |
| 2016/10/22 | Japan-UK lecture series TOKYO Futures, 1868-2020 City of Symbiosis? |
Jeremy Till Ken Tadashi Oshima Kuroishi Isumi Nawa Kohei Watanabe Toshio |
| 2016/10/3 | Penn Forum on Japan Colloquium, 2016-17 Philadelphia in Meiji Japan Commodore Biddle, Past and Present: Celebrating 160 Years of Trans-Pacific Ties |
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle III Robert Hellyer Connie Houchins |
| 2016/6/18 | Retracing the footsteps of Emperor Meiji: Holy sites in Chiba and Tama, Tokyo | Kurauchi Ikuko Shimizu Yuusuke Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2016/3/19 | Tokyo Futures, 1868-2020 UK lecture series Musashino as Utopia | Watanabe Toshio |
| 2016/2/12 | Tokyo Futures, 1868-2020 UK lecture series The art of transformation: design and industry in Tokyo, now and then | Sarah Teasley |
| 2015/12/5 | Prince Hirohito in the Meiji Era—Analyzing Showa Tenno Jitsuroku (The Annals of Emperor Showa); Commemorative lecture on the publication of Showa Tenno Jitsuroku. | Iwakabe Yoshimitsu Hoshihara Daisuke |
| 2015/10/31 | Tokyo Futures, 1868-2020 UK lecture series Experiencing the Time-scape of the 21st Century Shibuya |
Kuroishi Izumi |
| 2015/10/24 | Considering History Prior to the “Birth” of Meiji Jingu: Precincts and Shrine Buildings in Early Modern and Modern History | Aoi Akihito Koresawa Noriko Kato Yuuki Aoki Yuusuke Mitsui Wataru Azegami Naoki |
| 2015/10/14 | Tokyo Futures, 1868-2020 UK lecture series Between the Imperial Capital and World City: The Tourist’s Tokyo a Century Ago |
Jordan Sand |
| 2015/5/30 | Tokyo Futures, 1868-2020 UK lecture series “Utsushimi” and “Itsukushimi” | Inaga Shigemi |
| 2015/5/9 | Meiji Jingu and Eiichi Shibusawa | Inoue Jun Koide Izumi Fujii Masahiro Imaizumi Yoshiko Uchikoshi Takaaki Tonami Hiroyuki |
| 2015/4/24 | Tokyo Futures, 1868-2020 UK lecture series Japan’s True Love of Nature: Ecologies of Hope |
Julia Adeney Thomas |
| 2015/3/14 | The Danes’ Visits to Japan in the Meiji Era and Their Accounts of the Emperor Meiji | Nagashima Yoichi |
| 2015/1/15 | History of Relationship between Japan and Hungary in Meiji Era through Previously Unexplored Episodes | Umemura Yuko |
| 2014/10/25 | Before and After the Foundation of Meiji Jingu -A Study on Structural Conversion of the Environmental Formation in the Modern Shinto Shrine | Aoi Akihito Azegami Naoki Fudita Hiromasa |
| 2014/5/24 | What we learn from the authentic record of Empress Shoken, the consort of Emperor Meiji | Yoneda Yusuke Iwakabe Yoshimitu Manabe Misa Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2014/4/6 | International Symposium: Empress Shoken Centennial Memorial | Konoe Tadateru Francois Bugnion Oshima Kenzo Martin Faller Kaji Misako Makabe Hitomi Imaizumi Yoshiko |
| 100 years of international humanitarian aid from Japan ―Empress of Meiji “Empress Shoken Fund” and Red Cross― | ||
| 2013/10/26 | The Imperial Capital of Tokyo and the Creation of Meiji Jingu―Reconsidering Modern Japan through the contribution of Yoshiro Sakatani ― | Sakurai Ryoju Nagae Masakazu Azegami Naoki Ishii Hiroaki Fudita Hiromasa Tonami Hiroyuki |
| 2013/7/12 | Learning from the principles of the ladies living around Meiji Era | Ishikawa Mariko |
| 2013/6/22 | Emperor Meiji -The Ruler's Image in a Modernizing Japan- |
Ewa Palasz-Rutkowska Matsui Yoshikazu |
| 2013/5/29 | History of Neue Wache Memorial ―with the thought of Yasukuni Shrine― | Inaba Minoru |
| 2013/2/9 | In search of Japanese identity : Shinto interpreted by European Writers |
Hirakawa Sukehiro Sakurai Haruo Michel Wasserman Inaga Shigemi |
| 2012/12/8 | Emperor Meiji Imperial Tours and their Footprints in Present Days-The Succession of Records and Memories- | Iwakabe Yoshimitsu Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| 2012/10/20 | Shrine Space and 'Public Space' in the Imperial Capital of Tokyo: The Formation of the Urban Environment after the Creation of Meiji Jingu | Aoi Akihito Azegami Naoki Fudita Hiromasa Suga Koji Ogawara Masamichi Kobayashi Takehiro |
| 2012/4/28 | Forestry planning at Meiji Jingu as part of the academic history of landscape architecture and forestry esthetics | Ueda Hirofumi Mizuuchi Yusuke Ono Ryohei |
| 2011/10/22 | Spatial History of Yoyogi and Its Surroundings before the Creation of Meiji Jingu | Hasegawa Kaori Honjyo Akeko Aoi Akihito Azegami Naoki Fudita Hiromasa Imaizumi Yoshiko |
| 2011/7/6 | Mormon Helping Hands and Great East Japan Disaster Support | Conan P Grames Sekiguchi Osamu |
| 2011/4/16 | Albert Kahn and Japan: Portrait of a Forgotten Millionaire | Matsumoto Shinji |
| 2010/11/1 | Meiji Japan as seen from home and abroad | Hirakawa Sukehiro Yoshida Kenji Inaga Shigemi John Breen Princess Akiko of Mikasa Angus Lockyer |
| 2010/10/23 | The People related to the Foundation of Meiji Jingu | Aoi Akihito Azegami Naoki Fudita Hiromasa Yamaguchi Teruomi |
| 2010/9/18 | Seminar Series (5): Meiji Jingu 90th Enshrinement Anniversary |
Koshizawa Akira Imaizumi Yoshiko |
| Green Space Urban Planning Professional -Yoshinobu Orishimo and Rows of Gingko Trees in the Outer Precinct- |
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| 2010/7/17 | Seminar Series (4): Meiji Jingu 90th Enshrinement Anniversary |
Hirano Shigenori Kakeya Shoji Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| A Passion for Developing Youth Associations -Yoshiharu Tazawa and the Foundation of Meiji Jingu- |
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| 2010/6/27 | Seminar Series (3): Meiji Jingu 90th Enshrinement Anniversary |
Shinji Isoya Hamano Chikayasu |
| Aiming for an Eternal Forest -Seiroku Honda, Takanori Hongo, Keiji Uehara- |
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| 2010/5/29 | Seminar Series (2): Meiji Jingu 90th Enshrinement Anniversary |
Fujioka Hiroyasu |
| In Pursuit of Both Modernization and National Identity in the Formation of Meiji Jingu -Chuta Ito and Toshikata Sano- |
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| 2010/4/24 | Seminar Series (1): Meiji Jingu 90th Enshrinement Anniversary |
Inoue Jun Uchikoshi Takaaki |
| Establising Meiji Jingu inTokyo Eiichi Shibusawa and Yoshiro Sakatani |
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| 2010/2/6 | Vatican and Japan | Ueno Kagefumi |
| 2009/5/30 | Beyond Diplomacy -The Angro-Japanese Alliance Treaty during the Nineteenth Century- |
Angus Lockyer |
| 2009/4/18 | The Japan Image of Germans Living in Japan During the Meiji Period. The Image of Japanese Culture, Shinto and the Tennō. |
Sven Saaler |
| 2008/12/9 | Resource preservation and Archives | Kawase Toshio |
| 2008/10/26 | Meiji Jingu The restoration in the postwar period |
Uchida Yoshichika Jinnai Hidenobu Sato Ginshige Matsui Seiichi Mende Kaoru Imaizumi Yoshiko |
| 2008/10/25 | Kimini Tsutaetai, NIPPON. | Sakurai Yoshiko Kusaka Kimindo Vulpitta Romano Fukuda Kazuya Mogi Kenichiro Ueshima Yoshiro |
| 2008/10/11 | Architecture of the postwar Meiji Jingu | Fujioka Hiroyasu |
| 2008/7/9 | Past and present of the Sannoh Festival | John Breen |
| 2008/3/8 | The Charter Oath and the Emperor Meiji | Sato Kazunori |
