Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Professor Mitsutoshi Oba, moba@nmu.edu, 906-227-2862

 

AD495 Fieldwork in Japanese Visual Culture, Winter 2013, 4 credits; a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA, good academic and disciplinary status at the time of program travel.

 

Winter 2013 course with a two-week trip to Japan May 11-26, 2013 (tentative)

 

Admissions on a rolling basis; final deadline TBA. To apply, download FLSA application from International Programs website: www.nmu.edu/ipo or pick up form from IPO office in 145 Whitman. A $400 deposit is required to secure your admission to the program.

 

After preparatory studies of Japanese art and language during the Winter semester, we visit the Japan Center for Michigan Universities in Hikone, Shiga prefecture, where we continue our studies of Japanese visual culture with field trips to Ikaruga, Nara, Kyoto, and Tokyo, as well as to neighboring areas including Higashiomi and Nagahama. We will visit historical sites such as Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples, and feudal castles, as well as museums and commercial districts for contemporary visual culture. At JCMU, get hands-on experience in Japanese traditional arts such as painting, calligraphy, tea ceremony, and flower arrangement. Students are expected to research on an interaction between the tradition and the modern within a series of specific objects of their choice from Japanese visual culture (the fine arts, architecture, furniture, fashion, movies, toys, comics, commercial design, etc.).

 

TBA

 

For information on individual eligibility for NMU financial assistance, contact Financial Aid at 227-2327.

 

Fridays, October 19^th and 26^th, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., Room 165, Lecture Hall in Art and Design Building.